Hints From Heloise

Sun., Aug. 18, 1996

King Features Syndicate

Dear Heloise: Do you have a hint for reusing or recycling brown plastic medicine bottles? - Helen Chapman, Louisville, Ky.

We have printed hints from readers who take prescription bottles back to their pharmacy to have them refilled. They reuse the same bottle and just change the label.

After checking several pharmacies, only one major chain pharmacy said they would do this, upon request only. So be sure and call around before taking your prescription bottles to the pharmacy. - Heloise

Dear Heloise: Decorative ceramic flowerpots make excellent holders for pens, pencils, scissors, etc. They are attractive containers for desktops and are easily accessible by the telephone or typewriter when needed. - Dorothy L. Knorr, Queensbury, N.Y.

Dear Heloise: Boy, how times have changed! My nephew recently asked me if I had any pierced earrings he could have. After searching through my jewelry box, I found a cute pair to give him.

There’s no generation gap here! - Aunt Pinkie, San Antonio

Dear Heloise: When a woman gets in the car and puts her purse beside her, she should run her seat belt through the handle (or straps) of the purse.

When she buckles her seatbelt, no one can grab the purse. - V. Jean Bott, Macon, Ga.

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