More than two million Yankee Magazine readers love "Plain Talk" columnist Earl Proulx for his wit, experience, and smart solutions to any problem. With his 1,001 fun, clever, easy, and inexpensive ideas, no one need ever be at a loss when confronting life's everyday vexations. If there's a problem in the house or on the road, the solution's on these pages--1,001 solutions, to be exact. Has the plaster cracked and the pipes frozen? Is the coffeemaker clogged with mineral deposits? Are pesky woodpeckers ruining the garden and bugs overrunning the plants? Is the tent zipper sticking-right when you're in the middle of nowhere? Just open these pages and end the hassle, quickly, easily, and without spending a bundle. There's a fount of wisdom here, including the nine items anyone needs to survive a blizzard, six ingenious substitutes for wrapping paper, eight great cleaning agents that are probably already in the kitchen cupboard, five superb odor eaters, six ways to make a tiny room seems larger, and hundreds more-even a complete time line for moving. This is one volume everyone should have on hand.