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...When author Shannon Lush goes shopping, readers bustle up to her, eager to share their triumphs: "They'll say, 'I did it! I did what you said and it worked!'" Part of the thrill, she says, is that whether it was getting mold off the edge of the bath or nail polish off the sheets, they've done it with products that cost next to nothing and were likely already in the kitchen cupboards. Lush's cleaning staples are the same ones everybody's great-grandmother used: vinegar, bicarbonate of soda, methylated spirits, detergent, glycerine, milk. Shoe polish...
...Listeners to Lush's biweekly spots on ABC Radio provided most of the dilemmas in the book and throw new ones at her all the time. But the Sydney mother of two says she always has an answer. An artist and restorer, she had to become an expert at stain removal "because I make huge messes." And so far, she's never met a stain she couldn't beat. "I'm the CSI of cleaning...
...Cleaning spots is problem solving," says Lush. The difference between her and people who instantly reach for a commercial product or call a professional is that "they see a stain as a finished thing," she says. "They don't see how to break it down. But if you understand your stain and what it's made of, you can work out what will get rid of it." Take red wine. "Wine is an acid. Bicarb soda is an alkali. So when you spill red wine on the carpet, you mop up as much as you can, then sprinkle on bicarb...
...Imagine Owning Your Own Town and Zip Code!" the eBay ad screams. "The starting bid will be $1,750,000. Enjoy eighty-three acres of lush, green hillsides, a roaring river, swimming holes, sweeping mountain views, warm sunshine and riverfront acreage. Property includes houses, cabins and commercial buildings with rental income...
...south of Florida and Arizona to make their golden years extra mellow. Although places like Playa del Carmen and Cancún in Mexico have long been retirement havens, ever venturesome boomers are settling deeper into Central America, lured there as much by the laid-back ethos as by the lush forests and beckoning beaches. Costa Rica alone, according to the foreign-retiree association Casa Canada in San José, plays host to 50,000 Americans. That migration has spawned a real estate boom in scenic coastal and mountain towns from Honduras to Panama...