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Offline David In Indy

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The Cheapest Person I Know
« on: May 05, 2009, 03:55:44 pm »
I've been accused of being cheap for re-using my zip-lock freezer bags, but some of these take the cake.


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Re: The Cheapest Person I Know
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2009, 04:00:35 pm »
My friend Vicki's mother Elaine is one of the most frugal people I know.  After their yard would get rolled on Halloween, she would make her kids go out and gather up all the toilet paper so it could be used as intended!  Seriously.

 ::) :laugh:
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Re: The Cheapest Person I Know
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2009, 04:23:17 pm »
My friend Vicki's mother Elaine is one of the most frugal people I know.  After their yard would get rolled on Halloween, she would make her kids go out and gather up all the toilet paper so it could be used as intended!  Seriously.

 ::) :laugh:

:laugh: :laugh:

Now THAT is CHEAP!!
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Re: The Cheapest Person I Know
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2009, 05:21:21 pm »
oh dear....  some of those were hilarious!
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Re: The Cheapest Person I Know
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2009, 05:28:07 pm »
My friend Vicki's mother Elaine is one of the most frugal people I know.  After their yard would get rolled on Halloween, she would make her kids go out and gather up all the toilet paper so it could be used as intended!  Seriously.

 ::) :laugh:

  :laugh:  and eeeewwww!!! 

I'd heard of some of those - but the guy who gave library books and cd's as presents and then expected the recipient to return them?  Please!  He's giving them an errand for a present! 

Years ago I worked with a young woman who had just gotten her first apartment and one day she was trying to figure out if it was cheaper to buy canned tomato-rice soup or buy plain tomato soup and add her own rice!!!   :-\
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Re: The Cheapest Person I Know
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2009, 07:02:39 pm »
I'm so cheap that rather than "waste" a slice of bread that has an area of mold on it, I'll cut the mold away and eat the rest of the bread. ...

Honest!  ;D
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Re: The Cheapest Person I Know
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2009, 07:19:04 pm »
One time in college I was staying at a girlfriend's house, and we were getting ready to go out.  So I ask about taking a shower, and my friend goes and turns the water heater on, as if the whole tank would turn hot then and there.  (They were middle/upper-middle class, but her mom had been "saving money on utilities" by keeping the water heater off, turning it on "when needed".)   

I skipped it.
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Re: The Cheapest Person I Know
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2009, 08:10:21 pm »
The cheapest or should it be most thrifty person I ever knew, was when I was at university studying Optometry. The guy in question was a mature student, married with kids and had to work several jobs to pay for his tuition, family commitments and mortgage.

I never once saw him buy any food. He would collect everyones leftovers and eat those,even apple cores !!! He was a smoker and would collect all the cigarette ends, empty out the tobacco and then roll his own "new" cigarette.Tea was made with someones used tea bag.I could go on for some time but I think I have given an idea of what the guy was like.
 He eventually graduated and even when he was earning a fortune, still carried on with  many of his thrifty ways.

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Re: The Cheapest Person I Know
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2009, 08:50:47 pm »
I've been accused of being cheap for re-using my zip-lock freezer bags, but some of these take the cake.

My grandmother did that, David.

She also re-used aluminum foil. She ironed Christmas paper and used it over as well.  ;D
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Re: The Cheapest Person I Know
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2009, 09:05:30 pm »
I'm so cheap that rather than "waste" a slice of bread that has an area of mold on it, I'll cut the mold away and eat the rest of the bread. ...

Honest!  ;D

I've never done that with bread, Jeff...I usually stick it in the freezer as its expiration date approaches.  But I have done it with cheeses.  I mean, mold is mold, after all.

 ::) 8)
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