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The basic idea of not buying water that has been transported in bottles has already floated by, in this post about frozen juice concentrate. But […]
Doug's Methods of Saving Money
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The basic idea of not buying water that has been transported in bottles has already floated by, in this post about frozen juice concentrate. But […]
Save water and save money. I’ve seen people showering, applying their soap, body wash, or shower gel while the water is running and rinsing the […]
Turn the screen off. Really. When you know you’re going to be away from your computer for more than a few minutes, turn the screen […]
Tortillas and tortilla chips both get stale, but they get stale in different ways. Chips get stale by absorbing moisture from the air. To make […]
A juice-drinking habit is much more affordable if you buy concentrate. Much of the cost of foods and beverages is transportation. If the folks at […]
“I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough,” said Diogenes. I say I admire Diogenes’s effort to simplify his […]
During summer, when the days are the hottest and most humid, you need air-conditioning in your home. But what about when it’s merely warm during the […]
Did you ever notice that it’s not easy to get just a small amount of dish-washing liquid from the bottle it’s sold in? Dish-washing liquid […]
Do you throw away cereal bags, a.k.a dry food inner liners, the bags inside boxes in which foods such as breakfast cereals and crackers are packaged? Those are high-quality […]
Russell Baker cuts his own hair (and if you think a man who cuts his own hair couldn’t look good enough to be seen in […]
If you have memories from before the 2000s, you might remember when “videos” meant “videotapes”, usually in VHS format. (“Betamax” was the other format, but […]
I like a snack after lunch. Snacks from the vending machines cost between $1 and $2 each. So this past weekend at Costco I bought a box of 36 […]
I was really peeved yesterday to find that there were two large containers of yogurt in my refrigerator. This table shows the state they were […]
You go to the toilet for a #2 once a day anyway, so if you’re at work … why not go while you’re there? You […]
More than once I’ve noticed an “empty” shampoo bottle that someone in my house (not I) threw in the trash … and upon closer examination […]