Money Saving gone TOO far?

ostrichnomore_2

When I say I use leftovers, I don't mean off people's plates. It's if I've cooked too much of something - sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose. If I've cooked too much, I won't serve it up anyway, as that's a great recipe for putting on weight. So, I'll think of something else to do with it another time. For example I made a leek and potato bake as the 'veg' part of a meal this week. It turned out to be too big, I only served up 3/4s of it. So the next night I mixed what was left with fresh veg, mashed it all up, and fried it as bubble & squeak. Yum.

Rinsing off coleslaw? Wow..that's definitely a step too far for me. I'd just figure out a way of making coleslaw work with dinner again the next day!

Rummer

The three of us go in the bath one after the other although I always go in first Mind you our bath is huge and it takes a lot of water to fill.

Twisted_Cherry

Going back some years, but I use to always get in my mum's bathwater when I was a kid / teen, but never would I get into my dad's since he worked in a dirty job!

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as a little girl I was as the youngest allowed to go in the tin bath first then my two mucky brothers :) I think mainly because Mum decided that I was a lot cleaner than they were so they could share thir md whilst I hardly got muddy at all. I don't reuse teabags as the sainsbobs basics are cheap as chips anyway and are very nice.
Left overs from over making too much food is ok but I don't think I could fancy someone elses left overs.My middle brother used to take care of anything that happened to be left on anyones plate he was like a hoover
I do use excess shower water on my garden but my bathrooms on the ground floor so its not a problem and it takes a few minutes for the water to run hot as the tank is in the loft.So I get a good bucket full before the shower runs warm and as I'm paying for it ( I'm on a meter)I see no reason not to use it practically

craigywv

bath .....me first then oh no problem other way around sorry but no as oh works and is usually quite minging. son prefers shower.

pigpen

Fruball wrote: »

I reckon that all these people who won't share bath water have, at some point, pee'd in the bath and they fear that everyone does it

I was thinking more like dirty bums and sweaty bits.. I'm pee'd on, sicked on and covered in various other secretions on an hourly basis.. it doesn't mean I want to marinate in it too... I don't want to wallow in my own dirt.. showers are far nicer.

MothFilledWallet wrote: »

Who wants to get into a bath full of somebodies filth?
Examples:

1.Butt juices
2.Naughty bits leakage/grot (males as well as females!)
3.Possibly large amounts of Pee (lookin' at you bro! :mad: )
4.Armpit/cheesy foot grot

As for food, the phase "Did you drool in that?" is common here

Bogies!! Small children always leave bogies in the bath and on the sponge.

Someone elses pubes and shaved hair.. definitely enough to give anyone the wibblies.

washing mayo out of coleslaw is just daft.. if you have a water meter it would probably cost more to use the water than to replace coleslaw... you just eat it surely it saves for ages.

bossymoo

I wouldn't use leftovers from a plate someone's eaten from, although last week DD(3) didn't eat much of her lunch and took herself off to bed, so I popped it in the fridge for her to finish later.

But I always save leftovers from the pan / oven dish etc. we had a joint of beef tonight enough to feed us for 3 meals - couldn't chuck that away!

charlies-aunt

OOO-errr! I will have to revise my original "step-to-far" opinion.

Its a big no-no to:-

Family cloths ... never heard of this idea before :eek: - do people really use them? :eek: Its got to be loo roll for me although I can remember using an outside privy at a friends house when I was a child - which consisted of a board with a hole in it over a cesspit and was equipped with neatly cut squares of newspaper threaded onto a string!

Leftovers on plates - the dogs wipe these up or they are binned

Food samples / open bowls of mints in restaurants/ bowls of peanuts on bars / food like hot dogs or burgers from street sellers or fairgrounds / pick and mix sweets all get the "thanks but no thanks" from me

Not as unfussy as I thought I was!!

System

Family cloths ... never heard of this idea before

Oh good grief no! *hurl*

maddeningly

I cannot read books from charity shops or libraries incase someone previously has read them on the loo (but this doesn't extend to children's books). I cannot think about cutlery in restaurants or canteens otherwise I would keep sealed plastic knifes and forks with me at all times! My son and daughter (6 & 4) bathe together all the time and in the rare occasion that they're in alone they complain! If bath water was full of bubbles and looked fresh I would jump in but if it looked grey and soap scummy - no thanks!