Lots more Sneaky Ways to save the pennies

Brie

Primrose said:

(For those interested in gender equality,  when I did apply for one a couple of years after our marriage,  I had to get my husband'a written permission before the bank would  issue me with one.  All the more ironic as I was actually earning a little more than him at the time!)

always interested to see how bad things were and how much we have improved.  And of course how much further we need to go!!

when I married late in the 80s I already had a credit card in my own name.  I asked them to add my new husband to the account and give him a card as well.  They reissued my card at the same time with my name changed to Mrs His Name.  I was livid and told them so!!

Ridiculously I had a similar situation 20 years later when I was asked by my employer for a copy of my (then 20 year old) marriage certificate as proof of my husband's name for their records.  Almost immediately all of my email accounts, records etc changed again to Mrs His Name.  And then when I complained they said I needed to provide proof of our divorce to correct it.  Given that I have never changed my name at marriage or any other time it was astounding that they were making such huge assumptions.

Obviously I got the situation corrected in both situations.

ladyholly

Thank you. I have never worked out why the dark rings appeared as nobody had dirty jobs but it always appeared. I will try it when we need new soap and see what happens.

London_1

Having spent around the last 15 years helping to bring up 5 of my 7 grandchildren, the four grandsons from my youngest DD all the boys went off to Uni with the ability to cook and feed themselves and knowing how a washing machine worked They also make a jolly good cuppa (important to keep Nanny happy ) They also know the value of a shilling , also I think down to seeing more of me over the years, and me ensuring that they knew that if they saved for things ,even half , I would help them by topping their cash up.

I'm pleased that the boys managed pretty well and in fact the third one Henry, has just finished Uni and has around £700 left of his student loan still tucked away in his bank saving account.
He worked part time during his final year and is just awaiting his results. He said he is going to use it to get his driving lessons sorted this summer. As he's not yet decided what he wants to do in the future, he has got himself a job in a local hotel as a Kitchen Porter to add to his cash stash. he is going to work the summer then possibly go travelling with his pal so he iwll be self supporting during his gap year.Bless him he is a great lad who is willing to do anything to earn extra cash.

None of the grandchildren have credit cards, and I'm glad they don't, as its a ball and chain thats hard to get away from. 

JackieO xx

Primrose

Brie said:

Primrose said:

(For those interested in gender equality,  when I did apply for one a couple of years after our marriage,  I had to get my husband'a written permission before the bank would  issue me with one.  All the more ironic as I was actually earning a little more than him at the time!)

always interested to see how bad things were and how much we have improved.  And of course how much further we need to go!!

when I married late in the 80s I already had a credit card in my own name.  I asked them to add my new husband to the account and give him a card as well.  They reissued my card at the same time with my name changed to Mrs His Name.  I was livid and told them so!!

Ridiculously I had a similar situation 20 years later when I was asked by my employer for a copy of my (then 20 year old) marriage certificate as proof of my husband's name for their records.  Almost immediately all of my email accounts, records etc changed again to Mrs His Name.  And then when I complained they said I needed to provide proof of our divorce to correct it.  Given that I have never changed my name at marriage or any other time it was astounding that they were making such huge assumptions.

Obviously I got the situation corrected in both situations.

it,s amazing how primeval things were then.  .  When I married in the sixties  I remember the look of horror on the vicar's face at that pre marriage session when i told him I would promise to "love and cherish" but there was no way I was going to "obey".  He nearly choked on his dog collar

And  I recall after we married I applied for a tax rebate  and I asked for the cheque to be made payable to me rather  than  to my husband (as women were regarded as "chattels" in those days)  .  The refund would have gone into a joint account anyway but it was the principle of the thing to which I objected.  The Inland Revenue as it was then known wrote back saying this could happen but I would have to send them a letter from my husband agreeing to this arrangement.  My dear dad, who was quite Victorian in his outlook was aghast at my attitude, and even more  puzzled that I'd found a man  who actually agreed with women having equal rights.   I did happily take his surname though.

annieb64

I have a sisal drawstring bags that I use for soap scraps. Hate to waste soap especially if it's the nice stuff that my DDs buy for my birthday. 

