baskets with scanners

a way to save time is to put scanners on supermarket baskets to show customers the total cost of all items in it. this way customers would know if they are about to overspend and when ready they just pay at the cashier or swipe their credit card on the side of the scanner for faster payment.

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How to decide what to cook

Some people might agree that the biggest problem with cooking is not cooking itself but deciding what to cook. One way to help yourself decide is to make menus, put them in a basket and each day pull out one. It's a clever way to trick yourself into making a choice instead of trying to figure out what your choices are before you can decide.

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Best & Cheapest Espresso Cleaner

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 22 February 2008 by member nikosb

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The other day in the office I had to clean the filter of my espresso machine because the coffee had clogged up those small holes. I tried using one of the metal brushes with very fine threads but could not get the threads to go into the holes.

Solution? I put the filter basket in a cup with hot water, added some dish soap and let it there for 30 minutes. Amazingly the holes had cleared up on their own. I did not have to do it anything more. Pretty cool!