Guy Is Sharing Useful Tips He Wishes He Had Known Sooner, And Here Are 29 Of The Best Ones (New Posts)

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I would have used a brown paper bag. Plastic is killing our oceans you a hole.

Yuup, every year my living room smells like pine needles until about March.

We did this for years, until we had to switch to artificial trees. I miss that smell.

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oooooh i can just imagine that making the living room smell like the most decadent bakery

Powdered sugar will ignite near a flame, as will corn and grain dust, flour, etc. In fact, they are one of the most dangerous issues in granaries.

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That's funny and all too relatable - some of us just shouldn't even begin to try stuff like this. It never ends well.

You should have waited for the powder to settle down before opening it.

Never had this problem. I've done this multiple times. Maybe our Dutch sugar (almost pure sugar beet) is different?

Holy s**t I got a mental picture and had a laugh outloud. I really needed a laugh too, thank you!

Lid on next time

I have also tried this when I have been out of powdered or confectioners sugar. It doesn't go well. Normally, some of the sugar will just settle to the bottom, and the other bits that do get "powdered" aren't really thin enough. I will never do it again.

Friend of mine has a corn allergy. Her friends made her wedding cake and were up all night making their own powdered sugar (sans corn starch) for the icing...

No. We have powdered sugar here without corn starch

If powdered sugar=icing sugar, then yes. Not sure of the ratio, but sugar and cornstarch make icing sugar.

Everyone in China squat like this.

Problem is, most adults never do this, so their muscles can't handle anymore. Watch every kid sitting down to play, they do it the right way! With a little practice, every adult can do this too!

Yeah, I try that and I'm not getting back up on my own! lol

Set your feet wider. Your rear should drop between your calves.

Well, the right position is all the feet on the floor but you have to train it.

If you practice this as a yoga pose, bringing your hands together and using your elbows to push out your knees, it helps both balance and sciatic pain. Eventually, it becomes super easy to squat like this without wall help.

you have to put your feet wider to squat with heels down, but it takes less balance. There are better ways to stretch your achilles tendon though lol. XD

Yeah, I was actually just thinking "I'm pretty sure that is not possible without some sort of support"

Lol it's called yoga. Malasana

I can't do this. I was born with club feet and the tendons and ligaments in my lower legs are shorter than normal.

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Not everyone can do the Asian squat, for various reasons. *Technically* I can do it, but I can't *quite* get all the way "hunkered down" so it takes more strength/effort to stay in that position. I also have to hold my arms out in front of me to counterbalance; otherwise I end up falling on my behind.

me. im too fat to put my whole foot down, when i have a squat. trying to use my whole foot whould make me fall over.

Exactly. I've seen this guy claim, or at least imply, that these pillows are meant to be used this way. No, they were not. The pillow manufacturers clearly explained how they were intended to be used. But feel free to use them differently.

Exactly. Including under your bum if you have coccyxitis

I agree.

Indeed. I find them very uncomfortable the way he illustrates, so I use mine the more usual way, with the gap at the front, but whatever works. We aren't all the same.

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