One 0f my Dad's memories from the 1940s always reminds me of how enterprising people could be then. Just after the war he and his mother had been up to see her family in Lancashire.  A family friend had business down south so offered them a lift back along with an uncle and cousin.Somehow they got six people in a small car for a 200 mile journey. The car tyres were worn thin and they had a couple of punctures. After the second puncture they had run out of the repair patches so when they got another they were stuck. Dad found a discarded shoe sole on the roadside and they were able to cut it up and use it to mend the tyre.

PipneyJane

skogar said:

Love the "leather boot fund" Pip. i hope you have other excitingly named "pots" too. Suspect there may be a "Wonderous wool fund". :-)

Absolutely, @skogar.  I have a "Running Away Fund" for holidays.  (Although, these days, it's the "Joint Running Away Fund" )

- Pip

Primrose

Probably mentioned before but NEVER squeeze the toothpaste along the length of your toothb rush as illustrated in all the adverts p.   This is incredibly wasteful.  All you need is a blob the size of a dried pea, 

And don't buy fresh compost bags for your patio containers every year.  When you clear out the summer bedding , mix half the soil in a bucket with a generous amount of free lawn clippings & veg peelings from yiu t kiychrn compost crock  and return to the container to rot down over winter. (which it  will do despite the cooler temperatures).   This will ensure there are plenty of nutrients in it for the next growing season and winter bulbs can still be accommodated in the mixture quite happily. I,ve been doing this for several years without problems

London_1

I can remember my late Mum cutting nettles and putting them in an old bucket at the end of the garden with some water in and covering over and leaving to rot and disintegrate, eventually by the spring it had turned into this foul smelling stuff that she used as fetiliser round the roses and flower beds.
soot and ashes were also dug into the garden from the kitchen range

Primrose

Yes I remember my grandparent using soot as a rose fertiliser.  It was always a messy business but big ire ash was anither popular substitute.

i,ve never tried cooking nettles even though I,ve read the young  leaves taste like spinach.  A much easier substitute is Swiss chard. It has large leaves and individual,seeds  be sown and plants dotted around between flowers if you have no space for a vegetable plot.  The young leaves are nice in salads. 

Does anybody know if there's a book out there anywhere  which lists all these old fashioned remedies in one place?  I'm sure it would make valuable reading  in these difficult times.

ladyholly

Primrose said:

it,s amazing how primeval things were then.  .  When I married in the sixties  I remember the look of horror on the vicar's face at that pre marriage session when i told him I would promise to "love and cherish" but there was no way I was going to "obey".  He nearly choked on his dog collar

And  I recall after we married I applied for a tax rebate  and I asked for the cheque to be made payable to me rather  than  to my husband (as women were regarded as "chattels" in those days)  .  The refund would have gone into a joint account anyway but it was the principle of the thing to which I objected.  The Inland Revenue as it was then known wrote back saying this could happen but I would have to send them a letter from my husband agreeing to this arrangement.  My dear dad, who was quite Victorian in his outlook was aghast at my attitude, and even more  puzzled that I'd found a man  who actually agreed with women having equal rights.   I did happily take his surname though.

I remember 2 similar incidents. The first in the 60s when my Mother went to the tax off to apply for a tax rebate and was told my Father had to apply. She was so furious that she was banging on the counterin the tax office.

The second was when my then fiance and now husband went to talk to the vicar prior to our wedding and I told him I would not agree to the word Love, Honou and Obey instead using cherish rather than obey. He then gave me a long lecture that obey didnt mean what I thought it did. I cant remember the rubbish that he went on about but suffice it to say my words were Love, Honour and Cherish.

I have over the years had to educate my husband in the rights of women and how we have been constantly ignored, put down, and generally hard done by and I think after almost 50years he is beginning to see what I mea. Slow on the uptake? Probably he is a very old fashioned Northern male. Sorry to any Northern men out there but some of them of a cetain generation were a bit behind the times.