Dear Car Talk: I have this hose with a right-angle bend that's coming from behind the battery of our 1998 Mercury Mystique. With it not connected, you have to really press down very hard on the brakes to get the car to stop. But I cannot find where it goes. Any idea what it should be ...
Dear Annie: I've been happily married for 18 years, and for most of that time I've slept poorly -- but lately it's become unbearable. My husband falls asleep within minutes and snores loudly and steadily through the night. I lie awake listening, nudging him, turning him onto his side, putting ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a generally healthy 70-year-old man, and I like to drink orange juice -- the kind that is freshly squeezed with no additives but is pasteurized. I also like to eat strawberries almost every day. My recent A1C and glucose levels were 6% and 110 mg/dL, respectively. My prior ...
Dear Heloise: I use a serrated grapefruit spoon to spoon out the seeds from squash. It really gets them out easily. -- Nancy K., in Amsterdam, New York SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise@Heloise.com DON'T FORGET! Dear Heloise: I live in a two-story home and have a spare fridge in the garage ...
Dear Annie: I really enjoy reading your column. I have a problem of my own I'd like some help with. I have two daughters in university. When they're home, they stay in their rooms or maybe talk to friends on the phone. They hardly talk to me. They go back to school and I'm home alone. I ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a routine ultrasound to check my kidneys because my father (who is 80) has kidney disease, and his urologist said that it is genetic and that my sister and I should get a baseline screening. I am 50. My doctor called me the following morning saying that there was an ...
