Yankee Magazine's Practical Problem Solver: 1,001 Ingenious Solutions to Everyday Dilemmas [Hardcover]

Earl Proulx (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1998

"America's Favorite Handyman" offers hundreds of money and time-saving tips for all kinds of lifestyle problems--a collection of practical solutions for real-life household dilemmas. 127 illustrations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 392 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Pr (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899093752
• ISBN-13: 978-0899093758
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,676,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Place To Turn for Household Answers, February 11, 2002

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This review is from: Practical Problem Solver: 1,001 Ingenious Solutions to Everyday Dilemmas (Yankee Magazine Guidebook) (Hardcover)

Earl Proulux is famous for his fascinating and useful column in Yankee Magazine. Don't have time to search over hundreds of past issues to try to solve a problem? This book is a compilation of helpful advice from the master of ingenious answers. It is divided into appropriate sections such as cleaning, animal pests, cooking, household repairs and many others. Each section can be a great read by itself but it is also useful as a reference since it has a thorough index to quickly locate the solution to any problem. Whether it is getting rid of an odor, cleaning an unusual stain or fixing a creaking floorboard, there are simple solutions here for almost any problem. Some will leave you wondering who tried it first and why (like rubbing table salt and a piece aluminum flatware in your hand to remove onion and garlic odors from your hands), but the end result is the same, it works. Get the book and keep it someplace where you can grab it in a hurry, you never know when you will need it.

27 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solutions to unusual household questions --, June 22, 2000

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This review is from: Yankee Magazine's Practical Problem Solver: 1,001 Ingenious Solutions to Everyday Dilemmas (Hardcover)

that were at one time common knowledge. Having read Proulx's column in Yankee magazine for years, it's exciting to find a compilation of his wit and wisdom. Proulx has an amazing and encyclopedic range of knowledge of the repair or reconditioning of almost anything, and also provides information on where to acquire the necessary ingredients and pitfalls to avoid when performing the task. He lends his voice of experience to the reader and many times, after reading about a commonsensical but not generally used method described by Proulx, I am amazed and left wondering, "how in the world did he know that?" This book fills a gap left due to the shortage of craftsmen today -- Yankee ingenuity at its best!