Fazer Owners Club - Unofficial
General => General => Topic started by: stevierst on 10 October 2014, 05:12:00 pm
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We're all a bit tight in our own way, share your tightest tips on here for every Bugger to save a few miserly pennies.
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My first one is where the tumble dryer is in Tue garage and the missus uses them little fabric softener sheets in it.
I've been putting them in a carrier bag next to the dryer so to stop em getting all over.
I ran out of cloths in the garage last week, and used one of the dryer sheets. Awesome I thought. I then wiped some crap off the bike with one, and it left a great shine behind!
So now I 'polish' my rims with these dryer cloths, and they're shiny as if I'd used autoglym!
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When my daughter out grew her baby grow suit...... I cut the feet off. :lol
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I occasionally take wads of those plastic gloves they put next to fuel pumps. A couple of those on each hand before putting your gloves on works pretty good if your caught in the rain/cold
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Not sure if this is one of those urban myths or not,but I guess the theory makes sense...i've heard it said that if you fill up with fuel early in the morning when the underground tanks are colder you get more for your money cos the petrol has contracted ;)
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Old engine oil in your chain oiler.
Cheaper than Scottoil, and does the job just as well.
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I always dry out used teabags and reuse them, makes double the amount of tea from the box!! (by the way I don't drink tea, but the wife and kids have not cottoned on to the second cup of being weaker.)
:lol
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Not sure if this is one of those urban myths or not,but I guess the theory makes sense...i've heard it said that if you fill up with fuel early in the morning when the underground tanks are colder you get more for your money cos the petrol has contracted ;)
A myth fella - the tanks are 15 -20 foot down where the ground temperature remains the same month in month out. Shame really....
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When my daughter out grew her baby grow suit...... I cut the feet off. :lol
how does walk with no feet, you b$%&^"d
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Cut the feet off the baby grow, not her feet :rolleyes
Obviously, never really did this but I know someone who actually did. :eek
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Always keep an empty bottle of milk in ur fridge. You never know when someone will ask for black coffee.
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Potatoes wrapped in tin-foil and kept in a cupboard become a welcome consolation if your house burns down. :lol
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Damn, pressed the wrong button, why can't you delete a post on this forum?
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Damn, pressed the wrong button, why can't you delete a post on this forum?
Cos you were a tightwad, and bought a cheap computer/mobile? :lol
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I don't use gunk etc for cleaning I use paraffin, I put plastic sheet under the bike then an old towel, do the degrease and towel gets soaked with dirty paraffin then cut towel into strips roll the strips up and stick a cocktail stick through to keep rolled up and I use them as fire lighters.
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Damn, pressed the wrong button, why can't you delete a post on this forum?
Cos you were a tightwad, and bought a cheap computer/mobile? :lol
No, i pressed quote instead of modify. :lol
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To save money on your phone bills, ring the person you want to talk to, just as they answer hang up, they then do 1471 and call you back to see what you want, in the past 2 years I have saved £78.25 using this method.
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To save money on your phone bills, ring the person you want to talk to, just as they answer hang up, they then do 1471 and call you back to see what you want, in the past 2 years I have saved £78.25 using this method.
:lol :lol
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To save money on your phone bills, ring the person you want to talk to, just as they answer hang up, they then do 1471 and call you back to see what you want, in the past 2 years I have saved £78.25 using this method.
My mum has always done this to me.......even though i pay her mobile phone bill, which also has an unlimited call tariff anyway. :lol
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When ah were a lad, at primary school, at that age when kids feet grow quite fast, my dad actually did cut the toes off my school shoes. Oh the shame of it, can't believe he actually made me wear them. It was only for a week until they got paid and we could go and get a bigger pair. He still denies this but I never forgot.
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Once had a frifge freezer with the fridge on top and the fridge part stopped working so I cut the foccer in half with an angle grinder and kept the freezer part for another 5 years.
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Once had a frifge freezer with the fridge on top and the fridge part stopped working so I cut the foccer in half with an angle grinder and kept the freezer part for another 5 years.
