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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:07 PM Original message |
In these economic times, you have to save wherever you can... Here's one tip |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. good advice! |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. That is a great tip! |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've always done that. Thought everyone did. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. me too.. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Experience is.... |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought you were talking about this |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. I always rinse out plastic ontainers of liquid |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's a good practice and I've been doing it for years |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. same thing with shampoo and conditioner bottles and catsup and any other bottles |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Restaurants have been doing the ketchup bottles forever |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Welcome to the "Last Droppers Club" |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. a pair of pliers usually pulls out that little insert that keeps |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Or make your own. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Making your own laundry detergent? nt |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. How do you make it? n/t |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Here's a site that basically details it: |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here is another tip |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. same thing with the dishwasher, i use about half what is recommended and the |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. heh, shampoo and creme rinse |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yep--half, or even a bit less than half, is plenty for most laundry loads. Otherwise, |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. and i try to hang dry almost everything, all the clothes that are coming out of China |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I guess your motto is use less save more |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. i do have a front loader, i got it about 6 months or so ago and my water bill went down |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. There are good machines |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. I always put water in the bottle when it gets near empty and shake it up |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. I thought everybody did that one! |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. I've been cutting back on the detergent I use. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. I do that with dish washing liquid n/t |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. Always do that! |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Back before Proctor and Gamble, people used Ammonia and vinegar to clean stuff. |
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