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There'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.

(, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 13:58)
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Stale bread? No thanks!
My mum was a big believer in buying bread in bulk. Doing the math, (3 kids + 1 parent) x (1 sandwich + 2 slices of toast) per day = stale sarnies at the end of the month.

To stop the bread going stale she would freeze it. Each morning she would take a frozen loaf out of the freezer, whack it a couple of times against the counter-top to loosen up the slices and make our sandwiches for school.

This was fine during the summer, as the bread would defrost nicely by lunchtime. Can you guess what happened during winter?

Bread-flavoured popsicles. Yummy.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 20:25, 11 replies)
Oh, God...
that takes me back...
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 20:36, closed)
:-)
Am I your Mummy?

I used to do that with my two Sparklet's pack-up, although they were always kind of thawed out by lunchtime...
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 21:57, closed)
...math...s
Maths.


Sorry
(, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 17:26, closed)
Math, not maths.
The phrase "doing the math" is perfectly acceptable. Look it up.
(, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 1:37, closed)

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