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Recession money-saving tips

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    #51
    Avoid spending £1000 a day on expensive hookers by moving up north and finding a bar that does 2 for 1 on bacardi breezers.

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      #52
      Buy a treadmill for chilly days and you can warm yourself up quickly and easily.
      "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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        #53
        Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
        Do you take these 99p bottles of anti-freeze to friends parties?
        Yeah and most people can't tell the difference.
        Hard Brexit now!
        #prayfornodeal

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          #54
          Originally posted by sasguru View Post
          Yeah and most people can't tell the difference.
          The present Mrs B like nothing better than a bottle of £1.24 German Hock from Morrisons. What can I say, she's low maintenance and I get to spend the difference on summat decent
          "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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            #55
            Give up your expensive cocaine habit by switching to crystal meth and make it yourself in your kitchen.
            Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.

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              #56
              Stay contracting where the uncertainty creates 'headcount freezes' and so makes your extension more likely and do not wimp out and go permie where you'll be high on the list of 'last in first out' folk when they make redundancies soon.

              Oh and don't buy a house at the top of the market. And don't try and sell your previous property in a falling market when there are no buyers.


              Wilmslow

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                #57
                Originally posted by Platypus View Post
                Sometimes you disturb me !
                givvus a kiss



                (\__/)
                (>'.'<)
                ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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                  #58
                  Avoid paying for phones / Broadband by using the client's phone & internet connection.

                  When staying in hotels always take any free stuff (soap, coffee) away with you. They expect people to steal the towels so take them too if they're any good.
                  If you find this post offensive, please insert "Chan" before and "tho" after, then it should be OK.

                  Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being - Elvis Costello

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                    #59
                    Save £££££££s when re-carpeting your house, by not bothering. Instead simply buy two carpet tiles and glue one to the sole of each of your slippers. Hey-presto! The luxury of carpeting throughout your house without the crippling cost.
                    The vegetarian option.

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by wobbegong View Post
                      Save £££££££s when re-carpeting your house, by not bothering. Instead simply buy two carpet tiles and glue one to the sole of each of your slippers. Hey-presto! The luxury of carpeting throughout your house without the crippling cost.
                      Do people actually have carpets nowadays? Why not just strip and buff the original floorboards. Looks much better.
                      Hard Brexit now!
                      #prayfornodeal

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