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The Cheapest Person I Know
Kelda:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on May 06, 2009, 05:23:04 am ---My apologies Miss Kelda, I must admit, when I wrote that, I thought of you, and hoped I would not offend.
Yeah, I would be interested to know too, how Scots got that reputation as well.
If anyone knows, please tell.
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You didn't offend!!! ;D
But yeah - I can never find a reason as to where the reputation came from..! :P
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on May 06, 2009, 01:13:35 am ---I dont know if you do over there, but we use the term "tight" when we refer to someone who is thrifty or mean with their money. And when speaking about them, we say they are "tight as a fish's arsehole".
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Reminds me. ... For a time in the first half of the 20th century, U.S. five-cent coins ("nickels") had the head of a Native American on one side and a buffalo (bison) on the other. Inspired the saying that someone was "so tight he squeezes a nickel till the buffalo shits." ;D
Katie77:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 06, 2009, 08:45:21 am ---Reminds me. ... For a time in the first half of the 20th century, U.S. five-cent coins ("nickels") had the head of a Native American on one side and a buffalo (bison) on the other. Inspired the saying that someone was "so tight he squeezes a nickel till the buffalo shits." ;D
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LOVE IT.......
We have another one......"mean as cat piss"
optom3:
--- Quote from: David In Indy on May 06, 2009, 02:11:03 am ---My Mother always told me never to throw away bread or one day I'd surely go hungry. I realize that is probably just a superstition but I took it to heart anyway. I will throw any stale or unused bread outside for the animals. I also throw the scraps of meat or fat, vegetables, and any other scraps outside for the animals. I figure it is much better to give it to them than to throw it in the garbage. :)
Fiona, I always save the bows and gift bags too. I also save the shirt boxes. They come in handy not only for gifts of clothes but also for wrapping any oddly shaped items. The two top shelves of the cupboard in the den is stacked full of different sizes and shapes of boxes. They often come in very handy.
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Shirt boxes !! now there's something I had not thought of. I do keep shoe boxes though, and fancy tins from xmas biscuits. I save all the deli containers I get, well used to get when I had money. I am starting to think this thread should be thrifty tips, as well as the cheapest person I know.
The half a lemon you don't use after you have sliced enough for G&T"s is an excellent fridge deoderizer. Cheap perfume, the sort that little girls buy,is an excellent and really cheap refil for the plug in air fresheners. You just pul out the wick and plastic top, refil and off you go.Cost is about 1/10 th of proper refils and you can choose from a wide variety of scents !!!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: optom3 on May 06, 2009, 09:53:56 am ---Shirt boxes !! now there's something I had not thought of. I do keep shoe boxes though, and fancy tins from xmas biscuits. I save all the deli containers I get, well used to get when I had money. I am starting to think this thread should be thrifty tips, as well as the cheapest person I know.
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Shirt boxes, shoe boxes, any sort of cardboard box, really. ... I hoard 'em all, because you never know when you're going to need a good cardboard box for something. :)
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