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What's the best thing for OS living and where did you get it?
Lefs
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What's the best thing you've ever bought (or acquired) for old-style living that you couldn't live without? And where did you get it?
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My big chest freezer. Bought from Comet or was it Apollo?0
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Allotment, council, £15 per year. Bargain.0
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My breadmaker - I now wonder how I ever coped without it. I got it from my grandmother, who was given it as a present and didn't want it as she rarely eats bread.
The only thing better than a breadmaker is a free breadmaker!
:D Back after a very long break!0 -
I wouldn't be without my slow cooker. It turns cheap cuts of meat into lovely stews etc whilst I'm out at work doing a night shift.
One batch gives me one for today, one for tomorrow and several for the freezer. Saves on time and fuel costs.0 -
Pressure cooker.
But I agree with the allotment one, too (ours is £16/year)0 -
electric carving knife we got 29 years ago for a wedding present - cuts meat so thinly - no ordinary knife comes near it.0
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the library -
we don't have any allotments around here0 -
nope no allotments
My best is my SC aswell
Emma :dance:
Aug GC - £88.17/£130
NSD - target 18 days, so far 5!!0 -
My laptop...so I can look up anything moneysaving I need to know....mostly on here:j:j I must have saved thousands over the years - Bargain!!
And store thousands of recipes....:D
And compare prices of anything I need to buy..if I haven't been able to get it of freegle/e-bay:D
And my (free) chest freezer...slow cooker....pressure cooker....:o
Oh - and my lovely OH who fixes/fetches/carries/tests etc.:A"...I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
WB Yeats.0 -
LOL laptop here too, I suppose.
Actually, I nominate my slowcooker for best acquisition so far. I can cook four portions of stew and save quite a bit of money by buying cheaper but tastier meat cuts, and I use all vegetable bits and pieces that tend to lurk in the fridge.
Oh and vinegar...
Be careful who you open up to. Today it's ears, tomorrow it's mouth.0
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