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domeWelcome 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 may change further as we proceed.

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.

Rule #5: don't post LLM ("AI") generated content, and don't bring up the subject unless you're running a homemade LLM program on your own homebuilt, steam-powered server farm. 

With that said, have at it!   

Re: Cash or credit?

Date: 2025-08-11 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Might be a bit of fun to pull out some greenbacks at the register and point out that
"This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private"
is printed right on the front.

(Yes, I know it's apparently only applicable to government debt, but we curmudgeons have to amuse ourselves somehow.)

*Ochre Harebrained Curmudgeon*

Re: Cash or credit?

Date: 2025-08-13 05:05 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I'm in Canada. Should probably have mentioned that. I think things have gone further towards cashlessness here than they have in the USA.

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