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How to Pick Up a Girl in a Club
Despite how they're portrayed in TV, movies, and music, clubs are not magical paradises where everyone effortlessly finds a date. It still takes a little effort to meet someone, even in this environment! However, you don't need cheesy pick-up lines or any...
How to Build a Rain Gauge
If you'd like to keep track of how much rainfall you're getting, you can either buy a rain gauge or make one for yourself. You only need a few simple materials, such as a plastic bottle, and a small amount of time. Use the gauge to compare the rainfall da...
How to Get over Your Addiction to Mountain Dew
If you find yourself drinking multiple bottles of Mountain Dew on a daily basis, you might be hooked. There are many good reasons to want to cut back on Mountain Dew. Its high sugar content can cause you to gain weight, and drinking too much soda can incr...
How to Adjust to Being a Boy when You Really Want to Be a Girl
There's nothing wrong with being assigned male at birth, yet feeling much more comfortable as a girl. Unfortunately, you might not be able to simply start living as a girl for various reasons, like being a minor. Remember that if transitioning is the mos...
How to Rock Both Braces and Glasses
You may be sick of being called "four eyes" or "brace face," and you may not think that wearing glasses or braces is much fun. But it's all in the attitude! These days, glasses and anything that may lead you to be labeled a "geek" can actually make you co...
How to Bucket Drum
Playing bucket drums is a fun way to practice percussion. You can achieve a unique sound by striking different parts of the bucket. Many people make extra money by playing their bucket drums on the street, in subway stations, or at festivals.
How to Do Impressions of People
An impersonation is a replication of someone's speech or body language. While most people try to impersonate someone's voice, a truly great impressions take the whole body. Whether you want to impress your friends or an audience, good impersonations requi...
How to Play Kent
Kent, also knows as Kemps or Cash, is a fun card game to play with a group of friends. The object of the game is to get four of a kind (four cards of the same rank), display your team’s signal, and have your teammate call “Kent,” or have your teammate say...
How to Preserve Fruit
Whether you have your own orchard or you picked up a bushel of fresh fruit from the farmer's market, the bountiful harvest will only last a short while if you do not take steps to preserve it. There are three basic ways of preserving fruit for an extende...
How to Check the Fluids in a Car
Your car is a big investment, one that requires constant attention. Checking its various fluids regularly will help to safeguard against breakdown, mechanical damage, and even preventable accidents. Fortunately, learning to keep an eye on your vehicle's f...
How to Respond After a Kiss
Even if you feel like you're the smoothest cat on the planet, most people lose a little of their cool after a good kiss. You'll end up panicking on the inside, wondering what to do next. But there is no right answer about what to do after a kiss-- and tha...
How to Clean a Venetian Blind
Venetian blinds are popular accessories in most homes since the horizontal slats can be adjusted to let in any amount of light. These blinds are also made with a wide variety of materials to suit a room's style. Like with any furnishing, blinds accumulate...
How to Change a Fuel Filter
Changing the fuel filter is a part of regular maintenance. Keeping your fuel system properly maintained by changing the fuel filter prolongs the life of the fuel pump. Dirt in the fuel is captured by the filter which clogs over time, causing it to operat...
How to Replace Swear Words with Less Offensive Words
Though you may not realize it, swearing actually offends people. Furthermore, many people who are offended are slow to make it known for fear of ridicule. By paying careful attention to how you swear, and developing some creative, less offensive alternati...
How to Ease Finger Soreness when Learning to Play Guitar
When you learn how to play guitar, you might experience a dull pain in your fingertips because your fingers are forming calluses, which are areas of thick skin. These are beneficial for guitar players, since they help to protect your fingers from the stri...
How to Create and Print Labels in Microsoft Word
This wikiHow teaches you how to set up and print a template for a single label or multiple labels in Microsoft Word.