Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

jwil

You can still put underwear etc in the clothing as anything not reused is recycled. Just check with the charity shop if they accept rags, otherwise if your council collects it, or you put it in the clothing bank, they are ok to put rags in.

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jwil wrote: »

You can still put underwear etc in the clothing as anything not reused is recycled. Just check with the charity shop if they accept rags, otherwise if your council collects it, or you put it in the clothing bank, they are ok to put rags in.

Our charity shops will take any damaged, worn out clothing. They ask for it to be bagged up separately and labelled as such if there's a lot of it to save them having to sift through it all. All they ask is that it's clean, it doesn't matter if it's stained or discoloured. We never throw anything away, it either goes to the charity shop for rags or things like OH's old vests and T shirts cut up make excellent polishing cloths and dusters:j

elizabethhull

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I agree. It wasn't really all that long ago really, less than 70 years.


I remember when Mum got her first washing machine and spin dryer. It wasn't an automatic though, she still had to hoist the wet washing out of the washing machine and either put it through the mangle or transfer it to the spin dryer which just spun the water out and had to be emptied through a tap at the bottom. There was no heat involved like with a modern tumble dryer. I remember the kitchen lino was always awash with water when Mum was doing the washing, transferring soaking wet washing from one place to another.

When we were first married we used the local launderette, then later OH's twin sister gave us her old washing 'machine'. It was top-loading and filled via tubing from the tap and emptied into the sink via another tube. The only electric bit was the central paddle and a small mangle, with which I used to amuse myself by pushing unlikely things (like a wooden spoon) through just to see if they would !!

One day I left OH in charge of this simple machine but he forgot to put the emptying tube in the sink, and I came home to a kitchen swimming in water. Fortunately the kitchen was a step down from the rest of the house, so when I opened the back door a wave of soapy water gushed into the back garden (always wondered what the neighbours thought !!). Still, the kitchen floor had never been so clean !

WannabeFree

Happy Saturday HH

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fraserbooks

When I was married first I inherited an elderly twin tub. I always managed to get the kitchen floor absolutely soaked using it.

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All these primitive laundry methods must seem so laughable to young people now with all the technology available that does everything except put the dirty clothes into the machine:rotfl:. It all happened within the memory of most of us and some of the posters on here sharing their washday experiences are nowhere as old as me:eek:

Willowtree222

I'm reading this and thinking I would have hated washing in this time. It sounds awful and back breaking.

I am so happy that we just have to press buttons!
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beanielou

Nicnak wrote: »

I'm reading this and thinking I would have hated washing in this time. It sounds awful and back breaking.

I am so happy that we just have to press buttons!
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So am I.
Some days I struggle to even do that:eek:

HairyHandofDartmoor

I think we can all agree that washing is a lot easier than it used to be. Thank goodness for modern conveniences .

HairyHandofDartmoor

My text book for my course arrived today, which is good because I want to use it to help me with my assignment next week :T. The book cost £22 :eek: but I do need to have it.

I did my Saturday saunter and met my stepdad for coffee first. Then I dropped off my rucksack full of clothes at the charity shop. After that I did a little wander around the shops. The weather is warmer and sunny today so the heating has gone off .

My spends were my bus fare for £2.40, bananas, reduced hot chocolate and two curry sauce jars in Mr T (I am not stockpiling honest!) for £4.87. I succumbed to three tea towels in Debenh@ms for £12 but our current ones are very tatty and the new ones go beautifully with our kitchen colour scheme :T. I also picked up some sawdust from the pet shop which has gone up in price from £1.20 to £1.99, she said it was a bigger packet but it looks exactly the same to me :mad:.

This afternoon I need to clean out the furry moron and hoover the living room and hall.

Inspired by my decluttering success, I've already sorted out four cookery books that I've never used, a top that's too big for me and a bottle of hair oil I will never use, which can go to the charity shop next time I'm in town :T. If I get rid of a few things every week, then eventually the house will look tidier and easier to clean .

I hope everyone has had a good Saturday so far.