With rising Gas/Food prices, how are you saving??

1. I have cut my cell phone bill to the lowest plan.

2. I have reduced my Netflix payment.

3. I have reduced my cable bill.

4. I eat out MUCH less than I used to.


How about you guys? Any ideas to further save some dough?


Edited by Drew - July 02 2008 at 03:39

i ate my car

No unneccessary lighting, no gadgets on standby, only neccessary car journeys, no new PC or console games, no eating out, cheap shopping whilst sticking to my list without impulse buying, and worst of all: REDUCED MUSIC CD PURCHASES.

I don't pay the bills in my household, since I live with my parents.

But things I do anyway, include urinating in the back garden to save water instead of having to flush the toilet, things like just making sure I turn things off at the powerpoint, walking/cycling to places whenever I can possibly do so (which isn't much nowdays, as I'm not so social anymore, but still walk to the library to read perhaps once or twice a week), playing my electric guitar unplugged occasionally, not having anymore than 10 minute long showers.

When I'm home alone, on the computer, I make sure the only electrical things that are on are the computer, the ceiling light in the computer room and just make sure everything else in the house is switched off. When buying groceries, it's good to buy nationally made and owned food and various since it usually taste about the same as the bigger brand stuff, and it's cheaper anyway.

Sacred 22 wrote: Blacksword wrote: <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333399 size=2>Energy saving light bulbs throughout the house. No uneccessary journeys in the car, and I've stopped running my PC, my stereo and my TV simultaneously. It was a bad habit of mine to be playing music, while chatting on PA, while watching TV with the sound off. Who says men cant multitask.. ?   <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333399 size=2>Those so called 'energy saving' bulbs are BS. They don't last as long as they say they do, they cost more and they contain mercury which is a health hazard. Another in the long list of scams that we humans must endure. Remember to watch your carbon footprint folks , another scam as well.   <SPAN =orangeDarkLarge><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333399 size=2>"Oh, foolish man, what can you not be made to believe?"</SPAN>

The mercury story was a bit of a concern, but I have found that they do pay for themselves. I have two ES bulbs in my house, which I put in in November 99, and they're still going. Since installing them throughout the house, my Dircet Debit payments have been adjusted slightly in my favour and may be adjusted further, once my meter is read again.

I wouldn't be too sure and GW theory being a scam. I'm prepared to believe that it may be exagerated in some quaters, but why would the vast majority of scientists sign up to it, without considering other theories, or whether indeed, GW is happening at all?

Whe we moved into our current house in 1991, there was an energy saving bulb in the one of the rooms - it's still there & still fine; apart from three switched by dimmers, all the other bulbs in our house are ES (I believe you can get dimmer suitable ES bulbs now as well ).

I unplug everything from the mains when not in use now, rather than leaving all on standby (I've noticed a distinct drop in the monthly bills, too), make a point never to waste/throw away food & just generally act like a skinflint

This thread tackles similar issues, but from a different standpoint as:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=48862

Nice to see these issues getting a good airing

HughesJB4 wrote: I don't pay the bills & I wee in the garden

You sound like some neighbours we used to have

Edited by Jim Garten - July 02 2008 at 07:42

No dating

I stopped eating and switched over to photosynthesis. 

HughesJB4 wrote: I don't pay the bills in my household, since I live with my parents. But things I do anyway, include urinating in the back garden to save water instead of having to flush the toilet, things like just making sure I turn things off at the powerpoint, walking/cycling to places whenever I can possibly do so (which isn't much nowdays, as I'm not so social anymore, but still walk to the library to read perhaps once or twice a week), playing my electric guitar unplugged occasionally, not having anymore than 10 minute long showers. When I'm home alone, on the computer, I make sure the only electrical things that are on are the computer, the ceiling light in the computer room and just make sure everything else in the house is switched off. When buying groceries, it's good to buy nationally made and owned food and various since it usually taste about the same as the bigger brand stuff, and it's cheaper anyway.

This may be one of the funniest things I have ever read

jimmy_row wrote: No dating