A Fool and Her Money- CAFCGIRL's Debt Diary

ZTD

Imelda wrote:

It is annoying how many appliances have no off button, my stereo loses all preset radio stations if i switch it off at the plug. It can't be impossible for them to stay preset can it? The car radio has no problems with it......

It's quite easy - but it costs a few pence. People will object to a few pence being on the sticker price, but not to a few pounds being on the electricity bill.

Madness...

GettingThingsDone

Apparently, if you smack it with something like a spade - and not a hammer, the top will drop off cleanly. You can then use it as a planter or something.

is that the boyfriend or the terrimundi?

Does switching everything on and off shortened the product's life?

ZTD

GettingThingsDone wrote:

is that the boyfriend or the terrimundi?

Ooh! Cutting!

GettingThingsDone wrote:

Does switching everything on and off shortened the product's life?

Nope. Only does that with lightbulbs - but they go from 20 celcius to 2000 celcius in a small fraction of a second. That would shorten my life...

CAFCGirl

I'd like to be a lightbulb.........

Skint_Catt

GettingThingsDone wrote:

is that the boyfriend or the terrimundi?

:rotfl: :rotfl: :T

He's lovely. It'd only be his top I'd like to take off if you know what I mean

I've introduced him to MSE soda crystals and BOGOF's. He saved £8 on his shopping last week cause of me :T Ok, he prob spent £15 more cause of me but that's beside the point.

Anyway, apologies for hijacking thread! Back to the stand-by issue!

I only leave things on standby if I'm leaving the room for a short while. Certainly overnight and while I'm out during the day then everything gets switched off properly - and the plugs out if I can reache them in case of fire!

Catt xx

CAFCGirl

I live in fear that I've never switched my hair straighteners off so I have to unplug and switch the main off lol

The crazy things we do!

CAFCGirl

Skint_Catt wrote:

I've introduced him to MSE soda crystals and BOGOF's. He saved £8 on his shopping last week cause of me :T Ok, he prob spent £15 more cause of me but that's beside the point.

Catt xx

:T :T
I've done that with mine :rotfl:
Had to show him the power of eyes down for bargain when he was gonna buy two bottles of Coca Cola for £2.30 when on the bottom shelf Pepsi was 99p a bottle and BOGOF!

Now he loves me even more!
Although he still calls me tight fisted.....
But he did buy me Martins Thrifty Book for xmas :S:A

Skint_Catt

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=363447

on the standby/plug issue!

YAY to us girlfriends! Mine earns twice what I do and spends all of it (though he's not in debt) and can't understand why I want to be careful!

Catt xx

CAFCGirl

mine's in more debt than me and a student, so if anyone should want to be saving money its him!

BTW Catt can I ask how you've managed to clear over 2k off your debt since sept? Seems like a fab achievement, I'd like to get some of whatever you're putting on your cornflakes?!

Skint_Catt

LOL, to be fair I've just scraped together scraps of savings that were in different accounts that I'd never got around to closing, and I live at home with ma n pa so I save a lot there too. I'm lucky I guess!

I eBay quite a bit though too, but I know your probs with that one!

Catt xx