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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Kerry on September 01, 2007, 10:13:44 am ---Salary packaging allows me to receive $9,095 of my salary tax free, by associating it with any one of a range of fringe benefits. The fringe benefits may be one's home mortgage or rental payments, private travel, insurance premiums, local government rates, water rates, gas electricity and phone bills, personal loan and credit card payments, school fees and a number of other items.
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Kerry, in the U.S. we have something like that for health care and child care and maybe one or two other things, but I don't think we can apply it to as wide a range of expenses as you've listed here. That sounds nice!
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Kerry on September 01, 2007, 04:06:01 am ---If you have a front loader washing machine, use the powder for top loader washing machines, instead of the front loader powder recommended by the manufacturer.
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You have different wash powders for top loaders and front loaders :o ? I've never heard of that before.
How about other countries? Americans? Great Britain? Mel?
I always use 3/4 of the amount of powder that is recommended on the package. Laundry gets clean and I produce less pollution for the environment. And like Kerry pointed out, I save some pennies (although that's not the reason why I do it).
shortfiction:
If you have So Cal Edison, call them and ask for the level pay plan. You will pay a lot less per month on your energy bill this way. The catch is that you must let them attach a box to your a/c unit and if there is a flex alert and your household is on the list for that day, they may turn the a/c off for about an hour, but no more than that. Other states may have something similar.
Get a new fridge that is an Energy Saver. Get rid of the second fridge and any older appliances.
Shop at Trader Joe's if there are any near you. They have much better prices on basics like milk, eggs, and cereal than the supermarkets do.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on September 01, 2007, 11:51:30 am ---You have different wash powders for top loaders and front loaders :o ? I've never heard of that before.
How about other countries? Americans? Great Britain? Mel?
I always use 3/4 of the amount of powder that is recommended on the package. Laundry gets clean and I produce less pollution for the environment. And like Kerry pointed out, I save some pennies (although that's not the reason why I do it).
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I'm not familiar with that, either. Also, I don't recall having even seen a front-loader washing machine. Not that I'm any expert. ::)
I always use less detergent than recommended, too, both in the laundry and in the dishwasher. I figure the manufacturers want you to use a lot. But I think the amount they call for is hard on the clothes, dishes, environment and wallet.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on September 01, 2007, 03:51:56 pm ---I'm not familiar with that, either.
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I'm relieved to hear that. I began to think I'm living under a rock ;)
--- Quote ---Also, I don't recall having even seen a front-loader washing machine. Not that I'm any expert. ::)
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Front-leaders are far more common in Germany than top-loaders. Mostly people with little space buy the latter, because they're more narrow than front-loaders.
But I still don't see why it should make any difference in regard to the detergent?
Oh, this reminds me of something absolutely bizarre and tasteless, but funny: ever heard of a washing machine cover?
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