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  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,374
    RKCNDY said:

    you get the mini tubes at the dentist? I only get a container of floss...I have to ask for a toothbrush-that I use to clean around the house because I use an electric brush.

    Yeah, we get floss, tooth paste of our choice and a brush :) We use the brushes for travelling, we also have electric ones.
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    love those battery powered toothbrushes

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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    When it's given you it's last shot and recoils to look like this it's time for a nice new solid one.
    image

    I'm pretty sure there's a dick joke somewhere in there.

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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    hedonist said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    When it's given you it's last shot and recoils to look like this it's time for a nice new solid one.
    image

    I'm pretty sure there's a dick joke somewhere in there.

    :who_me: I would never post cryptically.
  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    Ident? Leeze?

    Are both of you BIG in to the coupons?
    My wife is. She's not completely insane when it comes to the coupons, but she is getting there...Hahaha

    Naw I don't really get down with coupons. I do love an online coupon code though. But like for the grocery store? Not really. I remember when I was small my mom had a wallet for coupons. It's not like I refuse to use them, but I don't buy newspapers so I only get the ones that spit out with the receipt, which I will use if I am gonna buy the item anyway.

    Speaking of receipt coupons, how much does everyone hate CVS for those mile long recipes?
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    edited December 2015
    ldent42 said:

    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    Ident? Leeze?

    Are both of you BIG in to the coupons?
    My wife is. She's not completely insane when it comes to the coupons, but she is getting there...Hahaha

    Naw I don't really get down with coupons. I do love an online coupon code though. But like for the grocery store? Not really. I remember when I was small my mom had a wallet for coupons. It's not like I refuse to use them, but I don't buy newspapers so I only get the ones that spit out with the receipt, which I will use if I am gonna buy the item anyway.

    Speaking of receipt coupons, how much does everyone hate CVS for those mile long recipes?
    we have not been infiltrated with CVS...yet.

    they are proposing to tear down a farmer's market and antique furniture store to build one...when there are already 5 other pharmacies within a half mile radius of the proposed site.
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  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,374
    CVS is still better than Walgreens in my book.
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Leezestarr313 said:

    CVS is still better than Walgreens in my book.

    +1

    But those looooong receipts are kinda ridiculous.
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  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    I don't have a walgreens. I dunno how far half a mile is. But there's a pharmacy on practically every block in my hood. It's insane.
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    It takes me 5 minutes to walk a half a mile. There are no walgreens included in the 5 pharmacies (the walgrens is a mile away)...I just think it's ridiculous to put 2 local small stores out of business due to corporate greed.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,158
    Leezestarr313 said:

    I also have never cut a toothpaste open to get the last bit out. We actually always keep the mini packages we get from the dentist for hard times :lol:

    Lol, I do that too. My emergency toothpaste stash. :lol:
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,678
    we just received a christmas present shipped "media mail." not one damn thing in the box qualified as "media" but I say way to go.

    those post office receipts are super long, as well.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,887
    It never fucking ends.
    I swear to GOD it never fucking ends.

    Some people are just so fucking CHEAP, and PATHETIC at the same time.

    Grow up and act like a fucking adult.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    OK, Speedy--details, please. :lol:
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  • northerndragonnortherndragon Posts: 9,851
    See I keep thinking this thread is here to question whether Rob's yogurt "shelf life" is just cheap or whether he is being frugal.
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    edited May 2016
    nice job, slick
    go get em tiger

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    Post edited by chadwick on
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    edited May 2016
    Ok. I'm frugal...not cheap. Total couponer! I have to work at it and when I don't I notice my grocery bills are way higher. Example today I picked up my summer stash of sun lotion. Total retail was 58.95 but I paid 17.50. Not bad I don't think. 40 plus bucks for something else.
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    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
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