HELOISE Walkers should give shoppers the right-of-way

Dear Heloise: I was amazed at the comments made by the mall walker in regard to shoppers not staying in the right lane. I didn't know there were lanes in the malls that shoppers should walk in.
The mall's first priority is to people coming there to shop. They like to browse, stop when they want to and cross to stores on opposite sides. It is more likely that mall walkers get in the way of shoppers. There is a mall in this area that opens at 7 a.m. for mall walkers to come in before stores open. Then they can have the whole place. When shoppers come in, they definitely have priority over mall walkers -- or at least they should. C.W., Orange County, Va.
From Dave Barlow, Roanoke, Va.: "In reply to 'rules of the road' for walkers at the mall: A mall was built for shoppers and is not a health club. If a person wants to walk, let him or her go to the park."
Well, readers, this certainly struck a nerve! One comment from another reader about airports: Generally, pedestrian traffic moves by walking on the right side of the sidewalk, hall or pathway; on moving sidewalks, people stand on the right and walk on the left. Any more comments? Heloise, a right-side walker!
Dear Readers: Need a quick, homemade air freshener? By adding one of the following ingredients to water, you can have a delicious-smelling home in a few minutes. What's your choice?
UA tablespoon of cloves.
UA couple of teaspoons of pumpkin-pie spice.
ULemon or orange rinds.
Guess what? You can use any of the ingredients, or mix and match. Each different item added to a panful of water and boiled on your stove top will leave a wonderful aroma in your home. Heloise
Dear Heloise: I bring home empty printer- and copier-paper boxes for our recyclable paper. We fill up the box with our paper and place it out for the recycling pickup. Not only is our paper being recycled, but is easy to just place the filled box out on the curb. The box gets recycled as well! Patrick, Perry Hall, Md.
Dear Heloise: Got smelly tennies or old shoes? Wad up parts of a page of newspaper and stuff into each of the shoes overnight. Presto -- no odor detectable. Newspaper absorbs many odors. I sometimes place newspaper in the fridge to absorb food odors from exotic dishes mixing with other stored foods. Herbert, Roswell, N.M.
You are so right -- newspaper will absorb a lot of odors, and you are recycling, too! Heloise
Dear Heloise: As a forgetful (at times) senior citizen, I sometimes had problems remembering if I turned the burner off after cooking something on the stove.
May I pass along my solution? Turn on a talk-radio station. When your cooking is done and you turn off the burner (or the oven), then you turn off the radio. Problem solved. No more worry about if I turned off the burner before I left the house. Mary K. in Placentia, Calif.
XSend a great hint to: Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, Texas 78279-5000; fax: (210) HELOISE; e-mail: Heloise@Heloise.com.
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