I know this is an old thread, but what a good idea!

A communal place where you can take your unwanted usable items so other people can help themselves. Why haven't we got one in my street?

Ilona

I want to know the cunning plan !!!!!!!

Ilona

Down to my last few bits now, a few tins, and a bit left in the freezer. I have to go shopping by Sunday, because I have a £6 voucher off a £30 spend, sent to me by T***o, because they are doing a store refit and everything is a bit of a jumble at the moment. I might take it up to £50, get the BO...

Richard, please, please, please, don't go anywhere, we all love you. I understand what you are saying though, life doesn't stand still, and you have to live each day as if there were no tomorrow. Go with your gut instincts. Live with an attitude of grattitude. You can 'let out' to me anytime. Ilona

I would be limited as to what I could do if I didn't have a car. I have a Focus estate diesel, and use it like a van, back seats always down, to carry stuff about, (free wood from work). I ran a business for 4 years taking stock to events, setting up a stand and selling it. My mileage was pretty hig...

Oh dear Melons, I have been following your story, that is so sad. You did everything you could for her, I don't know what else to say, got to get a tissue.
My very best wishes to you.
Ilona

Hi Littlefeat. Thank goodness you found a home for the cockerals, may I add my little bit to this. Part of the 'Letter to Mum', I recently wrote for the Guardian, that didn't get printed. Mum, the ingenious way you invented the meals we ate, was also a good lesson to learn. I sat with you for ages i...

Obviously a wind up, I'm off to work,
Ilona

Don't be silly

I have done quite well for free stuff this week. Derek brought me a big box of nails he didn't want. I found a 2p coin on the ground. I got 25 long lengths of timber from work. I filled 6 plastic boxes of soil from the molehills. I have had 2 free showers on motorway service areas. The man in the ca...

I have got some oat bran out of date April 07, I will make porridge with it and use it to thicken stews. Sunflower seeds out of date Sept 07, and soup and broth mix out of date Oct 07. These will be fine to eat. But, I thought if I don't do this now these items will never get used, and I never throw...

Went back to get the book today, I asked if I can pay £1.50 for it, the older assistant said 'no, we have to charge the price inside the cover' . I might have another try during the week, when there is a different person on duty. The book is in very good condition, I flicked through it, but to be h...

Hi Rachell I also have soya milk. I have one called 'So Good', the original it's lovely, difficult to describe the taste. The reduced fat one is not so nice. I have it on my Bran Flakes every morning, it's about £1.19, but sometimes on special offer. It's in the chiller cabinet, not the aisle with ...

Well, you could knock me down with a feather! I know Linda Turvey, she was a lorry driver a few years ago and a member of the Lady Truckers Club. She won a free HGV driving course in a competition in 1989. The last time I saw her was at a truckshow, she had bought her own lorry (unit and box trailer...

You know when you go food shopping every week and you put the new stuff away, and the old stuff gets pushed to the back of the cupboard or the freezer? I have set myself a challenge, not to buy any more food untill I have eaten what I already have. I am going to do my own version of Ready Steady Coo...