DEAR READERS: Today's Sound Off is about too many junk fliers:
"I want people to please stop leaving ads for various restaurants, child care, lawn and tree-trimming services, religious information and all the other info. It's stuffed in my door, left on the porch or, more often than I like, thrown on my front lawn. I put a 'No Solicitation' sign on my door, but that hasn't stopped anyone."
-- Miranda L.,
Kennewick, Wash.
This can be a problem, especially if you're out of town for a while. Unfortunately, they are not going to stop. Most times, these are delivered by a separate company. Also, all of the piled-up papers signal that no one is home, and basically says to a thief, "Hey, break in!" If you are gone for a while, ask a neighbor (or pay a neighborhood teenager) to pick the stuff up daily.
DEAR HELOISE: I have some good advice for young men [Heloise here: or older ones, too] about surprising their girlfriend with an engagement ring. You don't have to have a ring to ask her to marry you. Find some unique way to ask. I asked my now-wife to marry me, then we went ring shopping.
We decided on a jeweler, and I went by myself to discuss a price I could afford. He was to have a tray of possible ring sets to show her the next day. We both went back, and she selected five sets she liked. I returned alone, chose one from the five sets and surprised her when I gave her the ring a few days later.
We have been married for 54 years.
-- Sheridan G., California
DEAR READER: What a lovely story, and one I hope will give others some insight that some things do not always have to be done in the traditional way.
DEAR HELOISE: As much as I love my dog, he sheds on my sofa and chairs. Instead of yelling at him to get off the furniture, I use a damp, clean sponge (after vacuuming as much as possible). I lightly rub the sponge in small circles, which causes the pet hairs to collect together. Then I take tape of any kind and press on the clumps of pet hair. It's easy and takes less time than writing this hint.
-- Tammy R., Kent, Ohio
DEAR READER: Just be sure the sponge is clean. We keep a very-thin-material shower curtain on the bed so that when Chammy jumps up, the hair stays on it.
Send a money- or time-saving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, Texas 78279-5000; fax to (210) 435-6473; or email
Heloise@Heloise.com
ActiveStyle on 09/18/2017