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[BrilloPad]

I think my children are an under utilized asset. Should I get them cleaning chimneys?

[Old Greg]

No but you can get sacks full of free ones.

The NHS give free contraception to people under 30, so get one of your kids to go to the nearest family planning clinic and all they do is go in and ask for condoms and you come out with a massive brown paper bag full of hundreds of them. All sorts like flavoured ones, etc etc.

And goddamit one day you'll us one.

[Diver]

No but you can get sacks full of free ones.

The NHS give free contraception to people under 30, so get one of your kids to go to the nearest family planning clinic and all they do is go in and ask for condoms and you come out with a massive brown paper bag full of hundreds of them. All sorts like flavoured ones, etc etc.

and the flavour lasts for ages according to (name of cuk'er removed in the interests of financial gain)

[wim121]

Can I save money by reusing condoms? After washing do I dry them on the washing line or can they go in the tumble drier?

No but you can get sacks full of free ones.

The NHS give free contraception to people under 30, so get one of your kids to go to the nearest family planning clinic and all they do is go in and ask for condoms and you come out with a massive brown paper bag full of hundreds of them. All sorts like flavoured ones, etc etc.

[wim121]

Is spending half of my monthly salary on lottery tickets and scratch cards a good investment, because I understand that the returns can be phenomenal ?

Actually it can be in a way.

Money launderers often use scratch cards as it is quite a reliable way of getting 50% payback of investment. In some countries, they estimate over half of scratch card purchases are done by money laundering gangs.

So while I wouldnt spend a £50k wage on scratch cards to get £25k, if your money is dirty, then it is a foolproof way to clean it.

[TimberWolf]

Can I save money by reusing condoms? After washing do I dry them on the washing line or can they go in the tumble drier?

Don't use them. Without them free housing, education and a life without work is yours for very effort every 9 months.

[TimberWolf]

Is spending half of my monthly salary on lottery tickets and scratch cards a good investment, because I understand that the returns can be phenomenal ?

It could be you. But the chances are it won't be.

[MarillionFan]

A thread for any super scrimping and war chest saving questions you might have.

Can I save money by reusing condoms? After washing do I dry them on the washing line or can they go in the tumble drier?

[Diver]

Is spending half of my monthly salary on lottery tickets and scratch cards a good investment, because I understand that the returns can be phenomenal ?

[doodab]

You can trim the orange peel into a suitable shape and embed crushed eggshell in it to create convincing zombie eye goggles.

[Cliphead]

Dried orange peel is great for lighting a fire.

[TimberWolf]

Is there anything useful and money-saving I can do with orange peel?

I tried home made potpourri, but it went mouldy after a few days and didn't smell much like orange

Ditto broken egg shells.

Orange peel is allegedly edible, sans pesticides, and some people make and even buy that jam with it in. It's also allegedly a teeth whitener. It's high in Limonene which can used used in solvents, paint stripper, biofuel, cosmetics and food.

Egg shells are 95% calcium carbonate, so uses abound.

If you mix your orange peel (acetic acid) with your egg shells you might make CO2 and water!

Can anyone else come up with any more great uses for these truly remarkable products, apart from chucking them in the bin?

[doodab]

Is there anything useful and money-saving I can do with orange peel?

Make candied orange peel?

[mudskipper]

Is there anything useful and money-saving I can do with orange peel?

I tried home made potpourri, but it went mouldy after a few days and didn't smell much like orange

Ditto broken egg shells.

Both can be composted, thus saving you £4.99 and a bad back lugging home a bagful from the garden centre.

[OwlHoot]

Is there anything useful and money-saving I can do with orange peel?

I tried home made potpourri, but it went mouldy after a few days and didn't smell much like orange

Ditto broken egg shells.