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2010-09-07 02:43:51 PM
There are hundreds of things you can do to scrimp and stretch that don't require you buying something else. Lack of imagination can be costly.

Especially with the intarwebs now. You can look any number of little tricks.

Or you can go to TFD and get mocked for being poor.
 
2010-09-07 03:14:22 PM
• Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ
 
2010-09-07 03:14:31 PM
I for one bow to our new Popeil overlords.
 
2010-09-07 03:14:51 PM
I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.
 
2010-09-07 03:14:55 PM
My god we are a dumb people sometimes.
 
2010-09-07 03:15:05 PM
CONSUME.
 
2010-09-07 03:15:34 PM
I spent probably $45 this year growing tomatoes and peppers. Not because I was trying to save money, but because gardening is something I've been trying to get into.

Anywho, I go to Home Depot and the lady there is showing me all this really expensive stuff people are buying to "save money". Unless you have a pretty extensive garden, and you're growing from seeds, you really aren't saving very much.
 
2010-09-07 03:15:51 PM
schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.


I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.
 
2010-09-07 03:16:04 PM
ultraholland: • Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ


"But this says that rancid meat is good for another three days!"
 
2010-09-07 03:16:31 PM
Just go to an auction or thrift store and get an old clothes roller.

Dry your clothes. Squeeze every last bit from every tube...
 
2010-09-07 03:17:03 PM
ultraholland: • Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ


Haha, it's for those people that don't trust the expiration dates on everything in their fridge.

/Milk is the exception, I can tell when milk is starting to go bad since I drink so damn much. Expiration date is sometimes off by a day or two.
 
2010-09-07 03:17:04 PM
Diogenes: There are hundreds of things you can do to scrimp and stretch that don't require you buying something else. Lack of imagination can be costly.

Especially with the intarwebs now. You can look any number of little tricks.

Or you can go to TFD and get mocked for being poor.


Fark TFD. It was my experience that anyone on TFD after 11 a.m. and before 6 p.m. EST was an out of work fark with no prospects, no hope, no money and no life. It was amusing reading some douche saying good-bye to his fellow online douches because he couldn't afford $5 a month.
 
2010-09-07 03:17:09 PM
GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.


Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.
 
2010-09-07 03:18:27 PM
Diogenes: GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.

Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.


I use one of those paper clip things.
 
2010-09-07 03:19:16 PM
Caps that keep the fizz in opened soda cans.

Um...if you were really poor, you wouldn't be buying soda. And you sure as hell wouldn't buy it in cans.
 
2010-09-07 03:19:27 PM
Knucklepopper: Diogenes: GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.

Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.

I use one of those paper clip things.


I just buy new toothpaste.
 
2010-09-07 03:20:32 PM
I'm thinking of buying another indoor electric counter-top composting machine.
 
2010-09-07 03:20:36 PM
• Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

Holy christ on a velociraptor. We deserve to be bilked out of our money if this is the sort of thing we fall for. Leave a bloody note on the fridge, people.

As the Boobies said... saving time and money is easy with all the shared human wisdom available online. Just avoid ehow.com and other junk info sites, and look for the really good stuff on people's private blogs and real how-to sites. Or god forbid, go to the public library and borrow a copy of "Heloise" or a similar volume.

ecx.images-amazon.com

(notice I didn't say go online and BUY a copy)
 
2010-09-07 03:20:44 PM
what_now: Caps that keep the fizz in opened soda cans.

Um...if you were really poor, you wouldn't be buying soda. And you sure as hell wouldn't buy it in cans.


dude in some places you can sell those cans and make money!!
/lol
 
2010-09-07 03:20:49 PM
sboyle1020: Knucklepopper: Diogenes: GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.

Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.

I use one of those paper clip things.

I just buy new toothpaste.


but this is revolutionary!

i171.photobucket.com

/batteries not included
 
2010-09-07 03:21:22 PM
sboyle1020: Knucklepopper: Diogenes: GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.

Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.

I use one of those paper clip things.

I just buy new toothpaste.



Go dream your farking dream and sing a song about it, you rich, homely farking biatch.
 
