Sneaky ways to save the pennies

juno

With Boots, make sure you join the Health Club! You get certain products half price, so it's great if you ever need them. You also get a free eye test, or if you're over 60 you get 10% off lots of things.

This is sneaky, since I got a card for my daddy (who will kill me for saying he's over 60) and I um borrow him if need to buy a lot from Boots.

They also have a Parenting Cub, but my babies have feathers so I don't think I'm eligaible.

Barneysmom

Might seem like a silly question but how does it heat?
Is it the sun that heats it, or some sort of solar panel in there?

Stephen_Leak

Barneysmom wrote: »

Might seem like a silly question but how does it heat?
Is it the sun that heats it, or some sort of solar panel in there?

Herr Professor Doktor Otto von Schnitzelvoom here. It works like a little greenhouse. The heat from the sun, being short wave radiation can penetrate the plastic. The water is denser, so the radiation bounces off the water molecules, transferring some its energy to them. However, this weakens the rays and lengthens their wavelength, so they now reflect off the inside of the plastic and cannot get back out again.

sb44

Barneysmom wrote: »

Might seem like a silly question but how does it heat?
Is it the sun that heats it, or some sort of solar panel in there?

Yep, the sun heats it.

OrkneyStar

juno wrote: »

With Boots, make sure you join the Health Club! You get certain products half price, so it's great if you ever need them. You also get a free eye test, or if you're over 60 you get 10% off lots of things.

This is sneaky, since I got a card for my daddy (who will kill me for saying he's over 60) and I um borrow him if need to buy a lot from Boots.

They also have a Parenting Cub, but my babies have feathers so I don't think I'm eligaible.

I think you can join up to 3 clubs although don't know if the parenting one is separate though. Parenting club can be if pregnant and if baby of the human (non feathered :eek: ) variety is under 2.

ceridwen

Next silly question re solar showers - errr....do they heat the water in them regardless of the (outside) temperature they are hung up in? Just wondering if one would only get hot water from them if its one of those hot, sunny days and the rest of the time the water would stay cold (visions of trying to get a hot shower out of one in the middle of winter looming in my mind:cool: )

--er...and as I wouldnt wish to give the neighbours a free peepshow - then any suggestions for how to hang it up in the bathroom?

Barneysmom

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

Herr Professor Doktor Otto von Schnitzelvoom here. It works like a little greenhouse. The heat from the sun, being short wave radiation can penetrate the plastic. The water is denser, so the radiation bounces off the water molecules, transferring some its energy to them. However, this weakens the rays and lengthens their wavelength, so they now reflect off the inside of the plastic and cannot get back out again.

Fabulous! Thank you, I just got one from Argos :j for £7.79, so I'll let you know how I got on with it.


I got a slow cooker too, from their clearance, it was reduced to £13.30 from £20 and I've got it on the go cooking some lamb ribs (£1.05) in veg and gravy, a few mixed herbs and that's tonight's dinner sorted for about £1.50.

juno

OrkneyStar wrote: »

I think you can join up to 3 clubs although don't know if the parenting one is separate though. Parenting club can be if pregnant and if baby of the human (non feathered :eek: ) variety is under 2.

You can join up to 3 of the health club topics. The Parenting Club is a separate thing, so you can pick 3 topics and Parenting. Also, the Stop Smoking is a one-off thing, so if you did want to join that you could wait til you've received your mailing and then swap to something else.

If you are just joining for the discounts, then you can just pick something boring like Vitamins if the others don't interest you.

I'm gonna end this with a link here before I end up sounding like a big advertisement for Boots. I'm not, honestly, I just like getting half price Co-codamol!

juliejim

Managed to get through the whole of the thread now - some great tips - thanks everyone!

tomtombeanie

juliejim wrote: »

Managed to get through the whole of the thread now - some great tips - thanks everyone!

yes, i would like to second that - it's only taken me about a month! some great tips, some i was doing, others i've tried since reading them here or will be trying soon.

nice to know there's so many people who love to be "cheap" and clever with it! something to be proud of - i know i am!

my mission for the next two weeks is to use up all fresh food & stuff that's been in the freezer for ages before we go on our hols - 5 weeks at my mum's in america! hope the sun comes out over here though, especially for all those who are trying out their solar showers!

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