Money Saving gone TOO far?

amazon_spice

Hi OP.
Sounds lovely to me.

A. :-)

dumpy

artydoll wrote: »

I cant sit down to watch tv without knitting or crochetting on the go,I,m really down if I run out of wool,I just dont like sitting doing nothing .:D
I love to say that I,ve actually made something instead of just sitting there staring at the box,my OH says I should have a radio as I dont actually watch the TV ,I listen to it,I only look up when it sounds interesting. :rotfl::rotfl:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46716225@N06/sets/72157623268147958/

heres a few of this years items.

Snap!! I tend to listen to TV as well and glance up when it sounds interesting. I fit projects to programs as well. Detective stories or things with visual clues, I do socks, lots of knit and I don't have to concentrate.

If I'm doing lace shawls I will listen to the radio, otherwise I just make mistakes......

seabright

Lovely to see a thread with 100% agreement and lots of positve comments! What's great is we have the choice to pick & mix what we do - we get so much encouragement from being able to use MSE & OS forums, which isn't "old" at all, but take the best of "old" too, to fit in with our lives anf families.

Justamum

wogglemaker wrote: »

Even treatments for wounds is going back to good old basics. When a wound on my leg needed debriding (sp) we used magotts (lungs are shot so could not have surgery) to clean the wound - their excreations are also antibacterial. After they had done their job the dressings were pure menuka honey, the whole cleaning and healing took only 4 months. It was fantastic.

Apparently leeches are also used in some surgery :eek:

Justamum

finnigan wrote: »

While I agree OS is deffo the way to go, I don't think I ever want to be without certain modern conveniences (I'm thinking my 'puter and washing machine mainly :rotfl:), I was wondering just how 'old' is 'old style'? How far back are 'we' planning on going?

I agree - I'll be as OS as you like - just leave me my washing machine!

westcoastscot

nopot2pin wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

Aye... I know what you mean...
Being a west coast scot myself;)
It must be something they put in our water, or something in our fresher than fresh air:rotfl::D

it was so funny, there we were all 5 of us in the wee fiesta sitting on the edge of the loch outside the house

westcoastscot

finnigan wrote: »

While I agree OS is deffo the way to go, I don't think I ever want to be without certain modern conveniences (I'm thinking my 'puter and washing machine mainly :rotfl:), I was wondering just how 'old' is 'old style'? How far back are 'we' planning on going?

finnigan i see it as as going forward not going back - i've lived like this all my life, when i moved into my own home as a young woman I carried on as my parents had done, through the years i've taken on modern inventions as i've found them beneficial, and turned my back on the ones I didnt want/need - its an evolving process of keeping the good from the old ways and adding in the good from the new. I see my own children, young adults now, moving forward in the same way.
WCS

carrieon

Like a lot of people i got in to this OS more because of a "need to cut down, make do etc" It does however become very addictive and very enjoyable.
Although i have always been quite careful, never really had a great deal of money I have learnt so much more from these threads. THANKYOU!
All this talk of knitting has made me want to take it up again. I use to knit such a lot but that was when my boys were young. They are now in there late 30's and one of 40.
Oh dear how old am i? I dont think you can ever be too OS. Its what you feel comfortable with. But oh how i would love to have my own small holding and live "The Good Life" Too late now at my time of life , me thinks.

WASHER

jennihen wrote: »

'Make do and mend' was the motto in our house - its a shame so many children are growing up with 'a throw-away' attitude. We call it 'being green' in our house but its basically OS at its best.

I would consider myself more OS than not, I still have alot to learn, especially on the batch cooking front etc.

My friend at work (same age as me) cannot understand why I have no interest in celeb mags, fashion or spending my weekends clothes shopping, she was physically horrified to find out that I bought my "timberland" boots at Help the Aged for £4.99, she said she had never been into a charity shop and certainly wouldn't buy shoes, I have to make do I told her, I do not own a credit card, if I have little money in the bank, my children are priority not my feet fashion. (although I have got to say they are really comfortable).

I wish I could of painted a picture of her face when I told her I didn't have a credit card, she looked at me as though I was odd! (odd maybe, but I can sleep at night knowing I don't owe thousands).

Primrose

I don't think it matters if you're happy to use old style solutions to household problems rather than modern methods. I often wonder how people in the modern world would cope if we ever had to endure the hardships of a Third World War with all the scarcity problems which would arise. Older people have inherited this valuable knowledge from their parents, which often younger people don't have so I reckon it's a case of "use it or lose it". And ever better, pass this knowledge on to the next generation too.