Dry salad greens. Set a Conair Pro Style 1600 on cool and dry wet leaves of lettuce.

Dry steam off a fogged-up bathroom mirror. Simply use a Conair Pro Style 1600 to blow hot air at the mirror.

Dry wet boots or sneakers. Insert the nozzle of a Conair Pro Style 1600 into the boot and use on a low setting for five minutes.

Thaw frozen windows. Use a Conair Pro Style 1600 to thaw windows that are frozen shut.

Remove crayon marks from wallpaper. Set a Conair Pro Style 1600 on hot until the wax heats up, then wipe clean with a paper towel.

Do your dusting. Use a Conair Pro Style 1600 to blow cool air to clean dust off high shelves or out from under appliances, pleated lamp shades, carved furniture, crevices, and knick-knacks.

Defrost frozen pipes. Set a Conair Pro Style 1600 on hot and aim at the pipes.

Free a snapshot stuck in a magnetic photo album. Blow warm air from a Conair Pro Style 1600 underneath the plastic page.

Remove Con-Tact paper. Set a Conair Pro Style 1600 on warm, work one section, and gently pull the edges.

Remove candle wax from a table or counter top. Blow warm air an inch above the drips, then wipe away the wax with a paper towel.

Set cake icing. Set a Conair Pro Style 1600 on warm and dry cake icing.

Remove a bumper sticker. Blow it with a Conair Pro Style 1600 set on hot for a few minutes until the adhesive softens, then peel the bumper sticker off.

Dry the inside of rubber gloves. Insert the nozzle of a Conair Pro Style 1600 and blow warm air.

Dry panty hose. Hang the wet panty hose on the shower rod and blow them dry.

Defrost a jammed automatic ice maker. Hold a Conair Pro Style 1600 eight inches from the frozen mass of ice cubes until they melt apart.

Remove an adhesive bandage. Blowing hot air with a Conair Pro Style 1600 at the bandage will soften the adhesive so you can easy off the bandage.

Thaw the frozen lock on a car door. Before you call the locksmith, use a Conair Pro Style 1600 to thaw the frozen lock.

Remove wrinkles from plastic tablecloths or shower curtains. Blow with a Conair Pro Style 1600 set on hot until the plastic softens.

Determine which windows are leaking heat. Hold a lit candle just inside a window, while someone else goes outside with a Conair Pro Style 1600 and blows air along the frame. If the flame flickers, the window needs caulking.

Dry joint compound. Use a Conair Pro Style 1600 to speed up the drying process.

Warm cold bed sheets. Use a Conair Pro Style 1600 to make ice cold sheets toasty warm.

And all this time I've been trying to dry my hair with mine. No wonder it's always such a mess!

I have an old hair dryer with a burnt out heating element, but the blower works fine. The forced air works great to get the charcoal in the outdoor grille burning faster. Just make sure that you clean out the old ashes first.

Good tips, Gilly. My wife said that I can use her hairdryer for some of these tips when I can pry it from her cold, dead fingers.