2010-09-07 03:22:14 PM
ultraholland: • Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ


I know! If people are insistent on keeping tabs on each food's freshness, buy a package of Day Dots and Google "shelf life of milk". It's cheaper and after doing this for a month or so you no longer need the Day Dots because you just realize it's been x number of days and now it's time to toss it.

McManus_brothers: I for one bow to our new Popeil overlords.

This made me laugh, while on the phone w/ a client at work. Way to go...
 
2010-09-07 03:22:26 PM
State Farm has told me that if I want to save money, it's OK to act like a hobo, and take sandwiches into restaurants or wash my car with a windshield squeegee. So of course I'm going to switch car insurers like I switch underwear: That $10 a month I save will buy a lot of bologna!
 
2010-09-07 03:22:55 PM
what_now: Caps that keep the fizz in opened soda cans.

Um...if you were really poor, you wouldn't be buying soda. And you sure as hell wouldn't buy it in cans.


t1.gstatic.com

*shudder* I remember when these were like 80 cents per 3-liter at Albertsons.
 
2010-09-07 03:23:44 PM
how much does a tube of toothpaste cost vs. the price the gadget to get the last drop out?

if someone did a CBA on the crap they would not bother.
 
2010-09-07 03:24:24 PM
Knucklepopper: sboyle1020: Knucklepopper: Diogenes: GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.

Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.

I use one of those paper clip things.

I just buy new toothpaste.


Go dream your farking dream and sing a song about it, you rich, homely farking biatch.


Hahaha...I actually just go with the roll and then press down the top between my middle and index finger. I just buy a crapload when it goes on sale, or go to BJ's...
 
2010-09-07 03:24:59 PM
Here's a good money-saving tip:

Don't shop for more food until you're completely out of food. Once you're out of food, buy only the ingredients you found easy to cook with.

Ideas:
Chicken
Baby spinich
Mixed greens
Garlic
Onions
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Cabage
Cabbage
White rice
Brown rice
Pasta
Butter
Olive Oil
Unsliced Bread or rolls (not sweet rolls)
Spices (pepper, salt, rosemary, thyme, celery seed, cumin, garlic powder)
Fruits (not red apples or dark grapes... they've been bred to be hyper sweet)
Honey
Sugar
Loose-leaf tea (to make iced tea, sweet tea, hot tea)
Milk


... etc.
 
2010-09-07 03:25:30 PM
Knucklepopper: sboyle1020: Knucklepopper: Diogenes: GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.

Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.

I use one of those paper clip things.

I just buy new toothpaste.


Go dream your farking dream and sing a song about it, you rich, homely farking biatch.


Only brush your teeth once a week or for special occasions (wedding/funerals/3rd dates), you can get your toothpaste to last forever...
 
2010-09-07 03:26:00 PM
sboyle1020: ultraholland: • Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ

Haha, it's for those people that don't trust the expiration dates on everything in their fridge.

/Milk is the exception, I can tell when milk is starting to go bad since I drink so damn much. Expiration date is sometimes off by a day or two.


That is a sell by date and not the date it automatically becomes a biological weapon.
 
2010-09-07 03:26:18 PM
sboyle1020: Knucklepopper: sboyle1020: Knucklepopper: Diogenes: GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.

Side of the countertop is fine with me. Though I do have one. From Grandma.

I use one of those paper clip things.

I just buy new toothpaste.


Go dream your farking dream and sing a song about it, you rich, homely farking biatch.

Hahaha...I actually just go with the roll and then press down the top between my middle and index finger. I just buy a crapload when it goes on sale, or go to BJ's...


I knew you squeezed from the farking top. I hope you burn in hell, you white miserable farking toothpaste waster. Fark yourself.
 
2010-09-07 03:26:52 PM
One of my recurring themes is, "Enforce existing laws." Meaning, generally we don't need many new ones.

Same thing with this. Use the sink edge for a toothpaste tube flattener. Re-use small plastic bas for trash; tie them off if too shallow and place on the bottom of the recpticle.

