renzo808 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I switced to LED light bulbs. Made a difference when my electric bill came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Any repairs around the house I now attempt myself first. It's amazing what you can learn from a you tube video. Last week replaced the brake pads front and back plus rotors on my car. Just watched the how to video on you tube and saved a ton of cash. Next project to replace the torsion springs on my garage door that broke last week. Called repair man the quote was about 300 to replace both springs. I bought the springs for 27 dollars a piece. Watched the you tube video on how to replace and going to tear into that this weekend. Please be careful. Replacing them is a good way to get your skull cracked wide open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Any repairs around the house I now attempt myself first. It's amazing what you can learn from a you tube video. Last week replaced the brake pads front and back plus rotors on my car. Just watched the how to video on you tube and saved a ton of cash. Next project to replace the torsion springs on my garage door that broke last week. Called repair man the quote was about 300 to replace both springs. I bought the springs for 27 dollars a piece. Watched the you tube video on how to replace and going to tear into that this weekend. Please be careful. Replacing them is a good way to get your skull cracked wide open. Beat me too it. I saw mine break on my door. Holy !!!! there is a ton of stored energy in those springs. I think this is one thing you should leave to the pros. I know I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedge58 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Any repairs around the house I now attempt myself first. It's amazing what you can learn from a you tube video. Last week replaced the brake pads front and back plus rotors on my car. Just watched the how to video on you tube and saved a ton of cash. Next project to replace the torsion springs on my garage door that broke last week. Called repair man the quote was about 300 to replace both springs. I bought the springs for 27 dollars a piece. Watched the you tube video on how to replace and going to tear into that this weekend. Please be careful. Replacing them is a good way to get your skull cracked wide open. Yes I will. May wear the boy's football helmet. Last resort my wife has the medics on stand-by! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD45 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I've got a bunch of those stupid light bulbs that save energy. The reason they save energy is because they don't make any light. Ain't that the truth! And you have to wait for them to warm up.Energy efficent home A/C units suck too. If it is 100 all day, they can barely keep the house below 80. My old unit would freeze you if it was 110 outside. They repairman always says, "they are only good for 20 degrees less than the outside temp". Ah....that's how they save energy. Amazing advancement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpygravy Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 (edited) I have a bulldog and after meals his face requires a wipe down to clean the folds of skin. I rinse out the used baby wipe and reuse them to wipe his butt after he poops. (If you're asking "Why does this guy wipe his dog's butt?", it's to ensure no dingle berries make their way back into the house because if you ain't wiping, there are dingle berries somewhere.) I save plastic take out food containers and use them to store and organise small items i.e. tools, gun stuff, etc... I reuse scrap wood and make miscellaneous items i.e. candle holders, decorative picture frames, ornamental boxes, etc... I microwave water in my morning coffee mug (to preheat the mug) and then transfer that water to preheat my travel mug when I'm ready for that first cup. Then, when I ready to go, I pour out the travel mug into the dog's water bowl. Edited March 1, 2013 by lumpygravy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I microwave water in my morning coffee mug (to preheat the mug) and then transfer that water to preheat my travel mug when I'm ready for that first cup. Then, when I ready to go, I pour out the travel mug into the dog's water bowl. That will give your dog dingle berries...and make your gravy lumpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Yes I will. May wear the boy's football helmet. Last resort my wife has the medics on stand-by! LOL The local garage door guy here has one arm. [edit to add] ....hmmm...I wonder what he does with the extra gloves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Probably knows someone with the other arm missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torogi Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 We are cable (TV) free for almost a year now. $70 savings a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan550 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Guess this will show my age but..................... Conserve water....................shower with a friend! Alan~^~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) Try home dentistry. Do nothing for weeks (except complain) when the tooth finally needs extraction, go to the local biker bar, call one of them gay (hope he is not) and just turn that cheek towards him. When finished, don't forget to by him a beer. In the event he is gay, that brings me to home colonoscopy. When finished, see above. Edited March 3, 2013 by gm iprod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Doubt if the home colonoscopy will remove polyps very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Never spend loose change or one dollar bills, except for tipe, adds up in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Never spend loose change or one dollar bills, except for tipe, adds up in a hurry. A guy I knew in the Army always rounded up to the next dollar in his check register instead of writing down the exact amount. Yes, it added up very quick. I never use loose change. I bring it home and put it in my giant water cooler bottle. Sometimes ads up to several hundred dollars per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobS761 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 On the "soap and toothpaste" idea: I used to travel alot and always took the little hotel soaps and shampoo and toothpaste, every day at every hotel. Eventually had a small bag full of that stuff. I had enough free soap and shampoo and toothpaste for about 6 months. In the winter I kept gradually turning the thermostat down 1-degree at a time to save on heating costs. But, My wife eventually caugh-on to that trick During the last shortage, I bought a .22 rifle and handgun that closely matched my center-fire guns, so I could shoot .22's for practice and conserve center-fire for use in competitions. Nowadays, I shoot rimfire competitions but I can't find any .22's :eek: so I shoot my Centerfire guns for practice and save my .22 ammo for competitions. I'm waiting for someone to say "I dig the lead out of berms and re-cast them for more bullets" Lead in the berms? You can do that? Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chall Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I use one square of toilet paper. When I need to go again I use the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Bet you don't put your hand in the communal stew pot !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildot1 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Garden in the summer, Wife put up about 40 qts each of salsa and sauce. Apple tree was loaded and she made apple butter and sauce, it also makes great xmas gifts. Chickens also got about 6 big loader buckets of apples over the season that were off the ground. Have about 100 hens,whatever eggs we don't use get sold. Anything we cant use or sell from the garden they get, I buy the grain from a feedmill by the wagon. It is mixed scrap but they eat it and its 25% of cost of normal feed. When they are three they get butchered and sold. Raise broiler chickens that are in pens in the pasture that are moved everyday, they wipe out all the bugs and fertilize as they are moved. All the extra birds are sold. Live next to a hog farm and the guys always sell me the ones that won't make the market wt, usually around 200lbs and they get a big ding on price. The last one was $35 bucks, I do my own butchering and grinding. I end up with the hog in the freezer wrapped or bagged as sausage for about .50 cents a lb. Usually butcher 2 deer a yr. V8 gas guzzler sits most of the time, 31 mpg little car is main mode of trans. Try to do as many repairs as possible and all the upkeep on the place. Watch the trips to town, shop Aldis or watch for sales and buy in bulk. Found whole ribeye loins last week for 3.99 a lb, buck for slicing . Ended up with 40 1" thick steaks, we are set for the grilling season. Always trying to come up with savings ideas. Dollar is hard to get and even harder to hold on to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Stay sharp while working with those torsion springs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I use one square of toilet paper. When I need to go again I use the other side. Take a roll of two ply toilet paper and pull it apart. Reroll and you've got two rolls for the price of one. Tech tip: save some of the two ply for those chile/tequila marathons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I do not argue with my wife. Years ago she said "Save your breath"................... It works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 It's easy to squirt out more dish soap than is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Back to Brian's toothpaste, if at the end of the tube, you cut off the flat end you can use the toothbrush to get every last drop out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 I received this as a (silly) gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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