Super Scrimpers

susyrosy

sausagesandwich19 wrote: »

her house looks like it should be on how clean is your house

So you weren't swayed by the title, I gather?

lostinrates

re coffee grounds, they are on my list from the drainage people of what is never to go into the septic tank.

billysmum

i watched this and didnt understand what was money saving about giving her clothes away because she had too many,why didnt she keep them and not buy anymore

eleanor73

This programme isn't for me and you (we should be on it!) It's for some of my mates and the like. I am astounded at what they throw away and waste and how much they spend on rubbish but can't say anything as they would tell me quite rightly to shut up. This is for them and I think it will help actually. Some have already mentioned that it made them think about things a bit differently.

quintwins

billysmum wrote: »

i watched this and didnt understand what was money saving about giving her clothes away because she had too many,why didnt she keep them and not buy anymore

i smart person would do a carboot sale or ebay them not give them away

jwil

I was very disappointed with this programme. There was so much potential there, but it fell so short.

To encourage people to do this, they need to make the lifestyle seem appealing to people who are big consumers. The people who are buying all this 'stuff' are buying into a lifestyle image. Someone is not going to go from spending £hundreds a month on clothes to cutting up their socks and attaching them to their jumpers! Half the country is not going to have a clue what the lady was going on about when she was talking about 'toilet water' - why could she not just have said 'perfume'?

The 'scrimpers' were completely unappealing to my mind. The nettle pasta looked horrible, the idea of cutting up your socks to fix a jumper - none of my socks anywhere near match my jumpers! Dyeing the undies was a good tip, as was cooking instead of takeaway, but they didn't suggest how much this would save, so many people will still be out there thinking they can buy a takeaway cheaper.

There are some amazing old style tips on here, and things that can easily be incorporated into a 'modern' lifestyle. These small changes are not hard to make and would then lead on to bigger changes but can still achieve big savings.

I work in an area which spends a lot of time encouraging behavioural change. There was nothing in that programme that I think could be used to encourage people to change their lifestyles. Maybe it will get better as the series goes on.

Biggles

Downsizing__for_sanity wrote: »

Re the eggshells tip - I seem to remember that coffee grounds are good to put down your sink as they kind of "exfoliate" your plumbing, however, tea leaves are not to be recommended as they are too gunky (technical term! and would block your pipes). I suppose the eggshells work on the same basis.

Coffee grounds are a definite 'No' in my house; otherwise I have to put my hand in the drain on a regular basis to clear it out. I'm sure the same would happen with eggshells unless they were broken up really well - I'm inclined to think that something like bicarbonate of soda would be a better bet.

Like most people, I wasn't very impressed by the programme generally. As somebody else has said, it was very 'Channel 4'. And that is not a compliment!

mcjordi

dont think i'd be watching again.. wasnt my cup of tea.. i mean how can you not live comfortbley on 100k a year i know fine well i could.

the tips ive learned all ready from the os board..
not a patch on the one off special on ITV not that long back

BitterAndTwisted

kayjay1809 wrote: »

And the only thing I learned from the programme was that it doesn't matter what your income is, you need to live within your means. Found it hard to feel sympathy for people living on such a fabulous income and still struggling.

See, the realisation that we all absolutely must live within our means or abject misery inevitably ensues is the most valuable lesson anyone anywhere could teach us. If other people reached the same conclusion then I think the programme was completely worthwhile.

That asian family were living on a fabulous income and it would still have been a fabulous income if they hadn't been spending the credit-card company or the bank's money on top. They didn't seem to appear particularly worried about it and I don't think they believed they were struggling at all. Imagine how much cash they could have in the bank if that bint's housekeeping money was cut to something sensible like £50 a week? I reckon they'll be completely out of debt before the summer holidays are over anyway. If only that could be the case for the rest of us.

fiscalfreckles

quintwins wrote: »

i've just watched this and didn't learn anything new except the egg shells and how easy it was to make pasta (which is cheap if you ahve your own chickens but with 2 eggs if you were buying them a bag of pasta shapes is cheaper)

I'm sorry, but that pasta looked disgusting! Slimy & horrible, it needed at least rolling out thinner. It was just boiled pastry!

susyrosy wrote: »

I did like the old lady (?Joyce) who dyed her knickers and cut up her poor husband's socks. I'm not sure the nix were worth a pot of dye. Or am I just thinking of mine?

No, dye is expensive, I think - I once thought about trying to revive some old faded towels by dyeing them but decent dye was quite pricey. And I'm sorry, but underwear wears out! It loses its shape as well as its colour. Much as I loved the idea of an old dear wearing lime green or purple "matching" lingerie (bless her!) I think she'd be better off re-stocking at Primark every so often. Not very eco friendly, I suppose?!

billysmum wrote: »

i watched this and didnt understand what was money saving about giving her clothes away because she had too many,why didnt she keep them and not buy anymore

She should have sold them, I think, especially the stuff still in packets. Nice little ebay business there!

I cringed at the "why not cook a curry?" to the Asian family too...!

Hated the silly Moneypenny woman. She was about as convincing as Kirsty staying on a campsite in Ibiza in October in the Vacation, vacation, vacation programme before.