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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My brotherMy brother is the family tightwad. The thing is, he lives alone and his house is always freezing. Everytime I go round he's wearing his coat.
However, he does go to his gf's house a lot and use her central heating.
He works for the council and drives a bin-lorry so he's not short of a few bob as it's not bad money for getting up at stupid o'clock and knocking off by 1pm.
Before he got the bin-lorry driving gig, he used to do those collection runs where someone phones the council and asks them to come collect a bulky item. (usually old sofas, divan bases and the like).
For a while, his house was like aladdin's cave meets Steptoe's living room.
A bookshelf, TV-cabinet/stand thing, a non-motorised running machine...
One man's trash is another man's treasure I suppose.
He does however go on about 4 decent holidays a year so maybe it's not so bad after all.
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 23:34,
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That list....reminds me of the Generation Game....
A bookshelf, TV-cabinet/stand thing, a non-motorised running machine, a fondue set, a selection of wines....
Etc.
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No cuddly toy?But didn't he do well...
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