You know you're a money saver when.....

shazrobo

spent the last couple hours reading the whole thread, and realising i do most of it.
a lot of teenagers seem to throw coins away, where my two will go and pick it up, theres hardly a day goes by, without them coming home with coppers in there pockets

Asiacat

The ouitfit your wearing at the moment cost less than a fiver in total.

When on a pub crawl you workout what everyone drinks and the prices in various pubs in advance and just happen to get your round in at the cheapest establishment.

You know the exact price every car dealer buys there new cars in at and can cut their profit down to under a 100 pound.

You would rather walk 5 mile than pay fork out for a bus fare.

You turn your tv off during each commercial break to both save on electricity and to avoid temptation.

You think Oxfam is a fashion boutique.

You go dumpster diving.

You ask for a discount even at department stores.

You use your local library to the full and never have to pay fines.

You've owned your current mobile phone for over five years.

You clock your cars mileometer.

You never pay to watch professional football anymore you watch all your teams games down at the local pub - from on the pavement outside peering through the window.

When you do drink at the pub you can make a single drink last an entire evening.

You know the happy hour times of every pub in your town.

You go to pub quiz evenings soley for the free buffet.

You get you hair done at the local college for free by students.

You put the plug in when having a shower and use the water collected to wash the car/dog.

Alison_Funnell

kitschkitty wrote: »

Could you explain that one to me, only I'm afraid i didn't understand a word of it.

When you understand sides-to-middling.

It means cutting a sheet in half and sewing the out side edges together to become the new middle. So the worn out bits are at the edges.

After the top to bottom version you progress to only using them as a top sheet.

Alison_Funnell

Asiacat wrote: »

You clock your cars mileometer.

Twice! ( with a previous car). God bless Volvos.

tara747

Alison_Funnell wrote: »

Twice! ( with a previous car). God bless Volvos.

Isn't that illegal?

voiceofreason

tara747 wrote: »

Isn't that illegal?

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No.

smartcat04

I think they mean doing so many miles in your car that the mileometer actually goes past its top limit and goes back to zero and starts counting again (does that make sense?) rather than actually deliberatley winding back the mileometer to imply its done less miles than it really has.
I know what you mean Tara beacause clocking can also mean knocking miles off in order to deceive.
HTH

Alison_Funnell

Ah! Never thought of that. No, the non dodgy version! LOL

bravobeastie

I reset the mileometer on my car each time I put fuel in so I know how much its doing to the gallon and roughly how many miles I have left before I have to refill.

Valli

Asiacat wrote: »

You've owned your current mobile phone for over five years.

Or you have inherited it from a teenager...
-mine came from DS's ex GF!