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The Ultimate Book of Household Hints and Tips
This book offers handy hints and tips for a happy home. The key to running a home is organization. Learn how to keep clutter to a minimum, establish a cleaning routine that you can live with and learn how to make time for regular repairs and maintenance. It is packed with common sense solutions, expert advice and traditional tips that will help you do things quickly and easily - so you have more time to enjoy yourself at home! Dip in and out for quick reference and inspirational tips!
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192 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2009
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May 5, 2020
2.5
It's worrisome to read a book giving practical life tips without much scientific proof being presented, and while I was reading this and found some things true to as I've been taught, there were a slight amount of things that were outdated or were untrue (such as keeping coffee grounds in the fridge) or lacking proper warnings (such as that the teeth whitening methods proposed will cause teeth sensitivity).
The lack of details was also present, when it came to amounts. The book would propose to add 15ml of whatever to a bucket of whatever. What is the volume of that bucket? There were various instances when this was the case.
There were things I did not know and will have to test out if they are true, but some of it is no longer useful in this day and age. I can't say much more about most cleaning tips and usefulness of the suggested methods, but to me using bleach and methanol for solving most cleaning issues seemed a bit rash.
Also, the translated version I read had some typos and issues with formatting/editing, where the bold of some words was missing.
Overall, I think the author takes for granted some knowledge the reader would have, especially, when it comes to the cooking section, where it could have provided more information even about the basics.
Though, at least it is easily navigable and well formatted.
It's worrisome to read a book giving practical life tips without much scientific proof being presented, and while I was reading this and found some things true to as I've been taught, there were a slight amount of things that were outdated or were untrue (such as keeping coffee grounds in the fridge) or lacking proper warnings (such as that the teeth whitening methods proposed will cause teeth sensitivity).
The lack of details was also present, when it came to amounts. The book would propose to add 15ml of whatever to a bucket of whatever. What is the volume of that bucket? There were various instances when this was the case.
There were things I did not know and will have to test out if they are true, but some of it is no longer useful in this day and age. I can't say much more about most cleaning tips and usefulness of the suggested methods, but to me using bleach and methanol for solving most cleaning issues seemed a bit rash.
Also, the translated version I read had some typos and issues with formatting/editing, where the bold of some words was missing.
Overall, I think the author takes for granted some knowledge the reader would have, especially, when it comes to the cooking section, where it could have provided more information even about the basics.
Though, at least it is easily navigable and well formatted.
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