Hard Lines - Rules for happiness in each area in order of importance

• Self
• Understand what makes YOU truly happy
• Do it in balance with all others happiness
• Spouse
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• Children
• Be there
• Play with them
• Parents
• Business
• Friends
• Exes
• Minimal contact. Only where necessary.
• Will damage all other relationships
• Strangers
• Treat others as you wish to be treated
• Enemies
• Cut all contact
• Avoid where possible
• Threats
• Take legal action
• Call police immediately
• Be prepared to kill when confronted

Breakthroughs-Removing the pain of life

• Find the root cause of your pain
• Just keep asking yourself "Why do i have to do X?" where X is your pain point, and work backwards until you find the root cause
• Once you find the root cause, be true to yourself and deal with it
• Accept it and move on
• Or remove it from your life completely

How to remove the inner lining from plastic bottle caps - Coke caps specifically

Some HDPE plastic bottle caps have a plastic inner lining that is not HDPE and causes problems when attempting to melt the caps.

The inner lining is kept in place by an inner lip in the cap.
To remove the lining, you have to open the lip by bending the edges back
To remove the inner lining, use a pair of gardening shears and make multiple cuts along the edge of the cap from the edge of the cap to the lip where the lining is held.
Do this all the way around, then flatten out the entire cap. It should look like a flower.
You should be able to bend back the "petals" and grab the inner lining with a pliers and pull it out slowly without tearing it.

Plastic Recycling - Simple Methods for recycling plastic at home

• Melt Plastic into sheets or blocks
• Create an aluminium mold in a block formation with a screw on top to press the plastic into the mold firmly
• Put all plastic of the same type and color into the mold
• Put the entire mold filled with plastic into an oven, toaster oven, or other heat source at 425 degrees celcius for 30 mins
• Take out and press down the plastic using chopsticks, clothespins, or any piece of wood
• Repeat this process as many times as necessary to fill the mold, and allow the surface to be smooth
• The resultant blocks can be sculpted or cut using any regular woodworking tools
• Heat guns can be used to weld multiple blocks together
• Any excess can be re-melted in other blocks

Plastic Recycling - What plastics are things made of? What are the different types of plastic? What can they be turned into?

• What are the different types of plastic?
• How to identify the different types of plastic?
• http://www.recoup.org/identifying-plastics/images-of-typical-plastics-waste
• http://www.alphap.com/bottle-basics/plastics-comparison-chart.php
• What can they be turned into?

This is a list of the most common plastic items, the type of plastic they fall under, and what they can be recycled into

