when you could mend!!
That used to be so true but today it is sometimes cheaper to buy new because of labour costs, if you can not repair it yourself.
There are quite a few electrical items which come in sealed units which are unrepairable.
I know when I inherited my mother's sewing tackle I got yarn for darning stockings along with a couple of metal bones from old corsets and I know she she gave up wearing those when girdles came out and they were thrown away when tights came in.
I so agree, but if you've ever had a good look down the tip sadly we're in a monority :(
... and when it was beyond repair, there was always the rag and bone man!
Quote from: macmac on October 10, 2009, 10:13:29
I so agree, but if you've ever had a good look down the tip sadly we're in a monority :(
oops should of spelt minority ::)
and making summat out of nowt,
being of the same mind, went to morrisons yesterday, got 15 bananas for 56p as they are going over (not green anymore) so I've now made 36 muffins from Jeannine's recipe with a couple of extra bits and some left over for eating now ;D
There's still a "rag and bone" man round here... he was about yesterday but he's more interested in "iron" :)
My Mum always said if you want it you can't have it, but if you need it you can. I am so mean, went on six different buses last week just to use my free bus pass, well actually necessary journeys, doctor, allotment, shops, tennis etc. Must admit I don't darn socks anymore, just bin them.
Quote from: macmac on October 10, 2009, 12:57:13
Quote from: macmac on October 10, 2009, 10:13:29
I so agree, but if you've ever had a good look down the tip sadly we're in a monority :(
oops should of spelt minority ::)
Perhaps you were right first time, Is a monority a minority of one.
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Must admit I don't darn socks anymore, just bin them.
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I not only darn socks, I turn sheets and when they are too far gone, convert them into pillowcases. Old tights either store onions or get used as paint strainers. My children are past thirty but I've still got old terry nappies in use as car window wipers........
Keep bleaching the dishcloths until they don't come up bright, then they're moved to daughter's old school shoebag for windowcloths, floorcloths, wiping down garden furniture/greenhouse cloths! We've still got old tea towels that that children took on cub and brownie camps with their name tags sown in (now 28 and 30 years old - the children that is :))that I use for drying off the house windows.
Ninny
Along with Small and Ninnyscrops I too have terry nappies, brownies camping gear and school aprons all still in regular use. My girls are 30 and 25 and very wasteful.
I just get a buzz from re-using stuff.(saddo ::))l make under slips for pillows from old sheets too.
Emaggie, I'm still trying to train my daughter with a clothes line in the garden at this time of year......considering removing the fuse from the tumble drier plug ::)
Ninny
Why oh why do they do it? I bought daughter 1 a rotary dryer for the garden and I don't think she's used it 3 times! Daughter 2 just shoves it in (my)dryer and turns it on regardless of the time or electricity used. They've obviously got too much dosh or think I have. ::)
Our's is still at home, just show her the leccy bill when it comes in ;)
Ninny
I'm with you 2 on not using a dryer (don't have one) besides I prefer the smell of clothes dried courtesy of nature - for free :)
Quote from: Emagggie on October 11, 2009, 00:51:42
Why oh why do they do it? I bought daughter 1 a rotary dryer for the garden and I don't think she's used it 3 times! Daughter 2 just shoves it in (my)dryer and turns it on regardless of the time or electricity used. They've obviously got too much dosh or think I have. ::)
Now I think these are brilliant. I had one at uni and then managed to dry things on a clotheshorse. Didn't want to put them outside as you would end up seeing some drunk lad running around with your knickers on his head or something!
Went shopping yesterday with my eldest who bought an iron and an airer. He and hisgirlfriend live in a flat so can't hang stuff out. I think using a TD all the time has made him realise just how costly it is, but what really amazed me was the Iron. Don't think he's used one sincehe was 13 and did the ironing for extra pocket money.
I have a TD but only ever use it in emergencies for one or two items or once a month to make the cloth nappies feel nice and soft again.
I hate using the TD much prefer the line outside (which we have issues with and its currently held standing using the garden table lol) else we open all the windows on the top floor (donning many warm layers in the winter time) and having the clothes out all over that floor on airers :)
the best stuff is in winter when you leave your clothes on the line during a frost, when they've defrosted they are softer than a babies bum :).
But i mend, knit, freeze excess foods, sew, make myself wherever possible and if i need anything bought i prefer to charity shop/car boot for it if i can, i think i am one of few of my age range who do!
i think my 25 yr old grand daughter has got everybody beat. she calls her mother and just say's call me back when she wants to talk so she doesn't have to pay for the phone call. now thats cheap. i think she gets it from me, because i keep everything, the clothes i wear are up to 20 yrs old, but it doesn't matter because there back in fashion now.
We have a TD, but I can't recall the last time it was used, it frightens the life out of me watching the leccie dial fly round ten to the dozen. It has my Stella fridge sitting on it so it has some good use. ;D ;D ;D
we've never had a TD even with 2 boys who are now 2 and 4. mind you, we do moan having airers out in the dining room through winter!!! Get right in the way! We do have a wood burning stove though so stick a couple of airers near by over night and its dry come morning!
We have washer dryer but I never use it. We have 2 spare bedrooms with radiators. These have airers on them and we have a big airer for the larger things. I tell myself that its to keep the humidity in the house what with the central heating. I hang out washing if at all possible. Theres nowt like the smell of clean washing thats been outside.
Used an old tshirt belonging to my son for many years as a peg basket. But don't find you get much these days out of a pair of darned socks. Its cheaper wearing sandals.
I tumble dry everything and haven't used a washing line for over ten years. What I use on electricity I save by not having to iron things as they come straight out of the tumble dryer and onto hangers. They are soft too.
My brother put me onto using a tumble dryer with a buzzer. When my incontinent mother lived with us I was overwhelmed with ironing. My brother said that he and his wife didn't iron anything and that if clothes and sheets are taken out and dealt with as soon as they were dry and not over dried, I wouldn't have any ironing to do.
We bought a tumble dryer with a buzzer and my brother was right. Gone are the days of struggling to put washing on the line and having to take it in two hours later because of rain. Gone are the endless hours of ironing. ;D ;D
I love ironing, I really do.
The other money waster my daughter can't seem to live without is fabric softener. I found it gunked up my washing machine and left a sickly pong on the washing. A good shake is all that is needed.