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Stingiest things thread(op for R&R access)

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  • #152
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    WikiHow wrote: »
    People think they can live forever, my opinion is you can't take it with you so you may as well enjoy it while you can.

    True, but if you're a little bit more careful with it you'll have more left over to enjoy on what you want!!


  • #153
    dmc17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭dmc17


    Ten of Swords wrote: »
    You got a problem with the stingy people thread?

    Don't be so tight with the threads. They're not costing you anything to host :D


  • #154
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    tashiusclay wrote: »
    True, but if you're a little bit more careful with it you'll have more left over to enjoy on what you want!!

    Im sorry but that post is nonsencical.


  • #155
    Ally Dick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,715 ✭✭✭✭Ally Dick


    I have a friend who hides in the toilets during the pub raffle collection


  • #156
    geckovision
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭geckovision


    pablo128 wrote: »
    Stupid is paying for a medium Coke, only to find it's half Coke and half frozen water.
    And how long would you have to leave it sitting there for it to warm up? This is Ireland, not feckin Spain.

    Stupid is paying for a medium coke expecting no ice to be served with it.

    So I pay for a large with ice, because like most people I like a cold drink to be served ice cold.. I'm not worried about it warming up. It just tastes nicer when it's 'that' cold.

    If you're that bothered by the price difference between a medium and large drink I suggest you put it in your piggy bank for a rainy day.


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  • #157
    geckovision
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭geckovision


    maxfresh wrote: »
    I ask for no ice aswell, the drink is chilled from the machine its too cold with ice and you get more.

    Ice cold all the way! :)


  • #158
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    Well I personally just don't like half my drink being made up of ice; it's not even a value thing, there's just no need for that much ice.
    WikiHow wrote: »
    Im sorry but that post is nonsencical.
    All it says is if you make savings towards your electricity bills and the like, you'll have a bit extra to spend on the more enjoyable things due to lower electricity bills. Makes perfect sense surely.


  • #159
    maguic24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭maguic24


    We already had the ice debate in the stingy people thread. . . . . .

    I'm on Team No Ice, sorry Gecko.


  • #160
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Im sorry but that post is nonsencical.

    How is it? You save on electricity and use the money saved to go on a holiday ;)


  • #161
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    My sodie is too cold my teef hurt!

    http://i56.tinypic.com/2ldhfev.jpg


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  • #162
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    retalivity wrote: »
    specialun, you should talk to ivabigwun

    If Ivabigwun and Specialun had kids, they could call them Littlesivaspecialbigun's. That'd be cute.


  • #163
    geckovision
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭geckovision


    maguic24 wrote: »
    We already had the ice debate in the stingy people thread. . . . . .

    I'm on Team No Ice, sorry Gecko.
    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    My sodie is too cold my teef hurt!

    http://i56.tinypic.com/2ldhfev.jpg


    I guess I'll post in that 'outrage' thread about my outrage on the matter.


  • #164
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    I'm so stingy I merged these threads to save space.


  • #165
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »

    All it says is if you make savings towards your electricity bills and the like, you'll have a bit extra to spend on the more enjoyable things due to lower electricity bills. Makes perfect sense surely.
    Sam Kade wrote: »
    How is it? You save on electricity and use the money saved to go on a holiday ;)


    That is all well and good if that person has a day/night meter, i have had this conversation with several people who used avoid using their appliance during the day as they thought it was cheaper by night, took one look at their meter and it was a single tariff meter.
    People that think they are saving a fortune with this theory are living in imagination land.


  • #166
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Im sorry but that post is nonsencical.

    Do explain why you think its nonsencical...?

    I'd prefer to have a few quid left over at the end of the year to go towards a holiday, xmas present's etc than wasting money on unnecessarily expensive electricity bills and the likes. But each to their own I suppose...


  • #167
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    tashiusclay wrote: »
    Do explain why you think its nonsencical...?

    I'd prefer to have a few quid left over at the end of the year to go towards a holiday, xmas present's etc than wasting money on unnecessarily expensive electricity bills and the likes. But each to their own I suppose...

    How much per annum do you think you will save by measuring out water before boiling it in the kettle?


  • #168
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    WikiHow wrote: »
    That is all well and good if that person has a day/night meter, i have had this conversation with several people who used avoid using their appliance during the day as they thought it was cheaper by night, took one look at their meter and it was a single tariff meter.
    People that think they are saving a fortune with this theory are living in imagination land.

    We're not talking about day/night meters, just simply not filling up the kettle to the top to make one cup of tea? Its pretty basic stuff really??