Drag yourself, handsless crab-walking style, solely (ha) by your feet instead of toilet paper.
 
2010-09-07 03:27:02 PM
Virulency: what_now: Caps that keep the fizz in opened soda cans.

Um...if you were really poor, you wouldn't be buying soda. And you sure as hell wouldn't buy it in cans.

dude in some places you can sell those cans and make money!!
/lol


Sell them???

I cook on them!
 
2010-09-07 03:27:22 PM
what_now: Caps that keep the fizz in opened soda cans.

Um...if you were really poor, you wouldn't be buying soda. And you sure as hell wouldn't buy it in cans.


In case you haven't noticed, poor people have crappy financial decision making skills. That's part of the reason why they are poor. They can't afford their house or car payments, but they have a fridge full of Diet Pepsi cans.
 
2010-09-07 03:27:51 PM
Knucklepopper: I knew you squeezed from the farking top. I hope you burn in hell, you white miserable farking toothpaste waster. Fark yourself.

Uh, this is the thread for arguments, abuse is down the hall
 
2010-09-07 03:28:44 PM
Oliver Twisted: sboyle1020: ultraholland: • Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ

Haha, it's for those people that don't trust the expiration dates on everything in their fridge.

/Milk is the exception, I can tell when milk is starting to go bad since I drink so damn much. Expiration date is sometimes off by a day or two.

That is a sell by date and not the date it automatically becomes a biological weapon.


Yea, but any logical person can determine what is a "safe" period from the sell by date.
 
2010-09-07 03:29:47 PM
sboyle1020: Oliver Twisted: sboyle1020: ultraholland: • Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ

Haha, it's for those people that don't trust the expiration dates on everything in their fridge.

/Milk is the exception, I can tell when milk is starting to go bad since I drink so damn much. Expiration date is sometimes off by a day or two.

That is a sell by date and not the date it automatically becomes a biological weapon.

Yea, but any logical person can determine what is a "safe" period from the sell by date.


You would think so, but no. I knew a kid in college who had 3 year old milk in his fridge. Gross!
 
2010-09-07 03:29:51 PM
Virulency: dude in some places you can sell those cans and make money!!
/lol


Imagine my surprise when a neighbor explained to me that when he visits his family in Pennsylvania, he does his canned-and-bottled beverage shopping there and brings all their empty cans and bottles back to New York to cash in on the five cent deposit that they never paid on it, because that's how you get "rich": by being "smart" about the little things.

Imagine his surprise when I pointed out that he was defrauding the public and may as well be committing welfare fraud.
 
2010-09-07 03:30:25 PM
Speaking of cheap plastic crap, anybody built one of those 3D printers yet? I want to build one.
 
2010-09-07 03:30:39 PM
freewill: Virulency: dude in some places you can sell those cans and make money!!
/lol

Imagine my surprise when a neighbor explained to me that when he visits his family in Pennsylvania, he does his canned-and-bottled beverage shopping there and brings all their empty cans and bottles back to New York to cash in on the five cent deposit that they never paid on it, because that's how you get "rich": by being "smart" about the little things.

Imagine his surprise when I pointed out that he was defrauding the public and may as well be committing welfare fraud.


Wasn't that a Seinfeld episode.
 
2010-09-07 03:31:08 PM
freewill: Virulency: dude in some places you can sell those cans and make money!!
/lol

Imagine my surprise when a neighbor explained to me that when he visits his family in Pennsylvania, he does his canned-and-bottled beverage shopping there and brings all their empty cans and bottles back to New York to cash in on the five cent deposit that they never paid on it, because that's how you get "rich": by being "smart" about the little things.

Imagine his surprise when I pointed out that he was defrauding the public and may as well be committing welfare fraud.


I agree he may be defrauding people, but I fail to see how that's welfare fraud...
 
2010-09-07 03:31:49 PM
what_now: I spent probably $45 this year growing tomatoes and peppers. Not because I was trying to save money, but because gardening is something I've been trying to get into.

