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Old 03-11-2013, 12:31   #384
medic&commo
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Stories from PI

Maybe these are old news to some, but when I went over to PI to meet my wife's family I saw a few unique ways of solving everyday problems:
1. Fishing
Go to the rice paddies with all the villagers, bring a generator & pump.
Pump out most of the water.
Have the women take butterfly nets and scoop all the shrimp from around the edges.
Guys get in & scoop up the mudfish with your hands.
Have a feast (don't bother to cook the shrimp).

2. Flashlight breaks (rusted switch inside).
Take a burned out bulb, cut & flatten the metal base to a thin strip.
Insert inside handle, covering rusted area.
Presto, light works.

3. Recycling nails
Insure you leave nail heads sticking out slightly.
To pull out, without bending -
wrap cord around one block of wood, leaving 1 end free.
wrap the end around nail & back around block.
place 2nd block near nail.
twist 1st block over 2nd block, until nail pulls out.

4. Adjusting Water hose length
Take used, spent bicycle inner tubes, cut into strips.
Have several short copper pipes the same diameter as hose pieces.
Connect hoses with pipe, wrap & secure with rubber tubing.

5. "Scrubbing" pots / wooden floors
Take sand and coconut shells, in the place of cleanser.
Without the sand, shells work great as a floor polisher.

6. Shampoo / conditioner
Women use squeezings from shredded coconut for hair care.
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