Old style things that 'only you' do...

whatatwit

Champys, my mum wears lenses and needs reading glasses when wearing the lenses.
But, she buys her readers from the £1 shop or other cheapo places.
She has loads of pairs and then if a pair breaks, or she leaves them somewhere, it's not an expensive do to replace them

Pink_Fairy_2

ruth_helen wrote: »

Lastly not sure if everyone will have one in there area, but there is a site in most towns called 'Freecycle'[you put in the town name next] you can get almost anything you want or get rid of anything you no longer use, for example old furniture/electical items/cars /baby stuff ect/ you name it it will be on there one time or another.

I'm a fairly new Freecycler, having found them in November, but have given and taken a few very useful items, including a rechargeable hand held vacuum cleaner - great for quick clean ups, instead of my big cleaner. It's been great so far. :T

scotrae

At first i couldn't think that i did anything to qualify. But even though I've only just discovered MSE and started the GC challenge, I've been cutting open foundation tubes and free samples of moisturiser, swilling tins and jars of sauce out, turning bottles upside down and using old shirts and socks for dusters for ages.

My latest is pushing the toothbrush handle up the inside column of the toothpaste pump, to push the last day's supply out. Has anyone else mentioned that yet?

I've still got lots to learn though so I'll bookmark this thread to carry on reading it another time.

JoJoB

champys wrote: »

It depends - Ceridwen is right, and there is some information about it on the MSE site here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/health/Cheap-Contact-Lenses#daily

Since reading this, I have started using my daily lenses for a week, and that works fine! They are not the cheapest ones though (acuvue). Sadly I will now very soon have to move on to bifocal lenses, which do not come as dailies, and are quite expensive. I may have to get back to specs! Or stick with the dailies and carry reading glasses around.

I have re-used my dailies on occasion, but for as long as a week or month. Will give this a go.

margot_ledbetter

If my tights get a ladder in one leg I save them until another pair gets one too. Then I just cut off the legs with the ladder and wear both pairs one-legged!

This also has the added bonus of the two 'pants bits' worn together having a gripper knicker effect.

Pink_Fairy_2

Sarahsaver wrote: »

Purlies! LOL never heard that on ebefore. I grew up in a rural area and it was a race out of the front door with the shovel when the posh horsey folk went by - 'get it on the roses' Dad used to say. We also collected the liquid which ran off a dung heap FANTASTIC fertiliser for the tomatoes!

We had a neighbour some 40 years ago in Bolton who used to run out and shovel up horse dung into a bucket. One day a passerby said to her "Eeh, that's a mucky hobby you've got there missus. What're u going to do with it?" She said "I'm going to put it on my rhubarb." And he replied..................."That's horrible - I have custard with mine!":rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Yes, it did happen! I was only ........years old, but I can remember it clearly.

Pink_Fairy_2

Can I just say a Really Big Thank you. I have spent the evening working my way through this forum. I haven't done any of my craft work, or letter writing that I'd planned, but it has been one of the most entertaining evenings I've spent in ages. Some of the tips I already do, but some of them I will definitely be taking up. It's been fun and informative. So thanks to each and everyone!

FZwanab

Sarahsaver wrote: »

someone offered a load of plastic milk bottle lids on my local freecycle...and someone collected them :eek:

Our local school was making some kind of art project using the very same milk bottle lids. So perhaps that was what it was for.

FZwanab

taplady wrote: »

I have to admit to doing this too! DH reckons its disgusting!:p

Close the door then hubbie won't know!! lol

FZwanab

stilernin wrote: »

I took me a few hours of reading this thread from the beginning to find the other two uses.

Come to think of it, I've just invented a new parlour game for after Christmas lunch............... 'New Uses for Grandma's Buttons'....... perhaps this could be a new thread!!
:think:

Someone on this site mentioned before, sewing a flat button to the corner of a duster and if there are any stubborn bits of dried in weetabix or such like, use the button to help remove it. I hope you understand what I mean.