Please post frugal living tips

[Beth221]

why on earth would you want to rub iso. alcohol onto your skin.. its a freaking chemical..


check out craigs list free section for used appliances, furnauture and other things

changing your light bulbs to those energy saving ones makes a huge difference.  dan buys ours online, at a cheep price. 

wash your clothes in cold water, saves money on heating up hot water. 

mend your socks. 

[jaqeboy]

Buy your organic foods through a co-op. Usu. have to buy canned things and some boxed things by case lot, but they often make the case size small, like 6 or so. Also can buy lots of items by onsies.

Northeast Cooperatives in Brattleboro used to be the big warehouse operation, but I think there was a merger and it's now called United Buying Clubs. My local health food store, Earthwards in Amherst, does a coop buying club, as well as the retail store operation. Order and pick up twice a week.

PS: they carry the deodorant stones

[J’raxis 270145]

why on earth would you want to rub iso. alcohol onto your skin.. its a freaking chemical..

Because that's what it's for?

[Dave Ridley]

Menno has some ideas for finding cheap soup i think... sound off menno

[porcupine kate]

This looks like it might be an option for you.  http://laundry-alternative.com/Washing-Product.htm

Friends of ours have used this for years.  It doesn't hold much but it does clean them well.
Kassie some times presoaks and uses a washboard in the bath tub since they now have a small farm. 

A good drying rack or clothes line is needed.  I also agree  with Lloyd that a wash board makes it easier to hand wash clothes.  They can be found at http://www.lehmans.com/

[elf]

Try a Rapid Washer... looks like a toilet plunger with a long broomstick handle. 
Had one for decades!  Use a Rubbermaid trash bin, wash, then rinse. 
Run clothes through a Lehman's wringer - saves your hands and drying time. 
Hang cothes to dry, then press or fold. 
It works anywhere, no electricity required. 
Works for me. 

[Puke]

why on earth would you want to rub iso. alcohol onto your skin.. its a freaking chemical..

It's better for you than drinking alcohol.
Not that drinking isn't fun. 

[J’raxis 270145]

why on earth would you want to rub iso. alcohol onto your skin.. its a freaking chemical..

It's better for you than drinking alcohol.
Not that drinking isn't fun. 

Especially considering isopropyl alcohol is poisonous...

[srqrebel]

Menno has some ideas for finding cheap soup i think... sound off menno

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Umm... get a rifle, enjoy venison stew?
...poison ivy doesn't grow here in the winter, so you'll have to do without the garnish


I think Dave is referring to the 2-qt cans of Heinz chicken soup that were available for $.89 each at Mr. G's in Winchester recently.  Stan's in Westmoreland currently has quarts of creamy chicken soup and lobster bisque at $.89 each.  Stan's also has Ramen noodles at $.20/pkg.

Both of these stores offer deep discounted food on a regular basis, though their inventories change constantly.

[Puke]

Especially considering isopropyl alcohol is poisonous...

And it's only that way because we don't want people getting cheap booze.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatured_alcohol

[Tom Sawyer]

isopropyl alcohol is different than denatured alcohol.

[Puke]

isopropyl alcohol is different than denatured alcohol.

But isn't it a form of denatured alcohol?
It still has crap added to it or some such to make it poisonous, right?

[Tom Sawyer]

Isopropyl alcohol

[Puke]

Huh...ok, never-mind then. 

[Pat K]

I remember this advice.

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