Dear Heloise: With pump-top containers, first unscrew the lid. Raise the lid a little bit, and with one hand, firmly grasp the long stem that extends into the contents. (You may need to hold the stem with a cloth to keep it from turning.) At the same time, with the other hand, turn the pump until it breaks free and pops up. — Anne, in Kenmore, New York

Never too late to learn

Dear Heloise: I enjoy your column in the Omaha World-Herald. I'm 90 years old, and I only lately learned a couple of things I should have known long ago: „

■ Drink lots of water!

I've never been a water drinker. I've been a water sipper, just enough to "wet my whistle," as my fatherin-law used to say. But I recently began drinking a lot of water. I immediately began to feel better. I'm guessing the water washed

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