oldwheels
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I live alone but use a freezer for surplus cooked on uncooked depending on product. I mostly cook enough for a few meals and freeze the surplus. Saves on electricity as well.
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I live alone but use a freezer for surplus cooked on uncooked depending on product. I mostly cook enough for a few meals and freeze the surplus. Saves on electricity as well.
Isn't urine acidic? In which case it would deter limescale build up.
fossyant
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MontyVeda
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Not flushing the yellow stuff doesn't mean we don't regularly clean the bowl too. We just save X amount of cisterns full of water each and every day. Imagine the impact of reservoir levels if every household 'skipped' around ten unnecessary flushes each day 
And I'm not even on a meter!
And I'm not even on a meter!
gbb
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Going too far down the frugal route can be a dangerous thing perhaps, a little addictive.
Its good to be frugal, but its also good to treat yourself once in a while.
Its good to be frugal, but its also good to treat yourself once in a while.
gbb
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Limescale doesn't really build up on porcelain though does it? Taps, metal yes but not sure ive seen it on porcelain.
What concentrated urine does is slowly clog pipes with uric crystals. Tbf, I've seen entire pipes clogged with it but they tend to be on works toilets, not likely at home.
Nevertheless, personally I wouldn't leave pee in the toilet. It seems to get concentrated, stale, then when you pee, droplets of that more concentrated pee end up on your carpets as you flush the toilet. Watch in the sunlight as you flush, you'll always see droplets flying around.
gbb
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I had to think for a moment, carpet in the bathroom
. Even if you didn't , those droplets end up on the walls, floor. It surprises you once in a while, flushing the toilet in shorts, how often you will feel those droplets and splashbacks.Agree. Go to any restaurant or cafe and the healthy stuff is so much more expensive for the ingredients used. They do it as zealous health conscious people are prepared to pay more which typically means the wealthier end of town.
The better approach is buy fresh vegetables and use less meat to cook it yourself. For base and to be filling, you would need stuff couscous, lentils and tofu. Rice and pasta is also good as a base. The big challenge is trying our news recipes as the stuff that brings these combinations together. There are lazy days when I do pasta and tuna and its great. Turning fresh veg to a sumptuous meal tends to be hard work for me.
until I learnt to stir fry with oyster sauce accompanied with rice.
Here is one - broccoli and beef strip combo with oyster sauce with rice. Cheap as hell. 5 min prep, 10 stir fry max.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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ours does but mini ck 1 is a devil for missing the bowl and leaving a puddle to dry , then blaming the toilet as it "leaks " just for them .I have to bleach the floor a couple of times a week
neil_merseyside
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Those with dangly bits should just sit down.
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Where's the annual 'is your heating on' thread? - can't find it.
We've had 4 days worth of CH late pm and on since 10am this morning.
Plus coal (substitute)/logs in the evening when the CH is switched off.
Fell to 16.5C in our house this morning.
We've had 4 days worth of CH late pm and on since 10am this morning.
Plus coal (substitute)/logs in the evening when the CH is switched off.
Fell to 16.5C in our house this morning.
Reynard
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Splitting packs out and freezing, along with batch cooking is your friend. As is avoiding stuff with a short shelf life like bagged salads, pre-chopped fruit & veg. And anything that looks tired gets consigned to soups, curries and fruit puddings.
It's just mum and me here, so very conscious about food waste. Though I'll agree that shopping for one is much more of a challenge, as typically, the bigger the pack, the better the value.
One particular example... Tesco sells sliced corned beef in their chilled deli selection. A pack with four slices costs £2, while a pack with ten slices costs £3.10. Incidentally, the corned beef at £3.10 is much of a muchness pricewise as the canned corned beef.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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given the gender dysphoria , autism and kidney failure mini ck1 gets a bit of leeway
Kingfisher101
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How are things with your son now, I hope things are a bit better than before. Could you ask him to wipe up any misses with loo roll/spray or a mop and bucket etc, whatever you do in your house?
