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keepthetips t1_jadoxsi wrote

Reply to LPT: You can put a . anywhere* in a gmail address to make a new email that still goes to your inbox by Bomblord1

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Irrelephant____ t1_jadoxin wrote

Reply to LPT: How to get grease spots out of pants by ChickenCheeks7

I just went through this literally last week, same situation but on a hoodie. After the wash,dry, spread of it, I caked the stain in cornstarch (it's like $1). I rubbed it in and let it sit like a day. Just brushed it off by hand and threw it in the dryer a sec and voila, all 3 stains gone.

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theonlybuster t1_jadotn8 wrote

Reply to comment by awildhorsepenis in LPT: How to get grease spots out of pants by ChickenCheeks7

Absolutely this!

I briefly worked in a kitchen that made nothing but fried fried food for about a month. Dawn dish soap is easily the best answer here.

I wore the same pants and shirt every day of work, so it would collect about a week's worth of grease and oil. I'd start with handwashing it with Dawn soap. Depending on the amount of soap and grease, I'd generally have to go through the washing and rinsing process about 3x before enough of the grease was removed.
After the third washing and rinsing, I'd use clean water and a bit of fabric softener to finish things up before allowing the clothes to dry.

The fabric softener was largely to give the clothes a clean smell as well as to take advantage of the thin layer that fabric softener adds to clothing.

But yes, Blue Dawn dish soap. And opt to hand wash it. It's easy to add too much soap to a washer resulting in suds foaming out of the lid.

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hits-and-misses t1_jadogzr wrote

Reply to LPT: How to get grease spots out of pants by ChickenCheeks7

This is going to sound weird, but chalk. Just regular white chalk from a chalkboard. Use it to colour over the grease stain, let it sit. If it's a big stain, apply a few times. Then kind of brush off the excess with your hand and chuck it in the wash as usual. The chalk draws out the grease, and I've done this successfully before with clothes that have been through the wash as well. Just keep applying until the stain is gone.

You'll see it too. The chalk around the stain will stay white but the chalk on the stain will change colour because it's absorbing the grease.

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Zorak6 t1_jadnt20 wrote

Reply to LPT Request: how to mail a money to my landlord with absolute proof that money was delivered? by AethericEye

One thing you can do is write them an email expressing this exact concern. This can help establish that you think they may pull something like this and gives electronic proof that you contacted them about your concern. You can also include as an attachment a picture of the check you are going to send them. By documenting things like this, you gain a lot of credibility if things go to court.

Another method is to wire them the money, or at least offer to wire them the money (in email) and let them refuse. If they refuse a payment method AND claim there was no check and you continuously offer other ways to pay (in email.. or text btw.. or both), then they will have a very hard time winning an eviction case as you can prove you tried everything to get the money to them in a way that provides you with proof and that they refused.

If you take these steps and they understand the law at all, they won't be "finding an empty envelope" in the first place.

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