What do you do that nobody else does?

[Mikey]

I know a song that will get on yer nerves, get on yer nerves, get on yer nerves....

[veggiechicken]

That reminds me of CardiffSteve - come back soon - just so you can sing us the Frosty song

[bearded bloke]

Where is my buddy Steve hiding these days VC ??

[veggiechicken]

In Cardiff, somewhere
Its a big place and its all too easy to go missing

[bearded bloke]

He will return when he feels the time is right I reckon

[veggiechicken]

I hope so, I miss him

[Two_Sheds]

The things I do that nobody else has mentioned:

- I clean everything (all surfaces) with white distilled vinegar. No V1m, no Fla5h, no multi-surface cleaner
- I use one of His socks to wipe the black mould out of the seal on the wash machine
- sometimes I boil an egg in the kettle
- I put the dishwashing sponge in the dishwasher (at 55c to kill the bugs), rather than buy a new one
- I bleach our toothbrushes every few months (in M1lton, which I use to sterilise the homebrew kit), rather than buy new ones
- I put all meat, bones, fish, skin, fat etc on the compost heap or into the dog, not in the bins
- but if there's a lot of smelly rubbish I'll put it in the street bin by the bus stop, rather than in our wheely bin, because I only put out our wheelies every other month
- I have 3 pillow cases on each pillow, and 2 duvet covers on the duvets. When the top one is dirty it goes in the wash and there's already a 'clean' one underneath
- our 'prewash setting' is the dog
- I have been known to use the parrot as a nutcracker: she's better at it than the metal thingy which always nips my fingers
- I use guinea pigs to mow the lawn
- and I keep goldfish in the water butts to keep the water clear, and mozzie & algae free

I vacuum the cold ash out of the hearth, because it's easier!

I hoovered out the chiminea once, and it blew up the hoover

I think pretty much everyone's first ...had a massive white bottom

... some of us still have one

What i do that maybe nobody else does, is scrub a few kitchen floor tiles after I've done the washing up.

I do that!
When there's still clean hot soapy water in the sink, I chuck the dishcloth on the floor, stand on it, and push it round the tiles with my foot. Then it goes straight in the wash machine. Like you, I only was a few tiles at a time

Further more, the water wasted [washing out tins] wastes more resources than the amount ...recycled.

I wash all the recycling out: it's easier than washing out a stinky wheely bin. Just pop them in the sink after doing the dishes

the dishwasher ... you can't stick a baked on lasagne smeared dish into any dishwasher and expect to come up all gleaming

Ah, baked on crud. Leave it to soak in a bit of bio washing powder/liquid (do not use it on non-stick surfaces)

[Bigmallly]

You forgot sommat TS..........you come on the vine @ 4:30am to write a list of things you do that others don't.............That has got to be unique......

[Dorothy rouse]

I'm afraid it's back to the old 'vacuuming' comments, I'd forgotton, I 'vacuum' the decking on first floor balcony, and the solid tiles balcony on top floor , (this gets up the pigeon poop n mess).

[mothhawk]

- our 'prewash setting' is the dog....

Another reason I can't wait to reach retirement age so I can have a dog again (won't have one while I'm out at work 9 hours a day). Just wish "they" wouldn't keep moving the goalposts every time I get close to retirement - from 60 to 62 to 65 and now 66!

[Bigmallly]

That's why I'm getting out now MH. I may have someone else's legs by the time I'm 66............

[veggiechicken]

There's nowt wrong with being 66 - and you're not having my legs - you'd look stoopid

[KittyColdNose]

I make toothpaste for the dogs because the stuff you buy makes them runny...

[Feral007]

I also do this once a month:

[ATTACH]40652[/ATTACH]

Then disinfect and put back together again.

The mouse too!


Sent from my iPhone using Grow Your Own Forum mobile app

The only reason I'd do that is to put the letters in the wrong place and confuse someone! (and skip the disinfectant!)

[julesapple]

Realised this morning, I tuck the belt ends of my dressing gown into the pockets when I take it off to make finding them easier when I put it back on.

I probably caught it from the BH - we do that on his dressing gown because he can't twist about to get hold of the belt.