Super Scrimpers

red_devil

The bit about cleaning out the washing machine. I was always lead to believe you put powder in?

oldtractor

re cats. i put little sticks ; free ones off the trees; all over my newly hoed beds. The cats cant get between them . Good free deterrent.

red_devil

when they showed putting old carpet wood with nails on, on the top of the fence to deter burglars i dont think thats allowed is it?

carlislelass

patchwork_cat wrote: »

I have to say that I am very upset. At the end a man recommended putting carpet grippers on fences to stop thieves. Well what about cats. My cat had a really lacerated paw probably from some fool doing something like that. It wasn't exactly money saving for me.

Apart from anything else if a burglar did injure themselves they could find themselves with an injury claim. You'd think the producers would check out the advice before broadcasting it, wouldn't you?

our neighbour has the plastic ones, local cats walk on them and our cat sleeps on them

DianneB

166million wrote: »

I can't really see the point in making cushion covers. How often does anyone replace them anyway?

I make all my own cushion covers from curtain samples £1 each from a local shop, the fabric is very good quality and lined makes fantastic cushions for very little effort, mine all tone in and I change them when I fancy and get much nicer covers. :j

patricia1066

red_devil wrote: »

The bit about cleaning out the washing machine. I was always lead to believe you put powder in?

Smells are created from the mouldy gunk in the drain pipe and behind the rubber porthole. This link gives a lot of info on how to address the problem, and other washing machine issues.

http://www.washerhelp.co.uk/usage_2.html#cl_q1

KxMx

Nice to see young people bashing alive and well I am 25 soon, make my own pastry and have a sewing machine, so there!

Nan taught me baking since I was interested and my Mum certainly wasn't and isn't. Although she (Mum) did come top in a Domestic Science exam, just to spite her teacher hehehe.

I liked the look of the nail tricks, especially glitter, but with such a practical mind the first thing I thought was "bet that would be a nightmare to remove"!

:rotfl:

phizzimum

My DDs tried out the glitter nails last night so will let you know! I'm more interested to see if they will leave a trail of glitter everywhere they go...

red_devil

patricia1066 wrote: »

Smells are created from the mouldy gunk in the drain pipe and behind the rubber porthole. This link gives a lot of info on how to address the problem, and other washing machine issues.

http://www.washerhelp.co.uk/usage_2.html#cl_q1

that article says put powder in so which one is it? Powder or not?:beer:

Phoolgrrrl

KXMX - I was thinking the same! I'm 26 and have been OS since I was in uni.