Sneaky ways to save the pennies

Thats_me

Very well said indeed lilaclady! Like you my childhood was v poor, 7 kids, Mum & Dad in what would be described now as a hovel! However, we were never hungry and we had shoes - and before anyone falls off their chair snorting in derision let me tell you my parents lived through a time when it was not unusual for children not to have shoes, they were proud that we did!
Likewise, we were all raised not to waste anything and the one thing that I and most of my siblings are very good at is making "every 10 bob go as far as a pound." Needless to say, I will be trying the gloop this weekend! Keep up the good work everyone and many thanks.

Unity

Thats_me wrote: »

Very well said indeed lilaclady! Like you my childhood was v poor, 7 kids, Mum & Dad in what would be described now as a hovel! However, we were never hungry and we had shoes - and before anyone falls off their chair snorting in derision let me tell you my parents lived through a time when it was not unusual for children not to have shoes, they were proud that we did!
Likewise, we were all raised not to waste anything and the one thing that I and most of my siblings are very good at is making "every 10 bob go as far as a pound." Needless to say, I will be trying the gloop this weekend! Keep up the good work everyone and many thanks.

How right you are :T. My parents came from large Catholic families and it's part of family history now that mum's older sister was caned for not attending mass on the Sunday because she had no shoes. The sneering teacher said: "And do you think Jesus is going to come down out of the Tabernacle to see if you are wearing shoes girl?" My poor aunt was mortified. Her father had died from TB so Heaven knows how my grandmother managed as there certainly was nothing like Child Benefit in those days. They were lucky they didn't end up in the workhouse.

Primrose

This does tend to be a generational thing too, doesn't it, with those who were born in the "You never had it so good" times, totally unable to understand either poverty for its own sake, or the "rationing poverty" which everybody suffered during the last war. Those of us who were children then have it almost written across our hearts that food could not be wasted because there was so little of it and so little choice too. I think young people today still do not understand that this country was literally only about 4 weeks away from starvation at one point during the war. Even now I sometimes walk around a supermarket and feel tempted to shake my head in amazement at the huge amount of food available from all around the world which everybody seems to take totally for granted. What a shock it would be if for just one week every food store in the country was forced to remove single item which was not totally reared, grown or produced in this country. There would be some very bare shelves.

Primrose

And on a totally different topic of sneaky saving ways, what really does annoy me is that subliminal message which all the toothpaste manufacturers put across in adverts showing an inch or more of toothpaste being squeezed out onto a toothbrush. I wonder how many people have been conned by this and automatically squeeze out their inch or more every time they clean their teeth? A small blob the size of a frozen pea is actually quite sufficient.

Valli

julie_d wrote: »

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An Owl electric monitor to show us how much electric we are using £27.95. I saw one of theese in Tesco this week for £37.99. It just goes to show you have to shop on the internet for best deals. Oh said it was a good idea! I bet the adult kids say " oh Mum you and your daft idea's!


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Derbyshire libraries lend these out for free..

Valli

Primrose wrote: »

And on a totally different topic of sneaky saving ways, what really does annoy me is that subliminal message which all the toothpaste manufacturers put across in adverts showing an inch or more of toothpaste being squeezed out onto a toothbrush. I wonder how many people have been conned by this and automatically squeeze out their inch or more every time they clean their teeth? A small blob the size of a frozen pea is actually quite sufficient.

and they actually tell tou this on the tube!

scottiedog

I have just read some of the thread about making Gloop. I would like to have a go at the weekend - bearing in mind that people say it sets like blamange - can I ask - what would be a suitable container to store it in (I have visions of the kitchen floor being covered in the stuff as I try and dislodge it from a bottle.
I use Ecover at the moment - but it's costing between £4 - £4.50 for the privilage.
Scottiedog

Primrose

I haven't got round to making any Gloop yet but was thinking about a suitable container when I realised it would have a blancmange texture. I think possibly one of those jumbo plastic ice cream container plastic boxes with a lid might be better than a bottle. Then you could just take the lid off and scoop out the quantity you need with a spoon.

bertiebots

scottiedog wrote: »

I have just read some of the thread about making Gloop. I would like to have a go at the weekend - bearing in mind that people say it sets like blamange - can I ask - what would be a suitable container to store it in (I have visions of the kitchen floor being covered in the stuff as I try and dislodge it from a bottle.
I use Ecover at the moment - but it's costing between £4 - £4.50 for the privilage.
Scottiedog

I was going to make some on wednesday but forgot to buy some bars of soap:o :mad: but planned on storing it in my empty milk cartons (the large ones) . As they are quite bendy I thought it would be easy to glug it out as needed.
Someone suggested using the top cut off a plastic bottle as a funnel if you dont have one already to get in in the container...very os:D

wssla00

Mines gone really hard. What have i done wrong? Can I add more water to it and melt up again?