21 Useful Life Hacks From the 1990s That Are Not Useful Anymore

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    Font - #23 Your Computer Game Running Too Fast Or Too Slow? Switch The Turbo Button On Your Computer Case On/Off POWER TURBO RESET H-DISK L
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    Building - BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO Deli CHIED When you get a 2-day rental from Blockbuster in the evening, you actually have until the morning of the third day to return it without a late fee.
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    Font - #1 If You Want To Download A Song, Start Downloading Before Bed. It Should Be At Like 99% By The Time You Wake Up 0% of the Internet downloaded Saving: theinternet.zip from the Internet Estimated time left: 4,381 years (14kb of 23,993,564,998 MB copied) Download to: C. Downloads theinternet.zip Transfer rate: 41.2 KB/Sec Close this dialog box when download completes Open Open Folder Cancel X
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    Toy - ty Use a safety pin to securly attach the ty tag to your beanie baby and ensure it won't lose value.
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    Rectangle - #4 Never Shut Down Your Computer Unless You See The "It's Now Okay To Shut Down Your Computer" It's now safe to turn off your computer.
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    Hand - Hold your slammer between two fingers, and throw it down hard while spinning it. This will cause most of the pogs to flip! If you're playing for keeps, jackpot! O
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    Television - #10 Can't Afford A Magic Eye Poster? Simply Take A Photo Of Some TV Static, Stick It To Your Wall And Tell Everyone It's A Dolphin 15
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    Eyebrow - If the game isn't working, just take it out and blow on it.
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    Motor vehicle - mapquest 135 Waterloo Rd A Use sites like MapQuest to print directions for where you're heading, Never get lost again!
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    Camera - FUJIFILM Keep a disposable camera in your glove compartment. If you get into a car accident you can use it to take photos for insurance purposes.
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    Musical instrument accessory - Southwester Bell Telephone Pacific PTS Telemanagement Services +88 5-10-25 U.S. CONS ONLY & P.O.B 418 CL, CAS 911 Pacific COMIGAILS 2 MINUTES FOR $1.00 WORLDWIDE CON RELEASE LOCAL CALLS 50c FOR 15 MINUTES CHANGE NOT PROVIDED NO INCOMING CALLS If you have a quick message for someone, and you are near a payphone but don't have 25 cents, dial 1-800-COLLECT and when it asks to say your name, say the message real fast. ::ring ring "Hello?" "You have a collect- call from
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    Font - L PROGRAM DISK set disk in your floppy disk drive (A or B), click on the File menu of your Windows Program Manager: select Rurt then type ASETUP (or BASETUP) and press O 0000 AMERICA FOR WINDOWS™ Version 2.3 Grab the free AOL floppies at CompUSA checkout stands, then place a piece of tape over the lock hole. Reformat the disks, and use them for personal files.
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    Product - BITION SYNOP Simon When playing Simon, assign each color a number. Count them out as they light up, it's easier to remember a number sequence than colors.
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    Gadget - EAMBICO Save yourself a lot of time and invest in a VHS rewinder.
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    Joint - If you don't have any more room in your packed bags before flying somewhere, wear cargo pants and cram a bunch of stuff in the pockets. To avoid getting gouged on drinks at the airport, stuff a couple bottles of soda in those pockets, and a plastic flask.
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    Wood - Twist a knoted slinky counter to the knot, then twist back the opposite direction to quickly fix a messed up slinky.
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    Font - If a winged Tamagotchi appears on your screen, it means that your Tamagot- chi decided to go back to its home planet. But don't despair, simply press the (A) and (C) buttons at the same time and your neweggis ready for hatching!
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    Material property - This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. FC MADE IN CHINA 0.0 PASSED If your mouse is lagging, take out the ball and clean it. It's probably just dusty!
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    Composite material - F Mme Mon == CD-R When burning your next ripped Smashmouth, Nirvana or Alanis Morisette CD, make sure you close all open programs to avoid buffer underrun.
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    Smile - Waiting for a phone call and don't want your parents to hear it ring? Call the movie theater and listen to today's listings until call waiting beeps.
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    Nose - #30 Don't Want People To Read Your Diary? Simply Hide It Inside An Empty Sliding Doors Vhs Case GWYNETH This 32 L SLIDING DOORS SONGS 15 MOHAM9
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