Frugal Friday
May. 17th, 2024 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ecosophia
Welcome back to Frugal Friday! This is a weekly forum post to encourage people to share tips on saving money, especially but not only by doing stuff yourself. A new post will be going up every Friday, and will remain active until the next one goes up. Contributions will be moderated, of course, and I have some simple rules to offer, which have changed as we've proceeded. (As things have settled down to a nice steady conversational pace, for example, I've deleted the rules about only one tip per person per week and about limiting the length of comments; I was worried early on about people flooding the forum with too much too fast, but I think we're past that risk.)Rule #1: this is a place for polite, friendly conversations about how to save money in difficult times. It's not a place to post news, views, rants, or emotional outbursts about the reasons why the times are difficult and saving money is necessary. Nor is it a place to use a money saving tip to smuggle in news, views, etc. I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.
Rule #2: this is not a place for you to sell goods or services, period. Here again, I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.
Rule #3: please give your tip a heading that explains briefly what it's about. Homemade Chicken Soup, Garden Containers, Cheap Attic Insulation, and Vinegar Cleans Windows are good examples of headings. That way people can find the things that are relevant for them. If you don't put a heading on your tip it will be deleted.
Rule #4: don't post anything that would amount to advocating criminal activity. Any such suggestions will not be put through.
With that said, have at it!
Repair Cafes
Date: 2024-05-18 12:31 pm (UTC)They are great for community and attempting to prolong the life of all sorts of items. Today that included a 58 year old electric shaver, sharpening of numerous garden cutters and textiles/clothes repairs. The beauty of these events is the chance for the person bringing the item to learn something about the repair process.
And there's always good cake too. Lemon drizzle today was my favourite:)
More idea on what they are here, but these guys represent only the tip of the iceberg as many repair cafes run independently, including my local ones: https://www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/
Ifixit have been very generous in supplying us specialised tools and are a great resource for repair guidance and manuals, particularly for electricals: https://www.ifixit.com/