Sneaky ways to save the pennies

Mrs_Thrify

skaps wrote: »

Is it better to use a fan heater or have the house heating on? I only use 3 rooms in my house all the time so i have switched off the other radiators to save money on the heating bill. Now my OH has a fan heater that he uses, does this work out cheaper?

Hi Skaps, Ch is lovely but it is like having a kettle boiling all the time and the bill soon racks up :eek:. Most types of portable heaters use 2 kw per hour and some like fan heaters give instant heat. The oil filled radators are said to be slightly cheeper to run but also take more time to heat up and cool down. A heater with a thermostat control is a good one as it will remotly control the temp without you having to think the room is now getting to hot. I have 2 x Dimplex convector heaters in the house and have had them a few years so not the most energy efficiant. I use 1 in the morning when I get up as our bedroom is sooo cold. Radator needs attentoin. Then later when I do the choirs light the coal fire. CH is on for 4 hours a day.1 hr in the morning and 3 in the evening.

RuthG

Aril wrote: »

I recently bought some cheddar on bogoff which came in a ziplock bag. I've finished the cheddar but am now going to use the bab to store the next block which hasn't come in a resealable bag. How often do I not wrap cheese properly and then find one side's gone dry and I have to cut it off:eek:
Aril

I have only just found this thread and it is proving very useful - if taking a ong time to read!

So read the above and sorry if this has been said elsewhere, but when the cheese dries out, rather than cutting it off, try grating it instead, then freeze to use later in cheese sauces.

Ruth

Mrs_Thrify

BenW wrote: »

I have only just found this thread and it is proving very useful - if taking a ong time to read!

So read the above and sorry if this has been said elsewhere, but when the cheese dries out, rather than cutting it off, try grating it instead, then freeze to use later in cheese sauces.

Ruth

Welcome Ruth.

I have read the propper way to store cheese in wrapped in greese proof paper - but who does that now adays? I store my chedder in a lock and lock box.

rosemary54

lilac-straw wrote: »

I really don't understand peoples obsession with using VERY expensive toilet paper e.g. Andrex,Charmin etc, I nearly wet myself laughing when I saw the advert for the Andrex (I think) shea butter ones. What an absolute rip off and utter nonesense. Talk about flushing money down the loo. IMO, obviously. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

how about buying the scratchy stuf fthat used to be used in public loos and schools?(we had an outdoor toilet block too very cold in winter :eek:)
Bet the family would not use a lot of that:rotfl:

Gigervamp

rosemary54 wrote: »

how about buying the scratchy stuf fthat used to be used in public loos and schools?(we had an outdoor toilet block too very cold in winter :eek:)
Bet the family would not use a lot of that:rotfl:

:rotfl: That stuff was good as tracing paper though!

kingshir

lilac-straw wrote: »

I really don't understand peoples obsession with using VERY expensive toilet paper e.g. Andrex,Charmin etc, I nearly wet myself laughing when I saw the advert for the Andrex (I think) shea butter ones. What an absolute rip off and utter nonesense. Talk about flushing money down the loo. IMO, obviously. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I'm afraid I have to disagree (in the nicest possible way of course;)). I loathe cheap loo paper and only buy the Quilted sort. I have long nails and thin paper and long nails just don't go together:eek: I used to Charmin when it first came out but it seems to have got thinner (or if that just my imagination??)

zippychick

kingshir wrote: »

I'm afraid I have to disagree (in the nicest possible way of course;)). I loathe cheap loo paper and only buy the Quilted sort. I have long nails and thin paper and long nails just don't go together:eek: I used to Charmin when it first came out but it seems to have got thinner (or if that just my imagination??)

Quilted toilet paper is renowned for blocking drains. Wouldn't touch the stuff myself!:eek:

Primrose

I bet the drain clearage people were on to a winner in the area where an elderly uncle of mine used to live. He always used up his old newspapers for loo paper. Come to think of it, when I was a child, my grandmother's privvy in the back garden always had squares of newspaper hanging from a nail on the wall for that purpose. They always seemed to be damp too and left your backside covered with newsprint.

aitchmars

Mr A's own brand of loo paper 'Shades' is about the best I've found...

Oh, and I use partnerless or holey socks for dusting.

kingshir

zippychick wrote: »

Quilted toilet paper is renowned for blocking drains. Wouldn't touch the stuff myself!:eek:

Is that true? I've not heard that before and (touch wood) have never had any problems with the drains and have been here for 20 years. Mind having said that, I don't use huge amounts (am too mean:p) and have trained the rest of the family too:D