  • #169
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    WikiHow wrote: »
    How much per annum do you think you will save by measuring out water before boiling it in the kettle?

    I don't 'measure' out water for the kettle, I estimate how much water to fill it with from the tap when I'm making a cup of tea, when you make plenty of cups of tea you get fairly accurate with how much water to use and the same with other electricity usage with other applicances, light's etc, it all adds up over the month, and over the year in total.


  • #170
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    WikiHow wrote: »
    That is all well and good if that person has a day/night meter, i have had this conversation with several people who used avoid using their appliance during the day as they thought it was cheaper by night, took one look at their meter and it was a single tariff meter.
    People that think they are saving a fortune with this theory are living in imagination land.
    Yeh I know the electricity is only cheaper at night for people with day/night meters (and more expensive during the day) but I wasn't referring to that, just to cutting costs in general (without being ridiculously tight obviously; just sensible, practical frugality).


  • #171
    QuantumP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭QuantumP


    The man who is worth an estimated £40,000,000 and refuses to fork out £0.20 to use a public toilet. Come on Micky, live a little! https://twitter.com/themichaelowen/status/429644669233135616


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  • #172
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    tashiusclay wrote: »
    I don't 'measure' out water for the kettle, I estimate how much water to fill it with from the tap when I'm making a cup of tea, when you make plenty of cups of tea you get fairly accurate with how much water to use and the same with other electricity usage with other applicances, light's etc, it all adds up over the month, and over the year in total.

    Can you estimate how much you are saving on electricity per annum?


  • #173
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Can you estimate how much you are saving on electricity per annum?

    Generally about €5k on average, I have a severe tea addiction.


  • #174
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    tashiusclay wrote: »
    Generally about €5k on average, I have a severe tea addiction.

    Thanks for that feedback.


  • #175
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    If life's that tight that you need to sweat stuff like that, you're doing it wrong, simple as. Have a look around, look at a few "Homes and Gardens" type magazines, with the ones that have €10k tables in their €500k dining rooms. Is measuring the water gonna make that leap? Do they sweat the water level? I know I have bugger all idea what the esb bill is, and I don't want to know either, it's irrelevant. That's just sweating the wrong side. Start sweating the "bring in more" side as hard as you sweated the "don't for f. sake spend any" side. Life gets more interesting.

    I don't 'sweat' any water levels, simply being careful with my outgoings and ambitious with my incoming's mean's that life isn't tight and no 'sweating' is needed, but thanks for the concern anyway!


  • #176
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    tashiusclay wrote: »
    Generally about €5k on average, I have a severe tea addiction.

    Ah gwan you'll have another cup.


  • #177
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Thanks for that feedback.

    You're welcome. Have a nice Saturday night.


  • #178
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    Ah gwan you'll have another cup.

    Cups?? I'm gone way past that stage these days, I'm currently mainlining it.


  • #179
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    For people who are really concerned about boiling water for tea/coffee/hot poitin etc fill water from the tap into a bottle and let it come to room temperature before using it.


  • #180
    Trebor Gluck
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 28 ✭Trebor Gluck


    CAN people STOP the GIBBERISH about BOILING water AND stick WITH the STINGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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  • #181
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    WikiHow wrote: »
    For people who are really concerned about boiling water for tea/coffee/hot poitin etc fill water from the tap into a bottle and let it come to room temperature before using it.

    I think just eyeballing a cup's worth into the kettle straight from the kitchen sink tap would be easier and less hassle


  • #182
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    If you snuggle the bottle under your oxter, you can bring it up another 2 degrees and save monies. This will make you rich, for sure. Then, when you die, everyone will love you, especially your kids, who will be able to afford more coke and hookers. And will light many candles.

    Good point but there is no such thing as free energy, you will get it warmer but you will need to consume more food as you are using energy heating this water.


  • #183
    tashiusclay
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭tashiusclay


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    If you snuggle the bottle under your oxter, you can bring it up another 2 degrees and save monies. This will make you rich, for sure. Then, when you die, everyone will love you, especially your kids, who will be able to afford more coke and hookers. And will light many candles.

    Eh, your kid's getting to spend your money on coke and hookers?? Pfft, feck that, spend it on the coke and ho's yourself, feck the kids!! Careful kettle boiling will lead you to a life filled with cocaine and general debauchery, my friend


  • #184
    StinkySocs
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭StinkySocs


    A new girl moved into my house a few months ago, and I was getting the feeling she was a bit tight but didn't really pass any heed...then one evening she's asks me do I know anyway to get the label back on a dress? I says No, why did you pull it off by mistake? She says No I wore it to a wedding last week and want to return it now.

