LPT Placing a leak alarm near your water heater can save you thousands of dollars in repairs due to water damage You can get a basic one online for about $10 but there are much more advanced ones. You can get one that will send an alert to your phone. There are also ones that will shut your water off when it detects a leak. It’s one of those, “and ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure,” situations. submitted by /u/slappy_mcslapenst…

LPT Check your home water supply for lead service lines Unfortunately many homes in USA still have lead service lines bringing water from the mains to the house. Children are particularly at risk. An estimated 9.2 million lead service lines (LSLs) serve water to properties in communities across the United States Look up your area at https://leadoutmap.org/map/ Use a certified water filter to remove …

LPT: How to Nicely Correct Someone Ever felt awkward correcting someone? Let’s face it, no one likes being told they’re wrong. Here’s a simple trick to make it less painful: Instead of: “You forgot to…” Try: “Hey, I think the might be missing. Could you double-check?” This way, you’re pointing out the issue without sounding accusatory. It’s a small change, but it can ma…

LPT: Take 5-10 minutes each morning to set a small goal that has nothing to do with work or productivity. It can be as simple as trying a new recipe, taking a walk without your phone, or even complimenting someone genuinely. These mini-goals are quick and often bring small but meaningful boosts to your day. Plus, they help you stay connected with things that bring you joy outside of the usual routines. submitted by /u/sluttyy_honey …

LPT: Smoldering coffee grounds keep wasps away Might be a bit late since summer is over, but if you’re hanging out outside and wasps are bothering you put some coffee grounds on a plate and light them so they start smoldering and smoking; wasps will stay away untill the grounds are spent submitted by /u/rustytoerail

LPT-first time voter tip My daughter (18) voted for the first time last night. I was able to print out a sample ballot from our county’s website and talk her through all the different offices she would be voting on prior to actually voting. She obviously knew about presidential voting but senate races, city council and school board elections came as a surprise to her. …

LPT – How do I professionaly tell my boss that it’s not my job to remind people to do their jobs. So, a colleague of mine needs help with a map, to blur out certain areas. This needs to be done for our head of department. In a meeting with my colleague, and my manager I only asked my colleague to send me the areas he needs blurred. End of business day, my manager asked me about the task but my colleague had not sent me anything so I didn’t d…

LPT camelcamelcamel helps show an Amazon Product’s price history. This can help show if the Black Friday deal is actually a deal Hey everyone, posting this again this year as a reminder with Black Friday and holidays are coming up. There is a website called camelcamelcamel. It analyzes an Amazon product showing when it was the cheapest and the products price history. Just because something is 40% off doesn’t mean it’s a deal. This website is very handy to weed out the fak…

LPT – When you are younger, say HS and College, try to get jobs in contractor and landscaping work. When you have a house one day, you will save a ton of money by being able to do things yourself. As a new homeowner, I wish I had some of these skills already developed. I’d even go as far as taking classes now to learn these skills. Knowing how to do landscaping and certain work around the house would have legitimately saved me 10’s of thousands in the past 15 months. submitted by /u/JLSmoove626

LPT: If you bought a lot of candy for Halloween and didn’t have that many visitors, donate the candy to a domestic violence shelter. Many of the women there have kids who were unable to go trick or treating (for obvious reasons). submitted by /u/KissMyPooh

LPT: for everyone that’s lying in bed, doomscrolling in pitch darkness… turn your phone’s flashlight on. your eyes will no longer strain due to the backlight effect. submitted by /u/dodrjrg

LPT if you walk into a room and the person didn’t see you and you didn’t make any sound, let them hear you lightly doing something before you say hello and startle them out of nowhere Just jostle something or make a light sound to let the person know youve entered the room they were alone in before you just jump into a greeting and make them drop the cake they were holding that took them all day to make ironically for a surprise party submitted by /u/heftysubstantialshit

LPT: Don’t use hot water from the tap for cooking as hot water tends to pick up a lot more sediment in your pipes. Make sure the cold water runs for a few seconds before you use it after using hot water. submitted by /u/leolacakes

LPT How to slow down mindless scrolling while idle If you’re like me and you mindlessly reach for your phone when you have a slow or idle moment while waiting for the elevator, coffee shop, or anything really then simply keep your phone in a different pocket. When I reach down and surprisingly grab my wallet instead of my phone it forces me to think if I really need my phone in that moment or if…

LPT Away from family but still want to stay connected? Share quick snapshots of your day! As a 23-year-old who travels a lot for work, I found a small but effective way to keep my connections strong. I send my friends or family a quick photo of something cool or random I see during my day—whether it’s a cute café, my outfit, or even the weird hotel art. It sparks a little conversation and makes them feel like they’re with me subm…

LPT Keep mirrors and crystal away from sunny windows /direct sunlight Fire crew manager Chucks Abili, who was at the scene, said that fires caused by intense sunlight “are not as rare as you would think and this incident shows that fires can happen in anyone’s home”. “Particularly at this time of year, the sun is low in the sky so the concentrated rays can set light to nearby items,” he said. “We’ve seen fires cau…

LPT: Be extra vigilant tomorrow morning when walking the dog. Dropped candy can be tempting and extremely dangerous to dogs. submitted by /u/greenmachine11235

LPT: Don’t want to be disturbed on Halloween? Try reverse trick-or-treating! One year, I was studying for finals and didn’t want to be disturbed, so I decided to leave an empty box out with a sign that read “please put candy in the box”. When the first group of kids arrived, there was a moment of silence followed by “awww mannn” and the sound of candy hitting cardboard. There was no candy left by morning, but the doorbel…

LPT: Remove ads from amazon echo devices home screen FYI: amazon seems to have enabled a skill that shows ambient ads: JHCP Prod skill TLDR; check your alexa skills and see if there is one that mentions ambient ads. you prob never added it. disable/delete the JHCP Prod skill and home screen ads will be gone!! so i have had echo devices since they launched. the last six months i have noticed more a…

LPT: Whenever you have a really productive day, take 5 minutes to write down what helped make it that way. Over time, you’ll start to see patterns, and you can recreate those conditions more often! submitted by /u/sluttyy_honey