Grandma's 29+ Oddly Useful Life Hacks You'll Wish You Knew Sooner

Besides the flushable wipes (which is a really terrible tip, I know, my bad).. what's your favorite grandma life hack?

I'm a coordinator for 14 plumbers & highly recommended you do NOT flush sanitary wipes. We are constantly clearing drains of wads of wipes. They do not breakdown fast enough & get caught in your pipes. BAD!! sorry grandma ☹️

Use vinegar in the washing machine instead of fabricate softener. It is cheaper. It disinfects. It cuts the grease. It helps rinse off the soap residue. Use baking soda to clean grimy bathtubs and showers. Also other greasy or dirty things like the dishes and pots. Just a bit on the coffee cups and tea cups removes the coffee and tea stains. You can use baking soda to scrub the floor, which you rinse after. Use a teaspoon dissolved in a cup of warm water to soften your hair. Rinse your hair in warm water. You hair will be soft and shiny. Use a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in warm water to help set your hair. Use a spray pump, or dip your comb on this mixture. Cheaper than hair spray. For dandruff, put a teaspoon of vinegar in a cup of warm water, and use that as a final rinse when washing your hair. You don’t need to rinse the vinegar water, because the smell goes away when you dry your hair, and your hair will also be shiny. Final rinse of camomile brew , after you shampoo your hair helps your blonde hair be soft and shiny. If you are a brunette, cold brewed coffee as the final rinse. Use used teabags, which you kept chilled in the refrigerator, on your closed eyes, it helps the puffiness. Whip together some oil and butter. Depends how much of each is your taste. Helps stretch the butter for buttering your toast snd pancakes. When you go eating at a restaurant, always eat the soup , salad, bread and butter, and side vegetables. But wrap the steak in the plastic bag or foil you have brought. Take the steak home to make stew or soup, which will help your budget stretch. Don’t depend on the restaurant to wrap the steak, because they could switch it with another steak, and you might be too timid to ask for a “doggy bag” or leftovers to be wrapped. Keep a washed bottle, preferably a plastic one, and fill the bottle with homemade tea or lemonade. Or just water. Add a lemon slice for taste and vitamin C. Bring your filled bottle with you to college and work, so you do not need spend money on soda during break. Take the paper napkins you didn’t use at the fast food restaurant. Keep them in the car so when you need to blow your nose, or any other messy thing (like cleaning the fog inside the windshield). Take the little scraps of disposable and grate them. Keep the grated soap for handwashing your socks in the sink. Don’t ever throw away slivers of soap. You can try pressing the sliver of disposable into a new bar of soap.

I'm here realizing that I am Granny, and should be giving my advice. Boy have I survived some rough stuff, and still do. It's called poverty, and many are getting a taste of it right now. I can also give much better, useable advice, too. This is AI driven. Get your tips from a real Grandma, not AI.

Grandmother’s would not use so call flushable wipes. Because grandmothers are wise enough to know those things clog the sewer lines and will cost more in the long run.

Ok you can thank me later. I was raised poor in NC and can tell you as to burns…if you burn yourself put apple cider vinegar on the burn. Pack baking soda on it and then pour more baking soda. Do this a couple times until you have a paste on the burn. It will burn like hell and you will want to wash it off, but don’t as the burning stops. The burn will never hurt again. My grandma used to tell me it takes the burn out and it really does. That is all I have ever done to a burn in the kitchen and it always works

Okay, I can't stay quiet on this one, re: using oil to remove sticky mess. The text seems to be referring to residue left from stickers, labels, etc. It even says "adhesives". But the video shows cooking messes on stove surfaces, which is a whole different thing. In fact most messes on cooktops are oily in nature. I would not add more oil to clean that, would you? AI missed the point on this one.

Aloe Vera works better without the stickiness of honey.

If your wipes are dried out,especially the ones you keep in he car, any sort, baby wipes, antibacterial wipes etc, just put some fabric softner in a bowl, add all the loose wipes, gently squeeze out the excess and hang out to dry. Stuff them into a container and use them in the dryer instead of expensive dryer sheets. Pour the leftover fabric softner back into the bottle of course!

I can't afford pure honey, its to expensive in Australia, instead I use aloe vera straight from the plant, it's free and works better.

NEVER put ANY wipes down the toilet. They do not dissolve like toilet paper and they block sewers. Put the used wipe in the garbage.

The pillow case for linen set is a good idea.

Honey os only relevant if it’s not processed, raw and organic. Farmers market is the best source and usually they are locally owned so you can buy from them year round. A tablespoon of raw, local, organic honey a day will build your immune system. My grandson at two, after being sick for over a year was diagnosed with a deficiency in his immune system. We did research and after a year of giving him local raw honey his immune system was completely restored ❤

Poor ants, they are important to the eco system too.. Spray peppermint oil mixed with water across entry points, it hams nothing but insects dislike it and go elsewhere.

Good Heavens, I must be a "granny', as I have been doing 99% of these hacks for decades!!!

I can't say I've ever found a spider in a clothes drawer nor know anyone who has.

I have to buy liquid dishwasher detergent (solid doesn’t dissolve), and add water to the container. As time goes on I continue to add water…the original water content evaporates leaving a thicker pour - cut this with water always. I’ve found my dishes are cleaner, shinier, with no residue on anything. I don’t think we need so much soap! I also do this with liquid laundry detergent. We’ve been programmed to use more for suds thinking our clothes are cleaner, but I think we end up wearing soap residue that actually attracts dirt. Add water or use less detergent. I hang my clothes outside and I love the smell! Whites are whiter, poly sports gear needs sun to kill bacteria & stops smells, and clothes last longer! Added bonus: less electricity! The dryer is one of the biggest power users.

Marjoreen 😂😂😂

Nurses in hospital taught me not to tip my head back when swallowing pills…it feels like you want to but you close your throat up doing that

Bags of frozen veggies is a good substitute for ice packs!