Knowing what I meant in asking, I was blown away by how many had responded. Now I’m kicking myself for not having marked this NSFW. I would have probably had far more fun reading about tight Vags and A$$es than discussing saving 10¢ a letter on postage. Keeping this safe for work, let me just comment that 68 years has robbed me of any former claim to 3 of Godzilla’s fingers, as @ragingloli boasts. Fortunately though, that’s two things I can still eat all I want of and the more I eat the more weight I loose. There is a loving lord. :-)
@marinelife That’s a good point. I saw that when we cleaned up the basement where my frugal mom spent he life saving everything. She grew up during the Great Depression. She even saved old aluminum pie pans and frozen food containers. There were big balls of rubber bands that had melted themselves together. She was a career teacher who saved to travel, but poor health robed her of that plan and four years after retiring, that same poor health ended her dreams.
I tend to go grasshopper when I’m spending on my wife, my kids or my friends. The rest of the time, we ants find grasshoppers a tasty treat. Humm. Can’t get my mind off eating.
@Coloma Well said. Adaptable. That’s me to a T.
@hearkat I think I’m likely to close before the post office does.
@DigitalBlue I’ve got to come up with a version of this question for all those who wanted it to be NSFW. :-)
@KNOWITALL We pretty nearly match. We don’t even eat out once a week, but I do pay for cable (have to have the highest speed Internet and that isn’t just sitting in a loose wire here). And I buy my own booze. But I recycle baggies and even save electrons from old emails to reuse. I keep them in spare extension cords.
@Blondesjon You and @ragingloli be sure to post video.
@wonderingwhy That sounds like a balanced approach. No interesting rituals, though.
@jonsblond Ditto on all those elements of frugality. I actually prefer to sleep in a room that’s about 62 to 65, but I am unwilling to pay for the air conditioning to keep it that cool in the summer. And as to TGIF, wait till next Friday.
@flutherother I go first cabin on my technology, but that’s how I make my living, so I need good tools. That and presents for the kids.
@YARNLADY My wife loves to shop the thrifts for buried treasure, and she’s found some real gems. Other than shoes and socks, most of our clothes come from Goodwill. It’s partly savings and partly just the thrill of Goodwill Hunting.
@Adirondackwannabe You can tell a true perv on whether they’ve ever spent on their perversion. I have. See, I may be tight, but that’s one way to loosen me up. :-)
@Only138 Makes perfect sense to me. I’m right there with you.
@Ponderer983 On that score, I am not concerned with fit as long as the owner of it is willing to be a bit loose with it. :-)
@deni We save a lot on food by shopping at Boston’s Haymarket. But when it comes to buying cheap versus healthy, I’m a Whole Foods sort of shopper. My wife loves thrift store hunting. She’s great at it, and knows how to find incredible stuff for next to nothing. So I support that with all the cash she needs.
@SavoirFaire I read you loud and clear. My needs are simple, my wants are few. And what helps is that much that I would want is currently out of my reach anyway.
@bkcunningham I would love to test that *ass*ertion. I’ve got a particularly dull pencil in mind.
@bookish1 I’d druther Fluther drunk than I’d druther flunk. You just wait till next Friday.
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