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Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn
If you have 5-10 year old sons, daughter, nieces and nephews (basically kids you trust with a ring), get a group of them together and tell them that whoever finds the ring in the grass will get $20 (...
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Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn
Obvious but expensive answer: wave a metal detector over your lawn. Maybe a friend has one you could borrow?
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Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn
Go outside that night with a very strong flashlight or preferably a higher-intensity floodlight. With any luck, the glint of any metal object will stand out considerably compared to anything else you ...
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Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn
First of all, do not assume it is in the garden unless you are absolutely certain. If there is any possibility it is somewhere else, then those other places must be systematically searched.
Do not ...
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Tips to find misplaced keys somewhere in my house
Someone I know would advise you to look in the fridge first. (And if you are a hot drink drinker, around the kettle or coffee machine.)
Seriously, walk the way through the house as you would have ...
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How can I prevent the remote control from getting lost?
Maybe you could attach the remote to something big so that it's easier to find if it gets lost.
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Finding a gold ring lost in the house
A gold ring is, in effect, a tuned circuit. Though a metal detector would find lumps of any type of metal, such as nails in the wall, a grid dip meter (GDM), used by electronics and radio amateurs, or ...
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Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn
Crows here in the Pacific Northwest find everything. I threw a loaf of bread squares onto my lawn one morning, trying to remember where I put my single car key. Voila, a crow buggered around and ...
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Finding a gold ring lost in the house
Here are few methods to find the ring.
This might look a bit complicated but this method helped me to find few small objects on floor.
Keep a torch in your hand and place your head on the floor in ...
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Finding a gold ring lost in the house
I think there is only one way that is pretty sure to work. One by one, empty each room of every object. You'll need an empty room or a large clear area to stage removed objects.
An alternative to ...
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Finding a gold ring lost in the house
Close the blinds & drapes, turn off all the electronics, wait until night, and use a very bright flashlight.
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Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn
You could try raking the grass, with any luck the ring might hook onto one of the many tines on the rake and thus be retrieved.
If it doesn't hook on, it should be easy to hear the metal on metal '...
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How can I prevent the remote control from getting lost?
If you're using smart TV and it is connected to the same WiFi of your device, or it is capable of Bluetooth then you can try apps that can substitute your remote control.
Dijit - Uses Bluetooth, WiFi
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How can I prevent the remote control from getting lost?
Attach a keyring finder to it.
In general, avoid the whistle-activated ones, I find they're too sensitive and go off randomly.
I'd probably go for one that doesn't use a remote, otherwise you're ...
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How can I prevent the remote control from getting lost?
I think you can try tie/glue/tape a piece of string to it and tie the other end somewhere near your couch, or wherever you sit to watch TV. If that dangles too much, maybe you can try fixing one of ...
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Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn
You could also try the old vacuum panty hose trick. Your neighbors might think you are crazy, if they see you vacuuming the lawn :)
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Tips to find misplaced keys somewhere in my house
You don't have to come to that if you choose a specific place to put your specific keys, that way wouldn't lost it at first place(unless you're very much drunk).
You can buy LED key ring so that it ...
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How to segment ones life/data?
The issue is that you can organize your life in different ways, depending on the paradigm you use: "employee, son, father, etc." is one, "I, other people, my things" is another.
All these paradigms ...
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Tips to find misplaced keys somewhere in my house
Try looking underneath things that you recently touched and may have put down on top of your keys.
Try looking at or above eye level in case you set them on top of something higher than normal.
Try ...
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How can I find out who owns a painting? (legally)
You could always have a replication done and then challenge the authenticity of any other copy, but as Stan, and Stu already mentioned if you are trying to locate a piece of art that doesn't belong to ...
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How to segment ones life/data?
In my world, it has to be handy or it will not be used.
I use a Wiki which is the simplest database that is: fully searchable, relational, extremely flexible, fast, and cross-platform. It will sit in ...
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Tips to find misplaced keys somewhere in my house
Purchase a Tile and attach to your key ring. They work brilliantly. See https://www.thetileapp.com/en-us/
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Finding a gold ring lost in the house
Try making it all dark in the house and using a flashlight/torch you can also ask around to see if anyone has seen it also so you don't have to go up to someone who thought they had a cute ring and ...
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How can I prevent the remote control from getting lost?
I'd say the best answer to this problem is to buy another, identical remote for your use.
Keep it locked, or hidden away. If the rest of the household loses their remote, it's their problem. They ...
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How can I prevent the remote control from getting lost?
Your main problem seems to be that you're the only one with a bit of discipline, and you're the only one who wants to put it in a given place. In other words, the issue is much more than just having a ...
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How can I prevent the remote control from getting lost?
Rather than attaching something to the remote, make a place for it that is more attractive/easy to use:
Various places sell sofa-side magazine holders, or trays. Have one of these on the most useful ...
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