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starlite_2

Anyone who wear stockings..
I always buy two packs at once so if one ladder I have three left of the same typw..
The laddered ones are also good for cleaning windows (no idea why..but it works!)
and also, I stuff delicate laundry in them before going in the washing machine.

savvy

Aha............well done guys!! You've just made me think of a brilliant way to weigh down my son's helium balloons at his party!! Couldn't believe the cost of those things that I just saw in a shop, like how many times are you going to use them again? :rolleyes:

But now I'm going to save our yoghurt pots, fill with some sand or earth and then wrap them in something, and use them instead!! :T

dolly_day_dream

If you are near a school ask and I am sure they would love your old yoghurt pots which we use for glue pots, the bags from laundry tablets are invaluable for storing small things together and empty ice cream containters work well for storage.

I recycle old textiles into - clothes for children, bags, and patchwork. Old cards are recycled into new ones, glass jars are painted, and the small ones turned into snow storms. The foil lined tetra pacs are cut off at the top and I use them to shape frozen food (in plastic bags) into neat blocks for the freezer. If I am freezing an amount of beans that I have cooked in bulk I weigh out the first one and cut the tetra pac at that level. From then on I just have to fill to that level for each one.

Now going off to try and think of other things that I regularly re-use.

starlite_2

Dr.Lou wrote:

Old spray bottles can be washed and reused with the liquid of your choice.

great tip!
I have a few drops of dettol in water in old spray bottles to do quick clean ups of my babies chages mat/ kitchen sides/ coffee table/ the wooden floors/ tiles around the bathroom sink/ shower etc..

exlibris

starlite wrote:

Anyone who wear stockings..
I always buy two packs at once so if one ladder I have three left of the same typw..
The laddered ones are also good for cleaning windows (no idea why..but it works!)
and also, I stuff delicate laundry in them before going in the washing machine.

Do the same with tights. If one leg ladders cut it off and use 2 odd legs with 2 tops. Keeps the b*m warm in winter. I am also quite good at putting my toes through the thicker part. Will stitch the hole up, it doesn't rub and I get at least one if not more wear from them.

sandieb

I cut up old muesli boxes, etc, into handy "slices" for shopping lists. Better than paper and I'm less likely to lose them.

Antonioroberto

Madmel wrote:

Water from washing up or from the spin dryer (now there's another brilliant device!) gets poured down the toilet instead of flushing it. We save money, as we're on a meter, and it saves on cleaning it as the water has some detergent in it so it stops algae without needing lots of nasty chemicals.

We also use rainwater for flushing the loo and halved our water bill!

how do you manage to transfer the waste water from the washing machine into the cystern?