Weird tips and tricks

to get the fiberglass hood off my car by myself, I put a piece of stiff cardboard between the hood pin and the underside of the hood on each pin - basically block off the pin holes in the hood with cardboard from underneath, once it is off of each pin it's just a matter of getting under the hood at a good balance point and setting it on the roof of the car - which is covered with an old moving blanket..