Your taking the piss surely!!!! two compressors?? no way :eek
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My wife goes out every afternoon to visit a different friend, saves her putting on our heating thus saving a fortune on the gas bill.
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I occasionally take wads of those plastic gloves they put next to fuel pumps. A couple of those on each hand before putting your gloves on works pretty good if your caught in the rain/cold
That's not being tight that's thieving :lol
My wife goes out every afternoon to visit a different friend, saves her putting on our heating thus saving a fortune on the gas bill.
Either that or she's got a bit on the side :lol
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I don't use gunk etc for cleaning I use paraffin, I put plastic sheet under the bike then an old towel, do the degrease and towel gets soaked with dirty paraffin then cut towel into strips roll the strips up and stick a cocktail stick through to keep rolled up and I use them as fire lighters.
Ahh the sweet smell of asphyxiation :lol
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There's some comedy gold in this thread :lol
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What Thread?
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The bit stuck between your toes
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A next door neighbours car aerial, carefully folded, can make an ideal coat hanger in an emergency! :)
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Once had a frifge freezer with the fridge on top and the fridge part stopped working so I cut the foccer in half with an angle grinder and kept the freezer part for another 5 years.
Your taking the piss surely!!!! two compressors?? no way :eek
Tiz true Sir here are the pictures, it was 1996 and I think was a currys own make and it had two compressors, the on -off and boost control panel was at the top on the fridge part and just unscrewed.See the extra long white cable that once reached to the top of the fridge. You can also see the fridge compressor in the close up picture, and the freezer one was at the bottom. I then extended the worktop and brought a new fridge and sat it on the work top so it was all just like the fridge freezer was, only now two seperate units.
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I apoligise fazersharp, belting idea, why chuck a perfectly good freezer. As they say necessity is the mother of invention.
Respect. :) :) :)
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Asda's 20p a pack instant noodles are actually pretty good! Used to be 11p a pack 2 years ago when I was spending all my money on rideouts instead of food. How can anyone afford to be an impoverished student these days? :rolleyes
Always bodge when possible. A few years ago, the extractor fan over the hob stopped working at home. Mum and Dad were going to replace the unit, but I convinced them to let me have a crack at fixing it. 20 minutes later, the diagnosis was obvious: the speed control was an incredibly simple potentiometer-like PCB. 20 years worth of grease had effectively insulated the system! :eek :eek (Having found the problem, I made myself scarce as Dad spent the next 4 hours cleaning the fecker out with acetone! It lasted another 3 years to boot! :lol )
As they say necessity is the mother of invention.
When in Turkey, the windlass control stopped working. We could drop the anchor chain, but not raise it. I had to make a new windlass remote out of 2 buttons, some old wire and a glasses case. No necessity, but I'm a lazy bastard, and hauling up 30 metres of 10mm chain with a 27kg anchor on the end by hand in 7m of water is a job I was only prepared to do once. :lol :lol :lol
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I apoligise fazersharp, belting idea, why chuck a perfectly good freezer. As they say necessity is the mother of invention.
Respect. :) :) :)
No worries you were right to query it. I could not believe that I was doing it at the time and that is why I had the pictures taken - I knew it was a hair-brain idea but it worked.
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I knew a bloke that used to buy huge quantities of vegetable oil from the cash&carry & mixed it in with the diesel on his Citroen BX.(biofuel?).Think it was about half the cost of diesel.Had a real aroma to it.Passers by would be looking round for the chip van :lol.
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When my daughter out grew her baby grow suit...... I cut the feet off. :lol
cut high for motorbike boots and low for trainer socks. neat idea
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1. use empty hand soap pump bottle as shampoo dispenser2. oil stone your razors when they become blunt and get some extra shaves.
3. save sour milk and when lumpy strain for cottage/ cream cheese
4. don't get married or have a girlfriend
and certainly
5. don't have kids
;)
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Whenever I am on a tube platform with a few minutes to spare I pop over the the chocolate vending machine. On the front it a code to report my £1 has been stuck inside and I haven't to my twirl. A quick call and they send me a refund in the form of a voucher.
