{"id":19063,"date":"2025-06-08T05:38:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T03:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/08\/52-tiny-annoying-problems-solved-because-when-you-cant-control-the-big-stuff-start-small\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T05:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T03:38:37","slug":"52-tiny-annoying-problems-solved-because-when-you-cant-control-the-big-stuff-start-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/08\/52-tiny-annoying-problems-solved-because-when-you-cant-control-the-big-stuff-start-small\/","title":{"rendered":"52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can\u2019t control the big stuff, start small)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life\u2019s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccups<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stuffed-up sieves<br \/><\/strong>Always use a dishwasher. If one isn\u2019t available, soak in the sink first, to loosen particles, then take a dish brush or nail brush to it. Rinse under a fast hot tap.<br \/><em>Aggie MacKenzie<\/em><em>, TV presenter and author<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/jun\/08\/tiny-annoying-problems-solved\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/21bf79fe3191b0e964d801018481a3d867323b02\/0_2281_5792_4632\/master\/5792.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d68fe615c1ce0addcb9cd6d0593c1cd1\" title=\"52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can\u2019t control the big stuff, start small)\" \/>Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life\u2019s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccups<\/p>\n<p>Stuffed-up sievesAlways use a dishwasher. If one isn\u2019t available, soak in the sink first, to loosen particles, then take a dish brush or nail brush to it. Rinse under a fast hot tap.Aggie MacKenzie, TV presenter and author Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life\u2019s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccups Stuffed-up sievesAlways use a dishwasher. If one isn\u2019t available, soak in the sink first, to loosen particles, then take a dish brush or nail brush to it. Rinse under a fast hot tap.Aggie MacKenzie, TV presenter and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/08\/52-tiny-annoying-problems-solved-because-when-you-cant-control-the-big-stuff-start-small\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can\u2019t control the big stuff, start small)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19063"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}