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Bluffboy says: My mate cheated death and burned his eyebrows off looking down the barrel of a potato gun. Tell us about your brushes with the Grim Reaper through stupidity.

(, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 20:01)
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We call it acieeeeed!
I'm telling this story on behalf of one of the woman with whom my mother used to share an office.

You know how in hard-water areas you can de-scale your kettle using citric acid?

Make sure you change the water before making a cup of coffee.
(, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 12:18, 2 replies)
I've done mine for years
using vinegar. Everywhere I've read this tip says "Don't boil the kettle!" Last month I thought "I wonder why?"

Frothy vinegar everywhere. Don't boil the kettle!
(, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 12:40, closed)
Citric acid
wouldn't do you much harm, to be fair.

Personally, I prefer to use nitric...
(, Fri 13 Feb 2009, 14:56, closed)

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