Anywho, I go to Home Depot and the lady there is showing me all this really expensive stuff people are buying to "save money". Unless you have a pretty extensive garden, and you're growing from seeds, you really aren't saving very much.


Growing your own veggies will almost never save you money even without the gadgets (after all folks in the business of farming take advantage of every economy of scale possible) but it IS an affordable luxury that is SO worth it. I'm really lucky because my local rec center will rent a a 20x20 plot from Mar-Nov for $20, and that includes all the water you want. As I told my son, you've never actually tasted a tomato until you've had a home grown one ripe off the vine. For $25 worth of seed packets We ate tons of heirloom Tomatoes, Peppers, carrots, lettuce, squash beans and melons and herbs last year- every damn one of them better than anything I could even get at the local farmers market.
 
2010-09-07 03:32:20 PM
Genju: what_now: Caps that keep the fizz in opened soda cans.

Um...if you were really poor, you wouldn't be buying soda. And you sure as hell wouldn't buy it in cans.



*shudder* I remember when these were like 80 cents per 3-liter at Albertsons.


Is that Shasta? I haven't seen that stuff in forever.
/i miss OK soda.
 
2010-09-07 03:32:57 PM
• Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

I have the cheaper, Analog version:

www.balloontwisting.co.uk
 
2010-09-07 03:32:58 PM
Hey, I'm saving lots of money. I cut off my relationship and now get my kicks by masturbating to strange, disturbing, but always-free porn!

I've saved up enough money to where I can do whatever I want-- just as soon as I escape federal jurisdiction.
 
2010-09-07 03:33:18 PM
sboyle1020: Oliver Twisted: sboyle1020: ultraholland: • Digital day counters: Gizmos that count the days and hours food has been in the refrigerator, to help keep track of when that milk might be in danger of going bad.

do these people not have noses, tongues or eyes? christ

Haha, it's for those people that don't trust the expiration dates on everything in their fridge.

/Milk is the exception, I can tell when milk is starting to go bad since I drink so damn much. Expiration date is sometimes off by a day or two.

That is a sell by date and not the date it automatically becomes a biological weapon.

Yea, but any logical person can determine what is a "safe" period from the sell by date.


My point being that you should expect a great deal of variance in when the milk will go bad relative to the sell by date since so many factors can effect when it go sour. You can expect it to be good for a week past the sell by if it has been handled correctly.
 
2010-09-07 03:34:35 PM
GoodyearPimp: schattenteufel: I have one of those toothpaste tube flatteners.
My mom bought it for me.

I have several -- two thumbs. Or if I'm really getting nuts, the back end of my toothbrush.


I use the edge of the counter.
 
2010-09-07 03:34:36 PM
The recession isn't deepening.
 
2010-09-07 03:35:04 PM
RareChimer: Here's a good money-saving tip:

Don't shop for more food until you're completely out of food. Once you're out of food, buy only the ingredients you found easy to cook with.

Ideas:
Chicken
Baby spinich
Mixed greens
Garlic
Onions
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Cabage
Cabbage

White rice
Brown rice
Pasta
Butter
Olive Oil
Unsliced Bread or rolls (not sweet rolls)
Spices (pepper, salt, rosemary, thyme, celery seed, cumin, garlic powder)
Fruits (not red apples or dark grapes... they've been bred to be hyper sweet)
Honey
Sugar
Loose-leaf tea (to make iced tea, sweet tea, hot tea)
Milk


... etc.


Both of them? Can you use them to make sauerkraut and also saurkrat?
 
2010-09-07 03:35:08 PM
You can save money by reusing toilet paper.
 
2010-09-07 03:35:23 PM
RareChimer: Here's a good money-saving tip:

Don't shop for more food until you're completely out of food. Once you're out of food, buy only the ingredients you found easy to cook with.
insert list here
... etc.


Not sure if serious? Food prices almost always go up. If you really want to save money disregard the advice from RC. Make a list of things you like to eat and cook, buy extras when they are on sale, stock up your pantry, and profit.

Not to mention how wonderful it would be to get snowed in during a blizzard (or whatever) and be on your last day before grocery shopping.
 
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