TightwadsThere's saving money, and there's being tight: saving money at the expense of other people, or simply for the miserly hell of it.
Tell us about measures that go beyond simple belt tightening into the realms of Mr Scrooge.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 13:58)
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Is she getting on a bit?My parents are around 80 and they're still mean with milk. I think it must've been ferociously rationed in the war or summat.
I never had a glass of milk when I was a kid, not one, ever, and cornflakes were rare.
With my first pay packet I bought a pint of milk and drank it all in one. That showed'em.
My own four kids were entitled to a pint of milk each a day, no arguing, and when we ran out I'd send out for more.
(, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 21:53, 2 replies)
she's only (only??) 71and grew up on farms, so rationing didn't have the same impact. She's never mean with gifts or money, only with food, though. Odd.
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Lord!I grew up on a dairy farm and have had at LEAST a pint of milk a day since I can remember. I love milk.
Of course that might explain my girthage. :~(
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