Recession tip(s)

Aggieboy

Poo at work. Not only do you save on toilet paper but you're getting paid for it!

Bikerbaboon

i do that already.... i even take photos on my phone and send them to my long suffering wife. :P

bobpzero

tho majority car drivers havent noticed they should sells their cars and get bikes and kit for themselves and the family. any ideas what the van, lorry & truckers should do?

mikedobson

i do that already.... i even take photos on my phone and send them to my long suffering wife. Razz

Pleae tell me that's not true

nwallace

bobpzero wrote:

ideas what the van, lorry & truckers should do?

If you want fresh food in the shop, an electrician/plumber/joiner to get to your house when it goes titsup etc etc. Keep foing what they do... but a fair bit better!

shockedsoshocked

Bikerbaboon wrote:

i do that already.... i even take photos on my phone and send them to my long suffering wife. :P

Hahahahaha.

As someone who feels the need to constantly annoy their girlfriend to the point of imminent rage, this is incredible. Well done sir.

pottssteve

My tips would include:

1. Eat pot noodle (supermarket own brand, obviously) dry. This saves money on water and electricity.

2. Share a bath, but don't have more than 12 inches in it...

3. Go to a friend's to watch satellite TV.

4. Dry and reuse teabags.

5. Suck the chocolate off chocolate brazil nuts and give the nuts as presents.

6. Emigrate


Deficating at work is an excellent money saver, providing you get the timing right on a daily basis...

downfader

I've got this all down to a tee! I'm the original skinflint

Cycle to work, dont buy luxuries (other than some jaffa cakes :P ), eat a lot of soup and past, buy new clothes once the old ones have actually disintegrated, solar charger and rechargable batteries, play acoustic guitar instead of electric. I buy lots of things second hand and in charity shops and car boots...

Like I said, regular skinflint :P

Smokin Joe

Steal food from supermarkets.

downfader

Smokin Joe wrote:

Steal food from supermarkets.

Or eat out of bins

Aggieboy

Girls. Don't worry about buying a nice new dress for that important first date.
All he's interested in is seeing you starkers.

synchronicity

Tips for cycling on a budget

DavidBelcher

pottssteve wrote:

My tips would include:

4. Dry and reuse teabags.

According to leading tea 'n' biscuits bible A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down, unless stated as being 'one cup' style or similar, a single teabag will make two drinks of tea anyhow, which is worth bearing in mind to save a few bob. Unless you're awkward like me and use one bag for a single mug because you prefer it extra-strong.
Still on the subject of tea and saving money, although the very mention of the things makes me gag, boiled egg fans might like to try saving on fuel bills by using the hot water from the boiling pan to make an accompanying cuppa. Though I don't know if this would make the tea taste odd - wouldn't recommend it it eating rice or pasta, though you might get away with it if cooking certain boil-in-the-bag meals.

David

synchronicity

If you want to save money with tea, buy loose-leaf, no?

Aggieboy

Continuing the tea theme -
Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The morning after,
you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble full of washing
up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.

DavidBelcher

synchronicity wrote:

If you want to save money with tea, buy loose-leaf, no?

Surely the best way is to get most of your hot drinks in at the company's expense during the working day (unless it's the cheap and nasty vending machine stuff)?

David

redvee

I used to buy biscuits at work when the customer on the contract we were working on paid for the food and use them for home.

synchronicity

DavidBelcher wrote:

synchronicity wrote:

If you want to save money with tea, buy loose-leaf, no?

Surely the best way is to get most of your hot drinks in at the company's expense during the working day (unless it's the cheap and nasty vending machine stuff)?

David

Only one problemito with that. I'm self employed.

pottssteve

Some of you seem to be confusing "thrift" with "theft"....

Another suggestion is to wear your underpants inside out on the second day, then the right way around again on the third etc. After a week or two they become self-cleaning, thereby saving on washing powder, water, heating and underpants. You may want to get a tetanus shot first though....

Crapaud

pottssteve wrote:

... 1. Eat pot noodle (supermarket own brand, obviously) dry. This saves money on water and electricity. ...

Make your own Pot Noodle:

1. Take an old plant pot and fill it with old shoe laces. 2. Add hot water, stir and leave to stand for 3 mins. 3. Throw it in the bin.

Just like the real thing.

Can help weight loss as part of a calorie controlled diet.

Special K

Aggieboy wrote:

Continuing the tea theme -
Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The morning after,
you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble full of washing
up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.

CHRISNOIR

"Save money on a wide screen TV by buying a portable and sitting closer to it..."

Copyright Viz Top-Tips...

DavidBelcher

CHRISNOIR wrote:

"Save money on a wide screen TV by buying a portable and sitting closer to it..."

Copyright Viz Top-Tips...

It's not just me then - I thought quite early on that this thread was turning into Top Tips. Still, in for a penny.....

....save money on expensive Swiss cheese by poking holes in a block of cheddar with a knitting needle

David

Aggieboy

Triathletes, save money and recreate the fun of a visit to a public swimming pool in your own home by filling the bath with cold water, adding two bottles of bleach, then
urinating into it, before jumping in.