Money Saving gone TOO far?

ubamother

OP - you are so right not to use this water. I am horrified anyone could think this is safe. If you want the sciencey bit, the kind of nasties that will love sitting dirty water are: pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococcus aureus, which both cause skin, eye and ear infections, and if the water has been used for handwashing after visiting the loo, e.coli and enterovirus both of which can have devastating effects.

Austin_Allegro

I think 'frugal' is to do with saving money only; 'tight' means being overly careful with non-financial things as well, so, not lending things to people, not giving them your time, not caring about them, etc.

So if say you were really hard up and couldn't afford a wedding present for a friend, you could offer something in a non-material way, like doing the hair or makeup or helping out somehow, that would be 'frugal'. If you just offered nothing and went to the wedding anyway, that would be 'tight'.

absolutebounder

Anyone would tyhink you lot live in the sahara. Leaving warm water around just lets bacteria multiply at their optimum rate. you could wash your hands and end up with more germs than you started with. It is not MSE to spend the money you save on water on immodium is it:eek:

Dave101t

tighter than a ducks .. comes to mind.
but thats not a negative. if you save money and dont affect your lifestyle then to hell with the others!

freebiequennie

charliee wrote: »

we were doing this but are flushing no.1 much more often now as we ended up with a thick layer of urine limescale stuff under the waterline which had to be scraped off as it was impervious to all cleaners (bleugh). i spent a fortune on products to try and shift it so probably ended up costing more (moneywise) than flushing more regularly.

if you are on your own you culd leave the bathwater in the bath and keep a big saucepan there and pour it directly down the loo.. but then it may be a step to far and i'd never expect guests to do it!!

Thanks we use the limescale tablets that come in a box of 8 for about £1 and chuck one down each month in downstairs loo and en-suite as these get used most. we use value toilet cleaner daily and scrub with loo brush and they are still clean 2yrs on.

Reverbe

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

20 years ago i was at uni with someone who dried out teabags and reused them!

I think he's a doctor now!:eek:

Oh I do that. use em several times. tastes just fine...:oBut i would draw the line at the effort and cost of sewing and cutting them making 2 out fo one...

charliee_3

freebiequennie wrote: »

Thanks we use the limescale tablets that come in a box of 8 for about £1 and chuck one down each month in downstairs loo and en-suite as these get used most. we use value toilet cleaner daily and scrub with loo brush and they are still clean 2yrs on.

oh dear.. its obviously my cleaning method (or lack of it!) but then when i clean the lo i flush it at least twice in the process.... and it all mounts up lol

meanmarie

I like very weak tea and consider it a waste to use a whole tea bag for one cup, so I have started using a double teaspoon thingy to put just a few leaves of tea in when making tea for me....its fine by the time the tea has cooled to my liking, as I don't take milk. Sometimes I make a pot of tea with a bag, remove the bag and put the tea in a flask for later use.....I consider neither of these things tight....to me tight something like not buying your round but being prepared to drink what others buy for you, having the most expensive things on a menu and then dividing the bill equally, so that others are paying extra for your goodies....I could go on but you get my drift...
Thrifty is good, tight is not

Marie

OrkneyStar

dazzle21 wrote: »

I think it's a great idea to use the bath water to water the garden.

It is an even better idea to have a shower instead .
As for watering the garden, I try to let the rain do it as much as possible (plenty of it up here though!).
We don't have water meters in Scotland but I still hate to see water wasted .

Penelope_Penguin

I'll add this to the exisitng thread on extreme money saving

Penny. x