If a fountain pen cap or barrel is discolored, the pen has little value.

When a house floods, special care is required. Save the things that are undamaged first, not the items that are soaked. Get metal legs off oriental rugs. Rust leaves a permanent stain.

Look at your home from the viewpoint of a trespasser. Do bushes hide the windows or doors? Are ladders lying around? Can a window be reached by standing on a table or air conditioning compressor? Does your fence hide the burglar from view while he breaks in?

Cranberry juice will stain stone, so be careful if you have marble-top tables. Other liquids will stain, but cranberry juice stains are particularly bad.


 

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