5 – Gas Cap,
- This one only applies if you drive a car, and you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to pull into a petrol station and realise you parked on the wrong side – you’re supposed to fill your car on the other side
- Something you might not know is that the arrow on your fuel gauge will ALWAYS point to which side the tank is located – remember this one and it’ll save you from the turn of shame
4 – Microwave Bowls,
- It always sucks when you’re cooking for two and you might need to wait 5 or 10 minutes for something to cook, but here’s a simple hack for two
- Just balance one bowl on a cup and elevate it above the other – just remember to check that both bowls and cup are microwave proof before you do this though
3 – Grilled Cheese,
- A cheap alternative for those without a proper sandwich griller or oven handy – just knock your toaster over sideways, spread some cheese over bread and carefully place them inside
- It turns into a poor man’s cheese sandwich griller, or maybe even just a quirky little alternative to regular grilling – whatever takes your fancy
2 – Pencil Sharpener,
- A pencil sharpener can be used for much more than sharpening pencils – if you carry it with all your other equipment or in a survival kit in case you get lost, it’s an excellent survival tool
- You can sharpen small twigs using the razors, and the shavings are actually useful as tinder to start fires – keep yourself alive, at least until the razors get blunt
- Then you’re screwed
1 – Bin Papers
- If you’re the shmo that needs to take bins out every week, you probably already know that that bag is a soggy, stinky mess that’s probably stained the bottom of your bin
- But there’s a simple workaround here, just place an old newspaper on the bottom of your bin and it’ll absorb all the food and drink juices that drip down
- Unless you like cleaning the congested gunk out of the bottom of your bin – whatever you’re into, that’s cool with me