The Best Home Repair Hacks from Your Local Repairman

Frayed Fix

If you've got a frayed carpet causing you trouble, trim off the excess, squeeze a little bit of fabric glue into the carpet base, and wait for it to dry. Once it has had some time to relax. The old snag will be unnoticeable in no time at all!

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The More You Know

  • During pollen season, rinse your hair before bed. Otherwise you’re just depositing pollen on your pillowcase every night and then rolling your face in it all night.
  • Hollow out a watermelon, slice off the top, and pierce the side with a spigot. Then, fill the "keg" with your favorite punch and replace the lid to keep the drinks—and the conversation—flowing.
  • During your lifetime, you will spend around seventy-nine days brushing your teeth.
  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
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