Read more Oily Rag articles by Frank and Muriel Newman We live in challenging times. The ...
Savings & Investment
Impulse Shopping
Read more Oily Rag articles by Frank and Muriel Newman We get lots of shopping tips ...
Winter Gardening
Those living off the smell of an oily rag are usually keen gardeners, because fresh is best and it's a great way to save money. So let's head off into the oily rag garden, just to show it's never too cold to go gardening!
Having a Good Haggle
t's great to see retailers are catching on to the oily rag way of doing things by being prepared to haggle over price. The truth is the retail price on big ticket items is always negotiable, but you need to ask.
The Cost of Kids
Kids - we can't do without them but they do cost a lot to keep!
The Oily Rag Mail Bag
Read more Oily Rag articles by Frank and Muriel Newman The mail bag has been bulging ...
Oily Rag – Bargain Buying a Car
From the authors of Living off the Smell of an Oily Rag in NZ
Fun is a Kid’s Garden
A number of readers have remarked that gardening is very much a family activity and how otherwise reluctant youngsters seem to appreciate the taste of greens more if they grow them themselves!
What it Means to be an Oily Ragger
No doubt some reading these weekly columns are wondering what the heck living off the smell of an oily rag is all about?
Frugal Tips
It's been a little while since we shared the best of the money saving tips being sent in by the oily rag community. So we have dug deep into our mail bags are come up with these goodies...