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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poverty pancakes!We've been very skint for various reasons which i won't bore you with. It's no fun with three large children and not enough money for food.
Necessity being the mother of invention and all that, I came up with 'poverty pancakes' which contain flour, a bit of oil, some kind of sugar/syrup etc and whatever else you have that goes - milk if you have it or water if you don't and cocoa powder for a yummy chocolate version if you're lucky. They're strangely nice.
My kids love 'em, and we often crank them out even when we're flush. I get some funny looks from other people when the kids/wife ask for them though.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 15:37, 2 replies)
We're thankfully not quite impoverished... yet. (Don't tell Gordon Brown!) but I often give my toddler 'council pop' (tap water) to give the 'Fruit-shoots' a rest.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 15:41, closed)
cheap stuff is often best:-)
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 15:42,
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