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Sometimes, life just gets in the way. A Reddit thread called “Life Pro Tips” lets users share their small fixes for everyday issues, from how to keep your spare change from jingling around to what to do when you forget to run the dryer. This digital user’s guide to life shows that advice isn’t just your mom’s domain anymore-- it’s being crowdsourced by people from all over the world. Here are 15 pearls of their everyday wisdom.

Do you have a Life Pro Tip that makes navigating through life in Boston as easy as a stroll through the Common? Email them to us at hive@boston.com or Tweet @HiveBoston

Sometimes, life just gets in the way. A thread on Reddit called “Life Pro Tips” lets users share their small fixes for everyday issues, from how to keep your spare change from jingline around to what to do when you forget to run the dryer. Here’s an excerpt from their user’s guide to life. Living in Boston isn’t for everyone, as tourists every year seem to be constantly reminded. What are your Boston Pro Tips for making life in the Hub as easy as a stroll through the Common? Submit them here.

Do you have a Life Pro Tip that makes navigating through life in Boston as easy as a stroll through the Common? Email them to us at hive@boston.com or Tweet @HiveBoston

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Ditch smelly laundry

After leaving wet clothes in the washing machine long enough to develop that musty odor, rewash the load with some white vinegar.

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2.If there is another vending machine next to the one you are trying to use, feed your dollar into that machine, press the “return change” button, and use the coins you receive in the original machine you were trying to use.

Get the vending machine to take your money

If there is another vending machine next to the one you are trying to use, feed your dollar into that machine, press the “return change” button, and use the coins you receive in the original machine you were trying to use.

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Save some change

When ordering coffee, fro-yo, or other treats, order them to go. Carry-out orders are usually exempt from sales taxes, so you could save quite a bit of change in the long run.

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4.Learning the Nato alphabet and committing it to memory will greatly aid in speaking letters, especially spelling something out over the phone. Instead of “M for Mary” or other random codes, using this standardized one will help keep it simple.

Make sure they spell your name right

Learning the NATO alphabet and committing it to memory will greatly aid in speaking letters, especially when spelling something out over the phone. Instead of “M for Mary” or other random codes, using this standardized one will help keep it simple.

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Make a cocktail in two seconds flat

For easy instant summer cocktails, mix some non-alcoholic components together and freeze them in an ice cube tray. Store the mixer ice cubes in a bag in the freezer and add a few to a glass of a low alcohol ingredient for a refreshing drink.

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Fix wobbly shopping carts

If your shopping cart has wobbly wheels, turn it 45 degrees and then push it forward.

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7.To keep change from falling out or jingling, stack up your coins, place them in your pocket, and then wrap a rubber band around them from the outside of the pocket.

Keep your change in your pocket

To keep change from falling out or jingling, stack up your coins, place them in your pocket, and then wrap a rubber band around them from the outside of the pocket. The rubber band corrals your coins and keeps them out of your way.

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Comfortably sleep while using earbuds

If you sleep on your front or side, position your earbuds so that the wire goes behind your head and down your back. This way, you won’t get tangled up in the wires when you switch positions in the middle of the night.

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9.Keep a strong magnet on your counter or bureau and toss bobby pins in its general direction. If it’s strong enough, it’ll pull the pins in and keep them there when you’re running out of the house.

Keep track of bobby pins

Keep a strong magnet on your counter or bureau and toss bobby pins in its general direction. If it’s strong enough, it’ll pull the pins in and keep them there when you’re too busy to put them away.

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Get rid of a wasp nest

Throw a cup of soap and water at a wasp nest to kill most of the bugs, then use a spray bottle filled with the same mixture to get rid of the ones you didn’t hit. After you’re sure they’re all dead, carefully remove the nest.

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11.To avoid making a mess when drilling a hole, put a sticky note under where you are going to drill and fold it in half upwards. It will catch all the dust from the hole.

Drill without making a mess

To avoid making a mess when drilling a hole, put a sticky note under where you are going to drill and fold it in half upwards. It will catch all the dust from the hole.

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Just slide your toothpaste tube flat across a desk edge so the toothpaste will come rushing at the other end of the tube.

Get the last of the toothpaste out

Just pull your toothpaste tube flat across a desk edge so the toothpaste will come rushing at the other end of the tube.

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f your child is one to complain about every tiny ache and pain, or to invent them, mix up a little bit of juice and sugar or something sweet in a medicine cup and tell them it’s medicine. Most of the time, just getting some attention and love is enough to “cure” them.

Cure the nonexistent colds

If your child is one to complain about every tiny ache and pain, or to invent them, mix up a little bit of juice and water, or some other sweet concoction, in a medicine cup and tell them it’ll fix whatever ails them. Sometimes just playing along is enough to “cure” them.

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14.Rub a little bit of deodorant on insect bites to keep them from itching. The aluminum salts in deodorant absorb the fluids of the insect bite.

Soothe itchy bug bites

Rub a little bit of deodorant on insect bites to keep them from itching. The aluminum salts in it will absorb the fluids of the insect bite.

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15.Before you get back in the car after a day at the beach, sprinkle some baby powder on the parts of your skin that are still coated in sand. The sand comes off much easier without any scrubbing,

Leave the sand at the beach

Before you get back in the car after a day at the beach, sprinkle some baby powder on the parts of your skin that are still coated in sand. The sand comes off much more easily and without any scrubbing,

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