All Hail Cheap Bastards!

[suebee]

Hey Finn! That all sounds fantastic. I wish we had a place where we could drop off usable items. But there is a secondhand shop here that's almost as good as that. It's run as a employment opportunity for intellectually disabled adults, and every time I've ever gone by it when it's closed there are bags and bags of donations in front of it's door. That's where my girl got me the silk robe and her $1 espresso machine.

I used to live in a larger centre where garbage pickup was an informal recycling opportunity. Not just the usual garbage picking (though I'm certainly not above that - have snagged some pretty good finds that way!). But in this city most people carefully wrapped good items they didn't need anymore so they'd be clean for whoever wanted them. Even if I didn't want anything I did as you do: I'd take good items and give them to a charity. It especially annoyed me to see good toys thrown out. I'd ALWAYS rescue them and give them to the Salvation Army, or a shelter, or wherever I thought they'd be of use. So much waste!

[StoneFinn]

Originally Posted by cybersuebee

Hey Finn! That all sounds fantastic. I wish we had a place where we could drop off usable items. But there is a secondhand shop here that's almost as good as that. It's run as a employment opportunity for intellectually disabled adults, and every time I've ever gone by it when it's closed there are bags and bags of donations in front of it's door. That's where my girl got me the silk robe and her $1 espresso machine.

I used to live in a larger centre where garbage pickup was an informal recycling opportunity. Not just the usual garbage picking (though I'm certainly not above that - have snagged some pretty good finds that way!). But in this city most people carefully wrapped good items they didn't need anymore so they'd be clean for whoever wanted them. Even if I didn't want anything I did as you do: I'd take good items and give them to a charity. It especially annoyed me to see good toys thrown out. I'd ALWAYS rescue them and give them to the Salvation Army, or a shelter, or wherever I thought they'd be of use. So much waste!

I know-- the amount of waste that I have seen has been mind-blowing. I Uni, in my public speaking class, I did a presentation on Dumpster Diving. The response to it was well beyond just doing a presentation. By the end of the presentation my entire class went from "EW" to "can I go with you?". I did a slide presentation in the same class at the end of term-- using a laptop of my own that I had "recovered" while dumpster diving. By the end of the class, we had regular "outings" organised of almost every member getting together in local groups and doing what I called "Recovery Missions". Again, anything that couldn't be used by someone in the group (or their friends / family) we would take to various charity donation centres.

I know Australia isn't "perfect", but one of the first things that I noticed here is that there is much less waste. It is more ingrained in the culture for people to re-use as much as possible and throw away as little as possible. We have days called "council pick ups" where you can put out 1 cubic meter's worth of household items for free pick-up by the rubbish people, once a year per area. Most of the time over 1/2 of each pile is picked up by people before council ever gets there. We have gone out on these days-- and it amazed me-- it wasn't just us wandering through the neighbourhoods-- there were MANY people out picking up all sorts of items. We, personally, got a beautiful flacatti rug, a good working compact house stereo system and speakers, ceramic/terra cotta/metal planters, tool boxes, and more.

It is something that I would love to see spread to other places...

Okay-- have to run now... actually going to the thrift store LOL

[Jet]

Originally Posted by I'mOneToo

i'm a cheap bastid.

i buy those gigantic honkin 10lb things of lean ground beef.

but that ain't the cheap bastid part.

when i get it home, i divide them into 10 1lb ziploc freezer baggies.

but that ain't the cheap bastid part.

it's when i take the ground beef out to use it... i turn the baggie inside-out
and put it in a sink full of hot water with dish soap and scrub the shit out of it.

then i hang it on the sink spout thingie to dry.

and when it's clean and dry i put it back into the drawer from whence it came.

THAT is the CHEAP BASTID PART! (and i haven't had to buy them for years)

ha!............

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Odarlin

I'll bite.

I've sieved hot wax used for hair removal through cheese cloth to reuse it.

I coulda been a pioneer.

This interests me!

Originally Posted by cybersuebee

Cheap tickets for a cruise perhaps?

Originally Posted by cybersuebee

That would almost pay for the trip to Texas to to to the sale!

Actually, I'm pretty excited because I found out that I paid roughly $150 less for plane tickets bought within days of one another (and I was traveling about twice as far!).

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

I wouldnt say im a cheep bastard,but close.I shop at the goodwill store.last week I found two pair of boots for 5 bucks a pair..a pair of ropers and a pair od motorcycle boots.A fue weeks ago I also found a food processor for ten bucks.
I have also found things befor the trash man gets hear..a near new ping pong table with all the paddles and such,a candle holder that Liberache' would have loved to have..turned out it was the realm deal too.It amazes me at what folks throw away.
Did I mention garage sales and trade days....im in hog heaven...need I say more..my grannie would be proud to know she raised me right on this.

Our Goodwills up here are EXCELLENT resources for really nice, namebrand clothing for pennies on the dollar. I've also used Freecycle.org and got a fully operational smoker grill and accessories (about $350ish) for less than $40 (the cost to rent a truck and the gas to get out in the boonies to go get it).

[Ima Dandy]

Yes ma'am I am a cheap bastard & me Mum is quite proud (most of the time)


I am such a Cheap Bastard that I......

