Super Scrimpers

Ilona

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Idea. Freeze your grated cheese ends. You have to defrost before using it for cooking.
Save even more, by not filling your freezer with bits of this and that which might be fogotten and never used. Pop the cheese in your mouth and eat it.


Ilona you are a comedy genius :rotfl:

Makes sense to me, Jackie. There seems to be an epidemic of freezing every small thing. Why bother to wrap half an onion in foil and put it in the fridge. Just use the whole flippin onion, or use a smaller one. If it fits in your mouth, eat it. :T
Ilona

FatVonD

Ah but what about weight? I've always lived by the motto 'it's no more wasted in the bin than it is in your stomach if you don't need it' though nowadays I'd grate it and then freeze it!

Reverbe

I caught a few mins of the last one.. isnt someone from the forums meant to be on? I mentioned to my flatmate but I didnt know who it was or even if she was on this one.

Reverbe

FatVonD wrote: »

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I liked the tip about descaling the kettle with a lemon, I've never descaled a kettle in my life (they just get heavier and heavier ) as the thought of drinking water from a kettle that's had chemicals powerful enough to descale it in it terrifies me. I'll definitely give that a try.

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I always use vinegar on mine. its cheaper and greener than chemicals.. they say you are meant to use white vinegar but thats dear where I live and I find value brown stuff works just as good just rinse out well:p

Reverbe

Softstuff wrote: »

If you like that then you might enjoy something else - a free resource for all kinds of knowledge is TED. http://www.ted.com/talks
There's talks to watch on there about everything under the sun, from puppets to artificial livers, from magicians to philosophers. Generally hubby and I use a talk from here as a starting point, for example we watched a talk from Alain de Botton, read his books, watched his series, visited his website. Provides endless education and entertainment.

I LOVE TED. great to see another fan here. its fabulous entertainment, educational and free

Reverbe

GroinSexyPavement wrote: »

I thought it was better this week too.

*runs off to put tights in freezer*

Ive heard this so many times over the years with regard to candles also but in my experience it doesnt do what it claims..

sparrer

Ilona wrote: »

I hope you were washing the car with your bath water :laugh:
Ilona

No Ilona cos I shower, with the plug in, and use that water for cleaning the bathroom/skirting boards/window frames/whatever needs it, afterwards .
I clean the car with 3 buckets of water (and a small squirt of all-in-one shampoo/wax), 1 to wash, 2 to rinse - wasteful I know but I only clean it a handful of times a year .

Reverbe

softstuff you cut out toilet paper?? kinda scared to ask more..

toasterman

GreyQueen wrote: »

Wotcher, Toasterman, I've got my work shoes glued together with superglue where the soles were parting company with the toes. Not a bit uncomfortable and at 10 small tubes for a quid, excellent value for money and took all of 2 minutes. Never give up until you've tried glue gun/ gaffer tape and/ or superglue.

I dunno. I had a go a few years ago fixing a pair of work shoes with a hot glue gun, and found that where the rubber had "give" before, they were now solid as a rock. It was like walking with bricks on my feet.
Maybe I waited til they were too far gone, before starting? I do remember using quite a lot of glue.

As an aside to my earlier comment about hanging baskets, I've found that Poundland are selling them. There are several different designs, and they're £1 each, oddly enough.

GreyQueen

toasterman wrote: »

I dunno. I had a go a few years ago fixing a pair of work shoes with a hot glue gun, and found that where the rubber had "give" before, they were now solid as a rock. It was like walking with bricks on my feet.
Maybe I waited til they were too far gone, before starting? I do remember using quite a lot of glue.

As an aside to my earlier comment about hanging baskets, I've found that Poundland are selling them. There are several different designs, and they're £1 each, oddly enough.

I'm a dab hand with the ole glue gun as have done a lot of prop-making etc etc and I wouldn't recommend them for shoes as the hotmelt glue has bulk and rigidity whereas the superglue is thin and runny. I have used hotmelt glue to plug a hole in the tread of a very beloved pair of trainers and eked them out a bit longer like that. A mate had done a similar repair with a heated skewer to melt the edges of a hole together but being naturally clumsy I'd be sure to burn myself if I started heating up skewers on my gas flame. I guess it's all dependant on the type of shoe and whereabouts it needs sticking, as well as how far gone it is before you can get to it.

PS You can often pick up hanging baskets for nowt in our local waste recycling facility aka tip. I mosey on by sometimes in the early evening when it's quiet and ask for anything like scrap wood or whatever catches my eye. If I'm in the zone I can get away with a lot due to charm and cheek (sure ain't youth and good looks...;))