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What OS tip didn't work for you?

Garnet_Gem
Garnet_Gem Posts: 681 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
A post a while ago said that someone's washing machine was ruined by vinegar. Are there any tips from the OS forum that didn't work for you?
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  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Getting my partner to help, does that count :rotfl:

    Shopping for everything locally, just isn't enough locally or reasonably priced to do so. Meat yes, pet food etc yes, almost everything else, nope.

    Oh and the company I got to deliver a F&V and meat box, some nasty F&V and meat was half frozen half not, to add to that they said 'just freeze it it'll be fine' nope when it came back out it stank, what a bloomin' nightmare that was.

    I must have missed the vinegar breaking washing machine thread.
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
    GC: £200
    Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
  • vixtress
    vixtress Posts: 1,153 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    please dont shoot me but..........................dare i say it






    i dont really like food from a slow cooker :o:o

    now im sure i am doing somthing wrong but it always tastes overcooked to me.

    there ive said it! i'll just leave now shall i :rotfl:

    vix
    - prior planning prevents poor performance!

    May Grocery challenge £150 136/150
  • comping_cat
    comping_cat Posts: 24,006 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Microfibre clothes - tried cheap ones and expensive ones and still cant work out what is so special about them!!!
  • csarinaknight
    csarinaknight Posts: 177 Forumite
    I don't like slow cooker food either prefer the pressure cooker, cooks in 20 minutes...25 at the most..........even dried beans that have been soaked overnight............
    September grocery budget........trying for £80, not sure if I will make it though!!!!! I certainly did not last month, lost track of the final bill. Will do better this month honest.

    Tesco £57.13
    Petrol £10.00
  • Twinny99
    Twinny99 Posts: 1,454 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    catowen wrote: »
    Microfibre clothes - tried cheap ones and expensive ones and still cant work out what is so special about them!!!

    I agree with you there catowen! (and they feel weird - kind of sets my teeth on edge...:confused: )
  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :o Admittedly however much I like using MF cloths, I wear gloves, they just feel awful don't they. I seen advertised MF towels, argh the thought of it! Best ones I've bought are scotch brite I think they are called but VERY expensive, they don't feel quite as bad. Downside is DP has discovered they are also good for using on the car, grr!
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
    GC: £200
    Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
  • jcr16
    jcr16 Posts: 4,185 Forumite
    coke down loo. ended up with a bit of a browny stain. gone now. but did panic a bit at time.

    i love mf cloths tho. best i found are morrions 99p each ones.
  • thriftmonster
    thriftmonster Posts: 1,737 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Stardrops - just don't like it at all and doesn't seem to clean properly for me
    “the princess jumped from the tower & she learned that she could fly all along. she never needed those wings.”
    Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in this One
  • well-medicated
    well-medicated Posts: 185 Forumite
    100 Posts
    Ooooooohh - stardrops for me too, but I didn't want to be the only one to say it, with there being so many members loving it. It's ok for simple jobs, but that's all. Sorry!!!!
    :j
    I gave up jogging for health reasons; my thighs rubbed together and my knickers caught fire!
  • vivaladiva
    vivaladiva Posts: 2,425 Forumite
    Totally off topic - I'm glad I didn't have a drink in my hand when I read well-medicated's signature.:rotfl::rotfl:
    I have plenty of willpower - it's won't power I need.
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