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edinburgher

I largely go into our garden to cut the grass or have a beer

ajmoney

edinburgher wrote: »

I largely go into our garden to cut the grass or have a beer

Ok, so that suggestion wasn't the best. I am sure you will find a use for it!

Karmacat

I think it was good, ajmoney or since Ed is out there having a beer, he could crochet it into a beermat :rotfl:

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edinburgher

Sometimes I wonder why I bother scrimping and saving. Mrs E has just purchased DD 'Disnae' raisins at 6x+ the cost of Morris0n own branded :mad:

They're raisins!!!

earthgirl

edinburgher wrote: »

Sometimes I wonder why I bother scrimping and saving. Mrs E has just purchased DD 'Disnae' raisins at 6x+ the cost of Morris0n own branded :mad:

They're raisins!!!

Ahhh Raisin-gate? We had broadband-gate where I just couldn't understand why we needed to pay 4 times the price of pnet. :mad:

It may have took me YEARS, but I won, oh is almost frugal now. Good luck.

earthgirl

edinburgher wrote: »

Sometimes I wonder why I bother scrimping and saving. Mrs E has just purchased DD 'Disnae' raisins at 6x+ the cost of Morris0n own branded :mad:

They're raisins!!!

Ahhh Raisin-gate? We had broadband-gate where I just couldn't understand why we needed to pay 4 times the price of pnet. :mad:

It may have took me YEARS, but I won, oh is almost frugal now, and we remain married. Hope it works out ok!

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

And your dd is still a bit young to care about the packaging! Plenty of time for that when she starts school!

edinburgher

It's ok, she didn't realise

I explained in a non dickish way that anything processed (baby cereal bars, fruit pouches etc.) will cost more and that's ok, because it's convenience food and they're healthy enough for her on the go. Raw fruit and veg, on the other hand, costs more where the packet is smaller 99/100.

Of course, I'm preaching to the converted with you lot :rotfl:

We had broadband-gate where I just couldn't understand why we needed to pay 4 times the price of pnet.

It was special broadband, duh!

Edit: it was non ****ish, honest! Self censoring there...

AlexLK

edinburgher wrote: »

I've only just started! Long term, I think we need a replacement roof, or possibly a replacement garage. I hope to get 2-3 years out of the tarp, it's a two layer, exceptionally thick sheet that looks like it can take a fair bit of abuse. Theres a wee bit of pooling on top this morning (water weight pressing it onto the tiles), but gravity and evaporation will take care of that soon enough.

In the short term, I'll need to seal the gaps between the concrete sections as these have slipped slightly over time. My initial thoughts had been to use builder's mastic inside and out, with a thick bead of silicone at the join between the walls and slab floor, followed by sealing the floor and using a tanking kit or similar for the walls....



Any idea what I can use the offcuts for? I have 6 pieces of about 18" long left.

• Whisky went for just over £1,000 after fees were deducted! Not enough to retire on, but a gain of something like 30% annualised, not even currency devaluation provided that sort of a boost to my investments!
• I have paid a £250 chunk of 'my' proceeds from the whisky sale into some small and diversified P2P loans. 'our' money remains simplified and in ISAs, pensions etc., but I enjoy the fun of a few wee speculative investments. The rest will go into my savings or back to the household budget
• £0.75 OPed
• Spreadsheets updated

This week's DIY will consist of odds and sods in DD's room, removing all the masking tape from last week and glossing our living room window surround (shutters getting fitted next week).

If your garage is a concrete sectional one, they're cheap enough to replace entirely. Nothing wrong with sealing it up in the manner described to get your car out of the weather but I wouldn't be spending much money on it.

You can use the offcuts as a weed block in the garden or use to build a den with your daughter when she's a bit older.

Excellent news re. the whisky. Are you going to be investing in more to sell?

edinburgher wrote: »

Sometimes I wonder why I bother scrimping and saving. Mrs E has just purchased DD 'Disnae' raisins at 6x+ the cost of Morris0n own branded :mad:

They're raisins!!!

:eek: Never understood how people fall for this and I have some rather decadent tastes.

edinburgher wrote: »

It's ok, she didn't realise

I explained in a non dickish way that anything processed (baby cereal bars, fruit pouches etc.) will cost more and that's ok, because it's convenience food and they're healthy enough for her on the go. Raw fruit and veg, on the other hand, costs more where the packet is smaller 99/100.

Of course, I'm preaching to the converted with you lot :rotfl:

It was special broadband, duh!

Edit: it was non ****ish, honest! Self censoring there...

The ones that amuse me are the "ready prepared" vegetables in Sainsburys. :rotfl: No idea if they're the only supermarket selling them but how lazy have you got to be if you can't be bothered to slice a carrot?

PositiveBalance

The ones that amuse me are the "ready prepared" vegetables in Sainsburys. :rotfl: No idea if they're the only supermarket selling them but how lazy have you got to be if you can't be bothered to slice a carrot?

Oh those people exist! Trouble is, they don't even taste nice as a result of whatever they put on them to preserve them gives them a weird dry sensation on the tongue! (I bought some on the last day for 5p once to eat them with houmous at work.)

Nice one on the whisky, Ed. I don't know which is more Scottish - the purchasing of the whisky or using your financial 'Ed and making a profit on it! :rotfl: :T