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ive fixed it!!! it was covered in dust!!!! and thread!Sealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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lol mumzy i had to unravel a load of threads from under mine after i had been sewing the other week - thought it had packed up for good but it was only because they were tangled so much it was stopping the rollers going round!! :rotfl: Glad youre sorted!
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just hoovered me rug to test it out hahaha, woohoo im so glad i dont have to fork out money for a new one lolSealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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Woohooo!!! Good news for you. Sounds like my hoover. Im forever having to clean it out. Yep, Im messy.just hoovered me rug to test it out hahaha, woohoo im so glad i dont have to fork out money for a new one lolGM Credit Card balance - £895.69Mortgage - £67499.17 - MFiT no. 123Make £10 a day - April 2008 - £158.75/£3000 -
Aunt_Bessie wrote: »Evening peeps
All this talk of electricity got me thinking way (way) back to when I was a poor student.
We used to boil one kettle full of water ( the old whistling type pmsl) & fill flasks......the grey matter seemed to work better on copious amounts of coffee (& our Mums supplied us with that!)
I was just wondering which way would be cheapest with todays modern electric kettles.
Filled to the top & boiled once?? (...decant into flasks)
or only boil a cupfull, half a dozen times ??
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Nice to see you here and I agree with the above. During winter, we try to remember to have a flask filled at any given time because of the power cuts. I also invested some time ago in camping kettle and camping pans that can be used on an open fire when there are power cuts. Let's face it - no leccie here means no heat, no hot water, nothing. My old house had hot water heated by the fire, which was great through the winter, except coal's getting so expensive. I would LOVE a woodburner but investing any sort of money into a rented house is crazy. I will try to remember to check the meter next time I boil the kettle. I don't think there's any difference in cost per cup boiled but may be wrong.
Of course, I could always get a really big flask and boil the water durng cheap rate then store it through the day! :rotfl:I reserve the right not to spend.
The less I spend, the more I can afford.
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just hoovered me rug to test it out hahaha, woohoo im so glad i dont have to fork out money for a new one lol
See? It was simple to solve. Now, if you were a rich chick, you would have gone and bought the new hoover already. Soon, you could be a semi-rich chick... that's one that finds out best cost of the new hoover, banks the money in a savings account and then fixes the old one I did that with my washing machine! I now know how to replace the belt without breaking a nail and I really did save the £25 call out charge!! :rotfl: :rotfl: I reserve the right not to spend.
The less I spend, the more I can afford.
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Well done Mumzy - it shows that sometimes necessity is the mother of invention
Might be worth keeping one eye on your local freecycle for another if your vacuum is getting elderly - you never know, someone may be emigrating / divorcing / downsizing and may need to get rid of a perfectly good one fast to someone who needs it. My local freecycle group had someone offer a static caravan once - sited with six months paid up fees! I missed it tho
Just goes to show, sometimes we are too quick to buy a new one rather than the old make do and mend :rotfl:
...and you could always offer your neighbours a vacuum repair service!
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got.
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Is anyone monitoring their gas usage?? We've been using 2 units a day for the last week, wasn't sure if this is good or not. The Lecky varies between 14 and 30 units a day ( the 30 was today but I have done three loads of washing). I've started to do a tour of the house to make sure things are turned off....starting to sound more like my mum with the 'turn the light out' shout!!
Today was a no spend day for me!!...yay!! but not for my OH ...boo..., had an argument as he wanted to buy a bottle of wine as its the last day of our hols....he won and has spent £6.50 so £6.50 off my total then....I think I might end up not including his spending in this if I cannot get him on board!!!
Glad everyones doing well and well done Mumzy for fixing your hoover!!WIN £2008 in 2008 £1836.31 2009 wins - £91!!! 2010 wins in Oz $ 6170.... wins 2011 aprox $2000
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Hahaha. My hoover is only about 15months old lol...my old one b4 that..i was hoovering one day and it wouldnt pick up so i stopped hoovering and dragged kids to comet where i bought one in cash for £90 god knows how i afforeded too being a single mum of 2 on benifitsSealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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