I worked, after my f/t job) at a senior housing. I would come down the highway to a crossing highway and then go 4-5 blocks. On the way home, I would reverse this. One night my car went out and I had to get a ride from my f/t job and take a taxi home. The last time I had ridden in a taxi it had cost about $8. This time it cost $10 and the driver went a very different way. The next night the taxi driver asked how I usually drove home & I told him. That ride cost me $13.
So, when I got my car back, I drove the lst way and I was actually driving 2-3 miles farther each night I worked there and had been for 10 years. I figured I had spent over $500 for that 10 years. It made me change quickly.

Since reading these sites and others, I have found many wonderful hints that work very well. I do like this about the computer. And thanks, Trent.

When I roll up my clothes, they seem to have a lot more wrinkles. Not just the ones from the folds, but a bunch of little ones, too, from being forced into a spiral. Glad it works for you, though.

I did try using this for a while, and demonstrated it to friends. It takes some practice, but it didn’t work well for me because when i’d pick up a stack of shirts, the bottom one would lose the fold and i’d have a mess. Not knocking the vid or those who can use it, and it is very cool, i just didn’t find it to be a time saver myself.

I saw a related YouTube video on pounding chicken cutlets before cooking, to make them tender and quick-cooking. Good idea, but the mess, even with Saran Wrap! Thanks to Google, I found a tip to use a heavy gallon freezer bag, which’ll contain all the juice. Cool!

Re valleycat1 “Some people would say that my middle name is Efficient. On the other hand, I know a surprising number of people who are completely resistant and see no possible benefit to any change to how they’ve always done things.” Well, I don’t know you or how you’re doing this, so I’m going to guess based on my own experience of people trying to impose their ideas on me (may be totally unwarranted, you may have a totally different approach). So here’s my thought: maybe they are not so much resistant to change, as to being condescended to. By putting yourself in the position of The Wise One, you are putting them in the position of mentally deficient child – which nobody likes. So maybe if you tweak your delivery a bit – ask their advice first (shows that you value them and their opinions, and think them worthy of listening to), then say you saw something neat from X(anywhere other than your head) and were totally surprised when it worked, look how cool it is! Then you’re being enthusiastic rather than condescending. People like to be excited for people they like, not so much if their fur’s been rubbed the wrong way.

Debbie M, thanks for the tip that stirring with the knife dulls it. I didn’t know that. Is it because the acidity corrodes it or something? Or the heat?

My dh used to be a real stickler about folding t-shirts, thanks to the traumas of basic training, but his way took FOREVER and his drill instructors said that it really only worked well for men’s size medium shirts. So we’d end up with 2 stacks of t-shirts, one these neat squares, one these big floppy squares. When we moved, we only had closet shelves (no drawers) so we switched to baskets – for which the slow square folding way wasn’t really suited. I looked online and found the idea (from an article about packing for a trip without wrinkles) of rolling many articles of clothing. Then these little rolls get stacked sideways into the basketes, et voila! Looks neat, comes out wrinkle-free, and no difference between different sizes.

On spaghetti, I feel like the key to a rich sauce is a small can of tomato paste. I also use a lot more oregano, plus some dried basil and a little rosemary and maybe a bay leaf (which you remove when finished). If you don’t have fresh garlic, use garlic powder (not garlic salt) if you don’t want to add salt. I don’t use salt because the parmesan cheese is salty. And NEVER stir with your knife if you want your knife to stay sharp!

Sadly, that t-shirt folding method works only on short-sleeved shirts and it works best with thin flimsy one rather than thick ones. I still like it though.

Neither do I fold most clothes, though. Laundry line to hanger direct.