I bought a watch from h samuels and paid for the extra insurance. Just before it runs out I let them know the strap broke and fell off while riding my bike - which was why it looked like it had been hit with a hammer. Two minutes later I am wearing a new watch.
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I bought some quite expensive toothpaste and when the tube was squeezed empty I cut the top off and was able to get another few days worth from the unsqueezable nozzle end.
Of course I've done it ever since, even on Wilko's 80p tubes.
OK. My secret's out. Oh the shame. :'(
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I don't use gunk etc for cleaning I use paraffin, I put plastic sheet under the bike then an old towel, do the degrease and towel gets soaked with dirty paraffin then cut towel into strips roll the strips up and stick a cocktail stick through to keep rolled up and I use them as fire lighters.
Awesome. I'm going to try this.
Mickey
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Once had a frifge freezer with the fridge on top and the fridge part stopped working so I cut the foccer in half with an angle grinder and kept the freezer part for another 5 years.
Your taking the piss surely!!!! two compressors?? no way :eek
We used to have a fridge/freezer with 2 compressors. I was going to keep it when the fridge part failed but my wife binned it when i was at work.
Mickey
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After having a dump. Maybe on the second or third wipe, which depends on the Chilli content of last nights curry. Tear off 1 sheet of tissue, after wiping, fold in half and wipe again. This has saved me several pounds in the last 20 years or so. Also it has strengthened my hand shake.
Mickey
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If your using anymore than 1 sheet of toilet paper you are doing it wrong :
Pull off one sheet, fold it into a quarter, rip off one corner so it leaves a hole in the middle, which you can then duly insert your index finger through.
You can now proceed to wipe your crack and hoop with your index finger, and when your done you can clean your finger with the piece of paper towel which is around your finger... Oh, and the corner you ripped off? Ideal for getting the shit from under your fingernail :rollin
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One sheet of paper is made from 2 smaller sheets - hence 2 ply or 2 sheets
Using 1 sub sheet and folding in half for a second wipe = 2 wipes. The second sub sheet provides a further 2 wipes. Total of 4 wipes from 1 sheet.
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Bloody he'll. I'm among real tight wads. I could've saved pounds if I'd known about this earlier
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Remind me never to shake your hands :rollin
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Why use paper? Ive saved a fortune!!
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use the cat like the bear does the rabbit
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never go out for a ride with RED98 and let him look over your bike, it costs you a fortune!!! (no I'm never going to forget the £400 bill LOL)
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use the cat like the bear does the rabbit
I thought of this but my dog does apparently have a problem with shit sticking to his fur :b
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After having a dump. Maybe on the second or third wipe, which depends on the Chilli content of last nights curry. Tear off 1 sheet of tissue, after wiping, fold in half and wipe again. This has saved me several pounds in the last 20 years or so. Also it has strengthened my hand shake.
Mickey
Hahahahahaha
GENIUS!!!!
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Save money on expensive binoculars - simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.
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:rollin
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Use vinegar as a lime scale remover, added bonus your house smells like a chip shop.
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Mum mixes vinegar and lavender oil (the latter for the smell!) as a cheaper source of fabric softener
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Experience the thrills of a skiing holiday without the expense.
Simply Sellotape two planks of wood to your feet, sit in your freezer for three hours, then run into a tree as fast as you can.
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is there anyone who will say they bought a pair of heated grips from hong kong for £2:49, if so did they work? was thinking of getting some then chuck them next spring, only go out in the dry, don't mind the cold as long as it doesn't snow.
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Not so much a tightwad tip,more a bit of a tightwad rant...it's those people that,in order to avoid buying them,read the newspapers in the supermarket.(not the ones that pick it up & step back a bit,they can read them all day to their hearts content for all I care),no it's the ones that insist on leaving the paper on the display stand & flicking thru it like it is on their kitchen table >:Then when you want a copy of same paper to put in your trolley you have to try to rummage it out from underneath 'their' copy whilst trying not to disturb their reading too much,while at the same time suffering a disapproving glance >:I just grab the one they are reading now & hope it REALLY annoys them! :lol.
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Garden hose - cut and split down its length - makes a rim protector for the DIY tyre changers. ;)