Tag: Oily Rag

Penny pinchers all over the country are deciding to dine in rather than out, and coming up with creative ways to take the cost out of mixing fun and food.

Living cheap… it's a family thing.

Every Sunday thousands (millions!) of people living off the smell of an oily rag diligently and religiously engage in the Great Sunday Bake Break.

By Frank and Muriel Newman - We have had a tremendous response to the article about growers markets so we thought readers might be interested in a couple of the stories.

While oily raggers may be frugal with their money, there is nothing frugal about their generosity in sharing their money saving-tips with others.

Potatoes are thought to date back about 2500 years and been a staple for many civilisations. The good thing about spuds is that they cost next to nothing to grow and are cheap to buy.

We receive lots of letters from readers sharing their low cost cleaning formulas and concoctions but we have come across an excellent summary produced by Bin Inn,

The personnel at the Oily Rag Research Department donned white coats and, with clip board in hand, ventured forth on a quest to find the cheapest way of buying beer.

You have sent in so many interesting penny-pinching tips lately that we thought we would share as many as space allows.

Oily raggers are a creative bunch. There is no limit to their imagination when it comes to putting other people's junk to good use.