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1. Books
The most treasured books, now mostly in libraries, museums, and private collections, are called incunabula, a word of Latin origin defined in the dictionary as "swaddling clothes, cradle, origin, birthplace, from cunae, meaning cradle; earliest stages, beginnings, infancy," thus, "books printed in the infancy of printing, that is, before 1501 A.
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2. Knitting
You will soon find that there is no limit to what a pair of knitting needles can produce: pullovers, afghans, baby clothes, gloves, wristlets, caps, vests, dresses, jackets, and even—believe it or not—lace.
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3. Model - Making
As with so many other hobbies, model-making overlaps into several other fields, allowing one person the luxury of several hobbies or allowing an entire family to join in the enjoyment of their hobbies: Dad enjoys woodwork, builds a dollhouse; Junior Miss collects dolls and moves tenants into the house; mother makes doll clothes; Junior Mister makes tiny furniture, patrolling airplanes, and collects miniature cars.
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4. Sewing
But beyond the reward of accomplishment, there are most pleasant bonuses: they save considerable money, and they are far better dressed than women who spend the same amount of money on ready-made clothes.
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5. Weatherstripping And Caulking
It's called a draft gauge and all you need is a metal clothes hanger, a plastic sandwich bag (or a piece of light tissue paper), a pair of scissors and two clothes pins.
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6. Washing Machine
The biggest cost item in washing clothes is the hot water. The more you can do with cold and warm wash cycles, the more energy you save.
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7. Electric Clothes Dryer
You can add further moisture to your house by drying clothes inside in winter. Remember never to vent your dryer through the chimney or to vent a gas dryer inside.
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8. Generation Of Heat
• Dust from any source — sawdust, cement dust or lint from a clothes dryer — can affect performance. If the clothes dryer exhausts into the furnace area, install an outlet filter to keep lint and fluff from getting to the furnace.
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9. Reduce Internal Heat Loads
• Do your vacuuming, ironing, clothes washing and dishes in the cool hours. • Don't use the stove unless you have to.
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10. Go Easy On Washers And Dryers
• Take clothes out of the dryer as soon as they are dry enough to iron. • Hang small washings up to dry in your apartment.
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