colly0410 1,181 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Switch the gas off when you turn the bacon/sausage/steak over. Turn the windscreen wipers off when going under a bridge When next door go on hols plug an extension lead into their outside socket & run your electric gubbins off it. Make sure you unplug it before they come back. (This is a joke, do not do it or plod will get upset) Leave your curtains open so streetlight shines in & turn room light off. If on water meter use old bath water to flush bog. If you have pet hamster/mouse/rat connect exercise wheel to generator to charge mobile phone. In winter & you've finished cooking Sunday din-dins leave cooling oven door open to heat kitchen for nowt. When having a shower, wet your body & turn off, soap yourself up, turn shower back on & rinse soap off. In winter turn heating down & cover yersen in a blanket/quilt/duvet & wear 2/3 pairs of socks + wooly hat. Tesco's are doing free eye tests at the moment, so get one while they're going. If on nights save on cost of thick curtains by painting a light bulb black, switch on = darkness. (This is a joke, DO NOT paint light bulbs) Anyone got any more ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Extension lead from nearest lamp post. One I saw done earlier this year was a farmer connected a water pipe off a neighbours water supply. He'd had a lot of free water for years until a builder I know discovered it & disconnected the pipe. The farmer had the nerve to complain to my builder mate ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Colly0410 or fagin you tight git you must be loaded ,what's your view on lending me a tenner.hang on I can hear something squeaking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Where's the 'disappointed' emoticon? I wasc expecting some real tips here? Here's one for starters... Don't dine @Crown Carveries on a Sunday, Its half that price for the same meal the other 6 days! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 It's free at the YMCA,and fun to stay there 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Start a software club, with your mates, take it in turn to buy software, run loads of copies off, extract the security key, (real easy!) and all save a bundle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Don't throw socks out if one has worn out, just use another odd sock without it's mate...If anyone says you've odd socks, tell 'em you've another pair just like them at home.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Re # 4. The squeaking is the hinges on my wallet, they've rusted up through under use, I'll have to oil them with used engine oil (not new oil of course, costs too much) Of course I'll lend you a tenner, at a suitable interest rate of course. This is true... Mam used to give me a shilling for school dinners at Trent Bridge seniors, there was a chippy on Bunbury st round the corner that did six penny mixes, I used to have one of them & pocket the other tanner. The chippy bloke said sumat to Mam about me coming in every dinner time, she gave me one of the biggest good hidings I've ever had. Ahh well it was good while it lasted. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 When you buy a new Blouse, T Shirt etc. They usually have little loops of coloured ribbon on the inside of the shoulders (Never sure what for). Cut them out and save them, use them for tying wrapped Sweeties up and hanging on the Tree at Christmas! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 My wife and I had lunch today in the Wollaton on Lambourne Drive, Nottingham. The food and service were excellent but if you're a skinflint I'd try somewhere else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I work every weekend as it's time & a half on Saturday & double time on Sunday, no one else wants to do it so more for me, plus less traffic on roads so I use less petrol as not stuck in jams.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Would that chipped had been on the corner of Banbury st and turnkey st. #9. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Where's the 'disappointed' emoticon? I wasc expecting some real tips here? Here's one for starters... Don't dine @Crown Carveries on a Sunday, Its half that price for the same meal the other 6 days! What? you was expecting sumat serious from me, hmm.... I did have my eyes checked at Tesco's for nowt, I have to have them checked every year as I've had detached retinas so that saves a bob or two.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Would that chipped had been on the corner of Banbury st and turnkey st. #9. Yup that's the one, think it's still there if I remember right although TB schools no more.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I was unwrapping a new shirt today, Boy do they put lots of bits of plastic and card in the folding and packing! Save the little plastic hairpin shaped clips. Use them to re-seal your bread loaf, and throw away that crappy bit of tape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Trent bridge kids tight ,nah,mind you selling scrumped Apple's in playground at lunchtime or a drag on a flag 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Also listening to Mick to me he sounds like another tight git.another tb lad if he offers you a drink check your wallets still in your pocket Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 You do make me laugh, a charlesworth. Selling a drag on a fag...lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 If you want tips, grab a backpacker that's just returned from Oz ! I've seen em showering on fish cleaning tables, plugging their chargers (phones ipads etc) into the lighting of bbq areas, toilets and even light poles ! Cooking all their meals on the free bbq's in parks and sleeping in the beach shelters and beach car parks. They come in endless streams and seem to use the same facilities so they must spread the word. Not knocking em, as I admire their ability to do and get away with what they do as cheaply as possible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 A knew someone once who was that tight he would skin a turd for a farthing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Water the garden with your bath water. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 I knew someone who sold pegs to the gypsies 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 825 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 What do you do with that which you have saved? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 #20 hmmm nice what does he retail them at. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 wrap bubblewrap up for a Christmas present. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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