Cheats and Hints Books

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I really liked this book, best shortcuts to date. The small bowl of ammonia did help clean the oven, the hot water in the microwave, wasn't enough though.

Great advice.

I'm still going through this book, but I've read enough to give a review. Jeff Bredenberg is a highly entertaining writer. In fact, if you had no intention of changing your cleaning habits, you could buy the book and read it through for its snappy humor. But in fact, there are some good pointers in here on cleaning. I think he relies too much on disposables (buy! buy! buy!), but as he states, take what advise you want and don't sweat the rest. The book is upbeat and fun to read. I bought another book on how to eliminate clutter; the first chapter was so depressing I put the book aside. Cheat at Cleaning also has an index, which is very helpful.

This is a good book - many many helpful hints not just for quickness but to get the job done!!

Just by chance, this book ended up on my coffee table, and every woman who has come within 5 feet of it has immediately picked it up! Surprised at now entertaining this book is to read, we have all enjoyed the short descriptions of how to solve cleaning problems. It's an entertaining and useful book.

I haven't read the book, but I did read a tip from it on AOL news. It suggested heating water in your microwave for 5 minutes to steam off any baked-on food. I'm sure this works great, but a warning: super-heated water can actually blow up in your microwave! It happened to me when heating water for gelatin dessert. It blew the door open and sent scathing water all over the kitchen. (Thank God I was in the next room.)
I immediately "googled" the phenomenon and learned that many people have been badly hurt in taking hot water out of the microwave for tea, etc.
It seems that when heated too much, water molecules become unstable and can explode. This is no urban legend-it's true. One thing that can prevent this is to add a bit of rice, or a tea bag, or anything that can absorb the molecular instability. But as for me, I'll just grab my good old tea kettle now,thanks...

The title is misleading in a sly sort of way. The tagline "Quick Clutter-Clobbering Ways to Simplify Your Life" might lead you - as it did me - to believe it is a book about conquering clutter as part of a method to get one organized.

It isn't.

The book is a collection of tips and hints, most borrowed (and properly attributed) to others. The hints and tips for the most part tend toward the mundane and "I already knew that" kind. For example, "[i]f you tend to drift through the day oblivious to time . . . [t]echnology will help you out." Set an alarm. Bredenberg then goes on to tell you that your electronic watch, PDA and computer all allow you to set alarms. And if you have none of those get a kitchen timer. Helpfully, Bredenberg tells you that a mechanical ticking counter is too noisy.

On the whole, I found no "ah-ha!" suggestions in this book. I suggest looking at this one in a bookstore or library before considering buying it.

Jerry