* have not paid for a hair cut in over 15 years

* consider dumpster diving "alley shopping"

*wring out the wine bottle

*reroll my cigerette butts & other peoples (on occasion)

*wait untill after Valentines Day is over to buy my girl a box of chocolates..........fortunately for me she approves

*can't top the first post of wax thru cheese cloth, but let me think a while!!!!

[Ima Dandy]

thank you babey for this thread & for finding cheap bastards hella' sexy

[Daywalker]

Ok, I'll just say it.



I'd rather duct tape mah boots back together than to spend money on new ones.




And don't think for a minute that I won't go ahead and grab some of that
'one day I'll use this' piece of material {see Hoarders thread} to patch
the bottoms of mah biggo puffy slippers up.

[Ima Dandy]

Day
I am with you on that one.......except I am lucky to have hella cheap shoe repair in my home town.......years ago I visited my folks & brought my fav pair of boots to them it would have cost me over a $100 & plus to fix them where I lived......$5 later I had nice all but new polished steel toe zipups bac in my life.......all hail Cole's Shoe Store in Northern Maine!!!!!

[Soon]

Priceline--totally worth it--but you have to bid (don't be scared!).

Before you bid on Priceline (which is cheaper than Hotwire), go to betterbidding.com and see what others have bid for the same hotels (star ratings, amenities, etc.) in the same location.

I haven't paid full price in years.

Three and Four Star Hotels for Half or More off their Rated Prices! Promise!

[Ima Dandy]

very cool.....love a better price.

[suebee]

It kinda peeves me that they've prettied up a lot of our cheap bastidom and now call it "recycling".

And yes Love-of-My-Life, full-price chocolates are SUCH a waste! If WE aren't a match made in heaven......well.......

[suebee]

Originally Posted by Ima Dandy

Yes ma'am I am a cheap bastard & me Mum is quite proud (most of the time)


I am such a Cheap Bastard that I......

* have not paid for a hair cut in over 15 years
* consider dumpster diving "alley shopping"

*wring out the wine bottle

*reroll my cigerette butts & other peoples (on occasion)

*wait untill after Valentines Day is over to buy my girl a box of chocolates..........fortunately for me she approves

*can't top the first post of wax thru cheese cloth, but let me think a while!!!!

Yeah. About that haircut Dear.

[Ima Dandy]

Originally Posted by cybersuebee

Yeah. About that haircut Dear.

laugh all you want.........the more you tease me about my hair, the closer I get to shaving my head again

[Jess]

Originally Posted by Ima Dandy

laugh all you want.........the more you tease me about my hair, the closer I get to shaving my head again

I had really hoped that Christie would be good with clippers. Coming from a home with a military dad and a son, one could only hope.

After seeing ours doggies "mommy haircuts" we both decided it best for me to take my ass to supercuts every couple of weeks and teach the lil haircutter girl, that "yes, I really do want it that short".

The only thing worse than the mommy cuts are the ones I tried to do myself. i thought that the whole friar tuck monk with circle in middle of head thing would be cool once. em.. not so very much...

Yes, I am a cheap bastid. cheep cheep

[suebee]

Originally Posted by Ima Dandy

laugh all you want.........the more you tease me about my hair, the closer I get to shaving my head again

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[Daywalker]

I kinda figured these posts also applied to this thread as well as the thread:

Originally Posted by Daywalker

Yesterday I got all romantic...and picked up a special gift for Mrs. Daywalker.


I think she liked it.

Originally Posted by LadyFlamezzz

My darling DayWalker.with love you presented me with a beautiful ROCK....while walking back to the car from the smoke shop, you lovingly bent down and amongst all the pretty rocks on the ground you found that one that was so special....thank you my wonderful cheap basteed daddi,lol
I will cherish said rock for all the rest of my days and when i pass over I will will the Rock to a loved one such as ermmmm Snowy,lol

when posting in the zombie thread it is required you use one of these... ... that is all!

[suebee]

Originally Posted by Daywalker

I kinda figured these posts also applied to this thread as well as the thread:[COLOR=Black]

You know Day, my girl gives me rocks as gifts all the time. Every single one of them is shaped like a heart. I couldn't like it more if it was a diamond pendant. (okay, maybe that's a BIT of an exaggeration, but I really DO love them!)

[Cyclopea]

Originally Posted by Ima Dandy

*can't top the first post of wax thru cheese cloth, but let me think a while!!!!

No One can top that.

[Daywalker]

Originally Posted by cybersuebee

You know Day, my girl gives me rocks as gifts all the time. Every single one of them is shaped like a heart. I couldn't like it more if it was a diamond pendant. (okay, maybe that's a BIT of an exaggeration, but I really DO love them!)

Well, hers looks like...a potato.



But she loves it all the same.


See, if I pick out heart shaped rocks...then I'll be held to that.

That would be 'Premature Peaking of Cheapulation '.


Can't have that.

[Rufusboi]

Originally Posted by Cyclopea

No One can top that.

I'm not a fan of tattoos. But I've got to say that is a pretty good one. It got a laugh out of me and Melissa.

Rufus