Are you as cheap as me?

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:55 pm

I'd be interested in your best way to be frugal. Mine is when I use paper towels aby the roll I seperate the two-ply sheet so I get double the use out of a roll.
So lets see who here is cheaper than I.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:59 pm

i use the same peice of toliet paper at least 3 times per ply...

no... you are def. one cheap bastage!

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:04 pm

Skip the paper, just use a finger.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:15 pm

Iceman wrote:Skip the paper, just use a finger.

Why use a finger, save it for the g/f.

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:23 pm

All joking aside, I won't fill up my tank until the needle is below empty... I eat ramen noodles at least one meal a day... I buy 24 rolls of toilet paper for 5 bucks from the PX.

Now, all this good savings goes in to a bottle of Patron Anejo on the weekends. Es bueno

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:44 pm

Value Village (thrift store) employee discount.

I win.

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:48 pm

CDN_Merlin wrote:
Iceman wrote:Skip the paper, just use a finger.
Why use a finger, save it for the g/f.

ewww <wrinkled nose>

split a (paper) match?

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:13 pm

Heh Wood you are like my dad. He goes into a fit every time I try to rip a new piece of paper towel that is CLEAN and DRY.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:59 pm

woodchip wrote:Are you as cheap as me?

No, I'm pretty stinkin expensive.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:08 pm

well i do ingest a lot of ramen.... nothing like an 8 cent meal!

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:06 am

I don't buy mayonnaise anymore, I just grab a few packets from the Wawa (it's like Quickie-Mart, but modern, etc) every day.

They're perfect, actually. Each packet does 1 sandwich, and no need to use a utensil (I'm cheap and lazy)

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:32 am

I don't eat mayonnaise at all. Not because I'm cheap, because it's nasty as hell.

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:50 am

I eat once a day, beat that.

Zantor · Post by **Zantor** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:18 pm

I make computer parts last 5 years or longer.

scottris · Post by **scottris** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:36 pm

Sting_Ray wrote:All joking aside, I won't fill up my tank until the needle is below empty

Why? Do you get a bulk discount on gas? Where I live we pay the same price per gallon regardless of the quantity purchased. Ergo one fill-up of 10 gallons will cost me the same as 5 fill-ups of 2 gallons each.

Now if you really want to be frugal, buy fuel frequently but never fill the tank. Try to keep it at, say, 1/4 tank. This way you'll avoid hauling around the extra weight of a full tank.*

*I should put a disclaimer on this: I've heard several reasons which I believe to be true why it's best to keep your tank full. Especially in colder climates. So I'm not suggesting you try this, and I'm not liable, blah blah blah.

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:38 pm

Zangarath wrote:I make computer parts last 5 years or longer.

I have a nine year old Gateway Pentium machine that is still chuggin' away.

To answer your question, Woodchip - Not me.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:04 pm

I ★■◆● once every 6 days. Oh wait, that doesn't cost money...

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:19 pm

it might. i'm wondering what 4 letter word was censored out

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:27 am

shat.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:15 am

It's also not particularly good for you. But ... yeah, I guess if it doesn't cause problems, it doesn't cause problems.

I don't think of myself as cheap, but I do spend massively less money than anyone else I know (at university anyway)... bought lunch once in about the last two years, don't even have a computer that knows how to make head or tail of FireWire or a CD burner (my brother has one of those, though, but neither of us has a DVD drive), no portable music devices of any kind, blah blah... I do have a cellphone as of about a month ago but I didn't buy it.

Maybe I am cheap, I dunno. I just don't have a lot of money at present.