Problem: Article: Baking soda absorbs and neutralizes all kinds of unpleasant smells and is a great ingredient to get rid of unwanted garlicky odors that may have been worked into a cutting board or other kitchen utensil. Combine the baking soda and water in a small bowl. Stir them together with a spoon until a thick, grainy paste forms. If not all of the baking soda is absorbed into the water, add a few more drops. If you’ve used, for example, a cutting board or measuring spoons with garlic and they still smell, try getting the smell off with the baking soda paste. Scoop the paste onto the surface of the utensil. Rub the paste into the object. Do this for 1–2 minutes to make sure that the baking soda paste eradicates all of the garlic odor. Some kitchen utensils may have the smell of garlic deeply engrained in them. In this case, if you have a lemon on hand, try cutting it in half and using half the lemon to rub the paste into your garlicky kitchen utensil. The lemon’s acidity will help further neutralize the garlic odor. Turn on your kitchen sink’s tap and hold the cutting board, measuring spoon, or other kitchen item beneath the running water. Rub 1 hand back and forth across the paste-covered surface until you’ve rinsed off all of the paste. Set your utensil in a drying rack and give it 2–3 hours to dry. Once it’s dry, sniff the cutting board. The unpleasant garlic smell should be gone! If you’re out of baking soda, vinegar works equally well as a deodorizer. You can use it to clean the same items that you can clean with baking soda. Just pour a little vinegar onto a clean sponge and scrub it across the surface of whatever kitchen items have an unpleasant garlicky smell. This works well on plastic cutting boards, frying pans, silverware, and even your stovetop. Also try pouring vinegar into a plastic spray bottle and spritzing it across larger items that smell like garlic. This works well for larger cutting boards and stovetops.
Summary: Make a paste of 3 parts baking soda and 1 part water. Rub the baking soda paste onto utensils that have a garlicky smell. Scrub the paste in with a lemon for particularly resistant garlic odors. Rinse the kitchen utensil clean with cold water. Scrub garlicky items with vinegar if you don’t have baking soda.

Problem: Article: Do not put a lot of lights in your haunted house, or people will be too relaxed. They will also be able to tell where your spooky friends are hiding. If it's dark, they will be tense and have a better time. Just make sure your guests have enough light to get through the house safely. Here are some ways to use the lighting to create a haunted effect:  Consider putting your guests in a very dark room and giving them flashlights to try to find the way out. Replace your lamps with dim, green bulbs around the house. Drape traditional lamps with cobwebs and tape rubber bats to the insides. Light a spotlight under a spider web or fake creepy insect to create a spooky shadow. Try mirrors, black lights, and smoke to confuse the visitors. The special effects will make your visitors feel more shocked and spooked at every turn. Fog machines and strobe lights are also classics when it comes to haunted house special effects.  You can find fog machines for around $30 at a party or Halloween store. Put strobe lights in a room to create a dramatic effect. The sounds in the haunted house will scare your visitors and keep them on their toes. The trick to having spooky noises is to time them perfectly and not use them too often, or your guests won't be surprised. Here are some tricks to creating some scary sounds:  Have a recording of a different spooky sound in every room. One room can have the sound of a chainsaw, while another can have the sound of a woman screaming. Your volunteers can scamper from one side of an empty room to another to create a scary sound. Put on a soundtrack made up of soft, creepy music. Use silence to your advantage. Pick some key moments to keep the house silent so your guests will be even more startled by the next sound. A maze is a great way to guide your guests through your haunted house, whether it is located in a house, apartment, or even a garage. You could stack boxes and cover them with a black cloth so they look like walls. Plan your maze out with a sketch first and then start building it at least a week before the haunted house. Decorate your maze with scary props, lights, and characters. Make sure the way out of the maze is clear to guests. If you are going for a fun, child-friendly theme, avoid gore and try to keep the decorations fun or only mildly scary. For example, use bats, friendly looking ghosts, or cartoonish looking monsters. Use decorations such as fake blood, skulls, hazmat suits, heads in a jar, or gory “bodies” if you want a more adult, scary theme.
Summary: Create an eerie effect through lighting. Use special effects like strobe lights and a fog machine. Create spooky noises. Create a maze for your guests. Decorate based on your chosen tone and theme.

Problem: Article: You won't see the name of the user on your caller ID.  The phone number will be 0845 685 3000. Once you answer you'll hear an automated message that says, “Hello. This is 0800 Reverse. Recording of the dialer saying their name is on the line and needs to speak to you. Cost of the call." If you know this person and you are willing to take the charges, then accept.  If it's someone you don't know very well, weigh your options. The automated message will repeat the recording of the name, and ask you yes (press 9) or no (press 7). If you choose to accept the charges, you'll wait momentarily for your call to be connected. The service claims to always tell you the charges for their service, so do not hasten any decisions if you can't afford them. Once you've accepted the charge you'll get a message of the bill. If you're on a mobile, you'll receive one or more premium text messages explaining the charge.  If you're on a land line, the bill will appear in your next telephone bill.
Summary:
Answer your phone. Listen to the name of the caller. Decide if you want to accept. Wait to connect. Read the bill.