False EconomiesSometimes the cheapest option isn't the right one. I fondly remember my neighbours going to a well-known catalogue-based store and buying the cheapest lawnmower they stocked. How we laughed as they realised it had non-rotating wheels and died when presented with grass. Tell us about times you or others have been let down by being a cheapskate.
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First timerFirst time I ever got invited to someone's place for a 'dinner party', I don't think I'd ever bought wine before but knew it was the done thing to turn up with a bottle. I was an impoverished student at the time so bought the wine with the best volume/price ratio, meaning I ended up with a litre of crap Yugoslavian plonk (you can see how long ago this happened). "How lovely", said my hosts, when I arrived, turning rapidly to the kitchen, no doubt to drop the bottle in the bin. Wine - you get what you pay for.
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Poor quality wine can make a handy ingredient.De-glazing roasting tins, or poaching mushrooms, for example.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 10:16,
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