    So I'm all like...you can't really do that...
    And she's all like oh I always do that!!

    Then goes on to tell me how she bought a shirt and two of the buttons fell off, so she went in to Penny's with a nail scissors - yes a nail scissors - and CUT similar looking buttons off a €5 cardigan.
    I tried to inform her that some people would call that stealing, but she didn't get it...She said, and I quote..."It was only a €5 cardigan from penny's"
    I says to her...if it was only €5 why didn't you buy it....

    Seriously!!!


  • #185
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    "I'm saving up for a rainy day"


    Here's the news, a bus might hit you tomorrow, and it's Ireland, it's always bleedin raining.

    Did you listen to your man on o Connor tonight? You are defiantly on the red platform ;)


  • #186
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    No. Elucidate, please. I'm all big, red, ears. And go with deffo. "Defiantly" is a whole other ball game.
    You're very negative if you were on the green platform you would look at the positive side eg. It's raining today but we'll get over it it will dry up sometime, that's the jist of what he was on about.


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  • #187
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭pablo128


    I'm that stingy that I drive a Toyota to save money, as they're so reliable. And I was secretly thrilled when the missus wanted a small car after she passed her test, as I saved a packet on road tax.

    And then there's the green dies..... let's just leave it at that! :D


  • #188
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    pablo128 wrote: »

    And then there's the green dies.....

    ..farmers wine


  • #189
    somefeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭somefeen


    My electricity is paid for by my boss.

    If I'm having a bad day at work I fill the kettle for one cup


  • #190
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭pablo128


    somefeen wrote: »
    My electricity is paid for by my boss.

    If I'm having a bad day at work I fill the kettle for one cup
    LOL. I refuse to have a sh1t during a break in work, as I get paid an hourly rate to do it during work hours!


  • #191
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    you know it makes sense Rodney.

    It sure does Dave.


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  • #192
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    Don't call me Dave, Shirley.

    I was too stingy to call you your full name as it took more typing.


  • #193
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,964 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    Them pixels won't pay for themselves you know!
    Hi, this is one of the best threads on AH so could you and your friends take your water boiling comedy routine to another thread or better yet Facebook please? Its been going on for 3 pages nd you're the only one that seems to find yourself funny.


  • #194
    RollieFingers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,641 ✭✭✭RollieFingers


    Thargor wrote: »
    Hi, this is one of the best threads on AH so could you and your friends take your water boiling comedy routine to another thread or better yet Facebook please? Its been going on for 3 pages nd you're the only one that seems to find yourself funny.

    Here Here!


  • #195
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    Thargor wrote: »
    Hi, this is one of the best threads on AH so could you and your friends take your water boiling comedy routine to another thread or better yet Facebook please? Its been going on for 3 pages nd you're the only one that seems to find yourself funny.

    Done. Now you can get on and fascinate us with stories of stinginess. You did see the "threads merged" bit? The boring boiling was in the other one.. it got "merged".. no turds were dropped purposely on this pristine lawn.


  • #196
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    I heard a story earlier at work of a fella who was so bad he used recycle the envelopes he got that contained his post, he used to melt the glue holding the envelope together and turn it inside out and sellotape it back together, any stamp that would be only lightly marked by the post office he would heat it off and reuse it too.


  • #197
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    The tesco self service machine wouldn't give back my 2p change the other day so i made the worker open it up with keys and get it for me


  • #198
    rab!dmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭rab!dmonkey


    HarryLime wrote: »
    [...]
    this lady had them also engrave her name and details (with just the year of her passing being left out obviously) on the gravestone. Apparently because it was just more ‘cost effective’ to do it all in one go!
    [...]
    But she's going to have to pay to have her date of death carved on anyway - why should what she did be any cheaper than having both of her dates done 'all in one go'? :confused:


  • #199
    Mrs Garth Brooks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Mrs Garth Brooks


    My sister asked my mother for a gift bag, cause my mother gathers them up.

    My sister was using the gift bag to put the mother's day gift into it, and telling me that she'll get it back tomorrow.

    How stingey is that?

    What's the biggest cheapskate you know?


  • #200
    az2wp0sye65487
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭az2wp0sye65487


    There's already a HUGE 'stingey people' thread around here somewhere....


  • #201
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    The wan who couldn't post in the stinge thread and made her own instead.

    Tight as a ducks hole.


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