• PET (1)(Generally Transparent, Stiff but flexible, Solvent Resistant, Gas and Liquid Barrier, Sinks, Inert, Does not degrade, no BPA)
• Malleable at 75 Degrees Celcius
• Melts at 250-260 Degrees Celcius (Does not lose it's form, must be formed)
• Most Food & Beverage Bottles
• Plastic Carpets
• Clothing (Called Polyester, but same material as PET)
• Generally absorbs some of whatever was stored in it previously, making it unsuitable for recycling into food grade material without additional effort. Best suited for simple recycling into any non-food related applications.
• Best Recycled Uses - Rope, Fabric, Construction
• HDPE (2)(Very Hard, Opaque (Milky white), Chemical Resistant, Gas Permeable, matt surface)
• Malleable at 110-130 Degrees Celcius, (350 F)
• All non-glossy, non-metal Bottle Caps (and the little security ring)
• non-carbonated drink bottles
• Utensils
• Furniture
• Toys
• Buckets and Lids
• Shampoo, Detergent, Chemical bottles and caps
• snack packaging
• cereal box liner
• garbage bags
• Supermarket bags
• Orbit Gum Canisters
• Nescafe creamer canister and lid
• Burt's bees packaging
• Water Tanks
• Portable Gas Tanks
• Tide bottles
• PVC (3)(Corrosion Resistant, Low Temp Resistant, Bacteria and Microbe Resistant, Sinks)
• Malleable at 100 Degrees celcius
• Melts at 260 Degrees Celcius
• Pipes, Gutters
• Freezer Bags
• Credit Cards
• Cling Wrap (More popular, Clingier, Allows liquid and gas to pass)
• Shrink Sleeve Labels (Big plastic label that covers entire product)
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• LDPE (4)(Tough, Flexible, Scratches Easily, Electrical resistant, Better impact strength than HDPE)
• Malleable 105 - 115 degrees celcius
• Agricultural, Heavy Duty Bags
• Garbage Bags
• Bubble Wrap
• Films
• Wire and cable
• Cling Wrap (Less Clingy, Waterproof)
• Transparent vegetable bags
• Ziploc Bags
• Large Toys (Slides, rocking horses, jungle gyms)
• PP (5)(Polypropylene, Hard, Floats, Glossy smooth surface, Fatigue resistant, heat resistant, opaque, degrades in sunlight and heat)
• Melts at 160-170 degrees celcius
• Beer Crates, Pallets
• Containers
• Small Plant Pots
• Yogurt, Pudding containers
• Lunchboxes
• Glad food containers
• Kitchen Colanders
• Cups
• Snack Packaging (Biscuits, Dried Snacks)
• Ziploc Freezer bags
• Pringles Lids
• Anything with a living hinge (Thin plastic bending back and forth like a tic tac cover)
• Card holders/pages
• Shampoo, chemical caps
• Orbit Gum covers
• Tide spout, cover and cap
• PS (6)(Polystyrene, Can be foamed(EPS), Brittle, Breaks and splinters, "Crinkly", affected by fats and solvents, Releases harmful chemicals when heated or burned)
• Malleable at 100 degrees celcius
• Liquefies in Acetone
• Cheap toys
• Clothes hangers
• Disposable Food containers
• Disposable Cups, Plates, Cutlery
• Packaging & insulation (EPS)
• Coolers, Insulation
• CD Cases
• Disposable Razor handles
• Not recycled due to large size
• Best Recycled Uses - clothes hangers, park benches, flower pots, toys, rulers, stapler bodies, seedling containers, picture frames, and architectural molding
• Other (7)(Does not belong to a major category, Can only be recycled with itself, should not be mixed with any other plastic, Contains BPA)
• Dole fruit cups
• Car Bumpers
• Tape (Cellulose Acetate)
• Polycarbonate
• Polyurethane
• Superballs
• ABS(9)
• Malleable at 105 degrees celcius
• Lego
• Monitor/TV cases
• coffee makers
• cell phones
• most computer plastic
• 3d printer filament
• PA(PA)
• Nylon
• Other materials that are not plastics, but easily confused
• Rubber
• Epoxy
• Fiberglass
• Foam
• Cellophane (Biodegradable, used in most snack packaging)
• Sweet wrappers
• Cookie wrappers
• Clear Gift wrapping
• Methods to melt plastic at home (1,2,5)
• Sandwich makers and baking sheets
• Toaster oven (or any oven) baking sheets and trays
• Oven, Tin can
• Metal screw caps
• Metal Pipes
• Metal strainers
• Metal pipe & plunger with screw nozzle and heat source for simple injection molding

Life Goals

• Determine true life goals
• Write down what you want to do until you truly believe it when you say it out loud
• Learning the basics of independent sustainable survival
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• Learning the basics of social sustainable survival
• Implementing Long term sustainable survival of information
• Educating and Inspiring others
• Expanding the boundaries of current knowledge

Self Improvement

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http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Study%20notes/Living%20the%20Life/Marcus%20Aurelius'%20Meditations%20-%20tr.%20Casaubon.pdf

In a Nutshell Fundamental Techniques In Handling People
Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain.
Principle 2 - Give honest and sincere appreciation.
Principle 3 - Arouse in the other person an eager want.

In a Nutshell - Six Ways To Make People Like You
Principle 1 - Become genuinely interested in other people.
Principle 2 - Smile.
Principle 3 - Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Principle 4 - Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Principle 5 - Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
Principle 6 - Make the other person feel important-and do it sincerely.

In A Nutshell - Win People To Your Way Of Thinking
Principle 1 The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Principle 2 Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say,"You're wrong."
Principle 3 If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
Principle 4 Begin in a friendly way.
Principle 5 Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
Principle 6 Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
Principle 7 Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
Principle 8 Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
Principle 9 Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
Principle 10 Appeal to the nobler motives.
Principle 11 Dramatize your ideas.
Principle 12 Throw down a challenge.

In A Nutshell Be A Leader
A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and  behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this:
Principle 1 - Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
Principle 2 - Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
Principle 3 - Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Principle 4 - Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
Principle 5 - Let the other person save face.
Principle 6 - Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
Principle 7 - Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
Principle 8 - Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
Principle 9 - Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.

Seven Rules For Making Your Home Life Happier
Rule 1: Don't nag.
Rule 2: Don't try to make your partner over.
Rule 3: Don't criticize.
Rule 4: Give honest appreciation.
Rule 5: Pay little attentions.
Rule 6: Be courteous.
Rule 7: Read a good book on the sexual side of marriage.