Cool

[SARGE]

I'll give it a try in all areas:

Great Tip....Who woulda thought?


My mail carrier told me that the US Postal service sent
out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce
in their uniform pockets to keep yellow jackets away.

I use it when I am working outside. It really works.
The yellow jackets just veer around you.

It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them.

Wipe a television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep
dust from resettling.


Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.


Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle
through sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.


Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.


Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in
a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The
anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food.


Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of
Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.


Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.

Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.

[nubbler]

Do all of those actually work? sweet.

Excuse my ignorance but whats yellow jacket?

[Stryker]

Originally Posted by nubbler Excuse my ignorance but whats yellow jacket?

A type of bee.

[Jaggannath]

Nasty looking critters, glad we don't have them in Australia.

Excuse MY ignorance, but what is Bounce??

[netnamakan]

A make of paper towel/ laundry softener I believe.

namakan

[lil Jimmie]

http://www.bouncesheets.com

They are a fabric softener, throw one in the dryer and they help with static cling and add a fresh scent to your laundry.

[nubbler]

Originally Posted by Stryker A type of bee.

Thanks, never heard of that name.

I'm scared to death of bees for some reason, never been stung by one though. So I'll probably start carying some Bounce around.

[crjdriver]

I always throw a sheet in my overnight bag. It keeps your clothes smelling nice.

[Floppyman]

If the above all work, then that is indeed pretty cool. Never knew the that the Bounce sheets I use at college could have so many handy uses.

[tigstah]

man the things you learn here at this forum.....wow
note to self: pick up a box of bounce

[mc2phat]

Another good tip is to drop a couple sheets into the bottom of your trash containers.

[rjfvillarosa]

Originally Posted by tigstah man the things you learn here at this forum.....wow note to self: pick up a box of bounce

don't worry if you drop the box you can catch it on the bounce???

[Cricket]

A few years ago folks were using Bounce sheets as fan filters on the front of their computers. I tried it and it worked, but the air flow through the front fan port was reduced to the point that I removed the Bounce sheet and just blew the case out regularly instead.

Cricket

[ComputerNut]

Originally Posted by nubbler I'm scared to death of bees for some reason, never been stung by one though. So I'll probably start carying some Bounce around.

Yeah, i was unfortuate enough to be stung several types by bees in under a few minutes. I was like 5, and i just happened to be eating a peice of candy right under a bees nest ( ), next thing I knew, i had sharp pains above my eyes, and my arms. So now, i just keep a good distance from bees and let them mind their own business!

CN

[Jaggannath]

I got stung once right between the eyes, ended up looking like Elephant Man (literally). To this day I have no idea why, I was standing in the middle of a footy field, and it flew under the brim of my cap and got me.
I also managed to stand on a dead one, and my foot swelled up a little. As you can see, I'm a lucky lucky person

[nocturnx]

A few years back I was at a soccer game drinking from a can of Mountain Dew. Little did i know a bee had climbed into the can while it was sitting down. I thought something was wrong when i took a swig and felt something floating in my mouth and knew something was wrong when I felt a painful sharp pain on the inside of my cheek. I dont think I ever spit Mountain Dew out that quick. Every time I take a can of soda outside now I always look before i take a drink heh.

[Punked Out Comp]

That must have been a horrible place for a bee sting. I can only think of one worse place!

[ZeratulsAvenger]

My friend got stung by 7-10, with them stuck in clothing and hair until we picked em all out. She stepped into a bees nest that was in the ground. Bad idea. I got my first and only sting as I was frantically running around trying to figure out what was going on and what to do. My other friend was doing the same. She has it all recorded on her cell phone(as she dropped the cell phone and that is why she went back.). I called her and then she was following the ring and picked up the phone and out come the bees. Hilarious to listen to what our thoughts and idea's were. "Maybe you should take off your clothes." I honestly was trying to help with that one. Bees were in the swearshirt, pants, hair, etc.


Bounce is perdy nifty, I must admit. Gotta try some of those.

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by Stryker A type of bee.

Some of us old timers were geeks before computers existed. Entomology (the study of insects) was one of my hobbies as a youngster so I must add a correction to the classification of a yellow jacket. It is not a bee but rather a wasp. There a several species of wasps with the yellow jacket being one of the most common in the US. They are often referred to as hornets but that classification is incorrect. There is only one true hornet found in the US and it is an import from Europe. Here's a couple of articles you may find interesting.

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordL...low_jacket.htm


http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/no...an/horn-yj.htm

We have these pests come back every spring and build nests under the railing of our deck on the back of the house. As one of the articles above points out, only the females can sting - and repeatedly! Some folks are allergic to bee and/or wasp poison and react as Jag describes or worse, they have died from a reaction to bee or wasp stings.

And for a final bit of useless info, the Yellow Jacket is also the mascot of Georgia Tech.

[SARGE]

I have a bud who was on his tractor mowing in the fields. A yellow jacket somehow flew up his nose and began stinging. While not funny then, we've laughed alot since then - the sight of him jumping off the tractor and grabbing and rubbing his nose, trying to kill the critter inside.

[Jaggannath]

Originally Posted by SARGE I have a bud who was on his tractor mowing in the fields. A yellow jacket somehow flew up his nose and began stinging. While not funny then, we've laughed alot since then - the sight of him jumping off the tractor and grabbing and rubbing his nose, trying to kill the critter inside.

OK, you win.... that is possibly the funniest story I've ever heard regarding bees. It's like when a fly crawls into your ear, and you unwittingly try digging it out with your finger, succeeding in doing one of two things:
1- killing it is your ear (which is disgusting!!)
2- trapping it in there so that it tries to fly around, buzzes, and deafens you for 10 mins

[Stryker]

Originally Posted by Panama Red Entomology (the study of insects) was one of my hobbies as a youngster so I must add a correction to the classification of a yellow jacket.

I stand corrected, and have also learned some good facts too. I'm far from an entomologist and actually didn't even know wasps and bees were classified differently.

My cousins, my brother and myself were playing hide & seek in the woods many years ago and suddenly one of my cousins came sprinting out of the forest and started ripping all of her cloths off while screaming and yelling. Thinking that she had gone completely off her rocker, the parents all came running out of the house only to find she had been running through the woods and slammed straight into a wasp nest. As you said Sarge, it wasn't too funny when it happened but we certainly laugh now!!

[Lamilia]

Originally Posted by nocturnx A few years back I was at a soccer game drinking from a can of Mountain Dew. Little did i know a bee had climbed into the can while it was sitting down. I thought something was wrong when i took a swig and felt something floating in my mouth and knew something was wrong when I felt a painful sharp pain on the inside of my cheek. I dont think I ever spit Mountain Dew out that quick. Every time I take a can of soda outside now I always look before i take a drink heh.

they make caps now for aluminum cans just for that reason. nice bounce facts

[Lamilia]

Originally Posted by Jaggannath Nasty looking critters, glad we don't have them in Australia.

yeah but you guys have much worse. I watch the croc hunter on animal planet I've seen some mean snakes and stuff on that show and most are from australia

[Jaggannath]

Crocodiles aren't so bad... I pop out the back every so often to go and wrestle one myself

And I have a few pet snakes, I'm a parselmouth (sp?)