Hints From Heloise

Mon., May 13, 1996

King Features Syndicate

Dear Heloise: When some of my plastic shower curtain rings became sprung and would no longer lock in place, I bought a new set. Since the second set matched the first, I decided not to toss all the old ones, but to replace only those that needed replacing and save the others to be used as needed.

Why not buy two sets when I change decor, so that I will have matching replacements when one or two break or don’t lock? - Betty W. Chastain, Greenville, Texas

Dear Heloise: The long, narrow plastic sacks that newspapers are delivered in make sorting a charm. Mine are labeled scissors, stamps, staples, paper clips, markers, envelopes, pens, pencils, crayons, notepads and on and on. The bags hang inside around the edge of a 12-inch by 18-inch corrugated box through inch-long slits I cut around the top of the box.- Joyce Thompson, Warren, Ind.

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