I just washed a Red Solo cup.

back when I was an apartment dweller, the apartment laundry room had pay-washers that charged 75 cents for a wash, and it was 75 cents for a dry cycle in the dryers.

I'd wash my stuff, but rarely dried anything with their dryer. I'd have laundry hanging all over the apartment air drying to save the 75 cents.

I had a stretch of insulated 16 AWG wire that went from one end of the apartment to the other. It served as both a drying line for the laundry, and, believe it or not, a shortwave antenna at the same time.

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Originally posted by MNSIG:
^^^^^^

If a ratty pickup cruised your neighborhood every week and topped off everyone’s cans on garbage day, would you be praising their frugality or calling the cops?

As long as all the residents had deposited in their cans all the trash they wanted already, then I doubt any of them would notice or care.

When I see people in my neighborhood drop off their little baggies of dog poop that they've collected while walking their dogs or pick up litter they come across and drop it in my trash or recycling bin, I consider that a good thing. I don't run after them yelling about 'stealing my service.'

This post was said to be in honor of JAllen, but I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts he’d be shaking his head at you skinflints.

Since I work on a .mil installation, I can access the Thrift Store. I have found a lot of nice things very, very cheap. A large portion of my current wardrobe has come from there, all nice / name brand stuff.

I also use Brickseek to find clearance items at W-M, Target, Lowes.

I scavenge buttons off clothes before throwing them away, and shoelaces too if they're not trashed already.

I work on almost anything before paying someone else, or at the very least, diagnose the problem first. I am aware of safety liabilities associated with electricity, gas, and other utilities, so I leave those to professionals.

I use coupons as much as possible with restaurants.

Whenever we have houseguests I use their toothbrushes to clean the commode and grout lines in the bathroom, saving wear and tear on our cleaning brushes.

Instead of using sandwich baggies I use a Tupperware type container.

I put dips back in the can ....
Use to keep my short cigs for later when I smoked.

I use grocery bags as garbage cans.

I keep junk mail letters to use the back for notes, "do you have a pen ready" stuff.

Re-use tin foil. Keep boxes and bubble rap.

Cut my own hair,wash and reuse paper plates, rarely use our Trane dual fuel heating system burn wood most of the time and never order any drink but water if we eat out.

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Whenever we have houseguests I use their toothbrushes to clean the commode and grout lines in the bathroom, saving wear and tear on our cleaning brushes.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think I would like to cancel my upcoming stay. I did notice some black stuff on my toothbrush after my last visit.

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Originally posted by rburg:

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Originally posted by TRIO:

When I shop for food, I go to the cheapest stores first. Such as Aldi and Grocery Outlet, buying as much as I can find. Then, I buy things I couldn't find at the more pricey markets. Save a ton that way.

No, you just spend it on gasoline and car expenses, driving between stores.

I live in the densely populated north-east. These stores are along the paths from my home, my work, and other places I frequent. No extra driving as assumed. Even if that were not the case, I save at least $200 per month compared to going to the one pricy store that has everything. That would certainly cover car expenses for those trips in my situation.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Whenever we have houseguests I use their toothbrushes to clean the commode and grout lines in the bathroom, saving wear and tear on our cleaning brushes.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think I would like to cancel my upcoming stay. I did notice some black stuff on my toothbrush after my last visit.

Probably not caviar.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
I know a guy who will wait until he clocks in to take his morning dump. He says he wants to be paid while doing his morning routine. I fire people like that.

I used to work with that guy.

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My cheapness:




Oh, and my SUV has 305k miles on the odometer.

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Originally posted by florida boy:
......wash and reuse paper plates,

This has been mentioned a few times, and it makes no sense to me. There are actually plates that are made to be washed. They've been around for a few centuries, perhaps millennia. If you are going to wash it, there is absolutely no reason to use paper in the first place.

Tractor Supply is my fashion headquarters.

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Originally posted by MNSIG:

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Originally posted by florida boy:
......wash and reuse paper plates,

This has been mentioned a few times, and it makes no sense to me. There are actually plates that are made to be washed. They've been around for a few centuries, perhaps millennia. If you are going to wash it, there is absolutely no reason to use paper in the first place.

I was taught paper plates and towels were for rich ppl ! Never made sense until it was my $.

This thread is getting a bit into the weeds... but if you eat straight from the pan while standing over the sink , you don't even need a plate.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ironbutt:
Tractor Supply is my fashion headquarters.[/QUOTE

My fashion headquarters also(TS and Ace Hardware) Our AH has a decent clothing section.]

I haven't paid for my own cell phone in almost 20 years, always had a work phone. I was paying 40 for my wife's cell phone which is pretty good.

Well, work decided they just don't want to deal with managing everyone's phone, so they decided to tell everyone to get their own plan. You can walk away with your current phone that you had from them too. In return, they'll pay up to 85 bucks of your bill. And they're not going to try to carve out your particular phone from your family plan or anything, they'll just pay up to the max.

Went to t-mobile, got their military/veteran plan with 2 lines for 100 a month, so I'm technically only out of pocket 15 a month now. They gave me a new iphone since I was transferring in service since I kept my work cell # and traded in an old iphone. Cancelled the wife's 40 dollar plan, now I'm ahead 25 bucks. And the new plan actually pays for my neflix subscription, that's another 13 I'm saving.

My brother just got mugged by an armed robber in Los Angeles, took his phone. He's not doing too well financially, so I activated another line on a phone I had laying around (I work in tech so yeah, I have lots of them) and the only cost is another 20 a month, so now he's saving about 30 bucks a month on his plan and just sends me 20.

So now my bill is 120 a month for the three lines. The fun part is, 4 lines is still 120 a month. So going to move Mom over to my plan too here soon and not pay a penny more, just need to source a good phone for her to use for the next few years.

Never thought I'd get ahead of the game by having to pay for my own cell phone.

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Originally posted by vthoky:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
I know a guy who will wait until he clocks in to take his morning dump. He says he wants to be paid while doing his morning routine. I fire people like that.

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I poop on company time!