Do you hang dry clothes to save money?

When you say you get a "ticket" from the HOA, is it a ticket that you actually have to pay a fine? Or a ticket saying you can't do something?

Usually yes you pay a fine. Usually the first one is a warning then the second one is money the third one is more money, and after that is either a lien on your house or court.
 
I've always tried to save money any way I could. One of the main ways is doing my own repairs around the house and on my vehicles. My wife and I talked about a clothesline years ago but the pollen is so bad these days we decided against it. Coupons when grocery shopping. Waiting for sales on items before buying. The best savings was getting a job at a college for the tuition benefits. Good job with good benefits. Looking for ways to save is something that becomes ingrained in you. Things have eased up over the years but I still stop and think about purchases, big or small. The opportunities to spend on a Jeep seem never ending. Nowadays with the internet and credit cards the temptation to buy whatever you dream of us incredible. Keeping up with the Joneses has fucked up a lot of people.


ya, the pollen for some hangin outside is not an option, plus if you live downwind of a bad chemical plant, or flower farm....or a dirt track..:)
 
You're funny, dude! :thumbsup:

you got to laugh now, cause ther are those right now, sitting around in chairs, with heads tilted down, not knowing where they are at or whats going on. as i visited a nursing home recently..... you never know whats coming around the corner. any chance at a good, non insulting anybody, laugh..is a prized possesion..an..is rarely turned down:)
 
you got to laugh now, cause ther are those right now, sitting around in chairs, with heads tilted down, not knowing where they are at or whats going on. as i visited a nursing home recently..... you never know whats coming around the corner. any chance at a good, non insulting anybody, laugh..is a prized possesion..an..is rarely turned down:)
Well said, my friend. Well said...
 
I really dispise the concept of an HOA. I would never consider living somewhere, where I am governed by a private group and told what i can or cannot do with the property that I bought with my own finances. If you can afford to by the home, you should do as you wish with that property, within the confines of the law - regardless of the opinions of your neighbors.

I may not like the color of the paint of the house next to me, and I may consider the power boat going to waste on the side of the house down the road to be an eyesore, but it is none of anyone else's business and overall does nothing to decrease the value of surrounding properties.

Screw HOAs!!!
 
Absolutely hang clothes to dry. We don't even own a dryer. We hang one load at a time through the colder rainy months in the craft room off the kitchen. We heat and cook strictly with wood (mostly free oak and pine). We have a 5 year old wood cook stove in the kitchen with a glass top and 2.7CF oven. We also have an outdoor kitchen for warmer weather cooking and canning the bounty of the gardens. That outdoor cookstove is a 1956 Sears 6 burner unit with an oven. All LEDs in the house, off grid solar backup, etc. Electric bill runs about $40./month year round.
 
Absolutely hang clothes to dry. We don't even own a dryer. We hang one load at a time through the colder rainy months in the craft room off the kitchen. We heat and cook strictly with wood (mostly free oak and pine). We have a 5 year old wood cook stove in the kitchen with a glass top and 2.7CF oven. We also have an outdoor kitchen for warmer weather cooking and canning the bounty of the gardens. That outdoor cookstove is a 1956 Sears 6 burner unit with an oven. All LEDs in the house, off grid solar backup, etc. Electric bill runs about $40./month year round.
You are my Hero...my monthly electric bill is any where from $500 to $1100 month!...mostly LED in house but pond, 14 fish tanks, hot tub, heat pump pool heater, central AC...........I know self inflicted!
 
You are my Hero...my monthly electric bill is any where from $500 to $1100 month!...mostly LED in house but pond, 14 fish tanks, hot tub, heat pump pool heater, central AC...........I know self inflicted!
Ditto! The Koi pond pump + UV lighting takes over in the warmer months for our 20kW heater in the colder months :/
 
You are my Hero...my monthly electric bill is any where from $500 to $1100 month!...mostly LED in house but pond, 14 fish tanks, hot tub, heat pump pool heater, central AC...........I know self inflicted!

I have a river with 600 feet of walkin frontage for cooling off. Natures AC as well (not even a unit in the house). Every morning year round as the sun crests the ridge we get a rush of cold air off the mountain (live at 2000' elevation). Once that stops with all the windows open, we shut it down and even in 90+ deg weather it stays comfy in the house.

With that many tanks/pond you should be raising tilapia or crayfish to eat.
 
You are my Hero...my monthly electric bill is any where from $500 to $1100 month!...mostly LED in house but pond, 14 fish tanks, hot tub, heat pump pool heater, central AC...........I know self inflicted!

at that much put in some solar and wind:) or pay some college students on electric bikes to produce it...
 
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I am going to start looking into solar, I can buy a system outright for $20,000.....just trying to figure out how much longer I plan to stay here before retiring out of state.
 
I am going to start looking into solar, I can buy a system outright for $20,000.....just trying to figure out how much longer I plan to stay here before retiring out of state.

just do your research hard, cause theres a lot of systems out there, not to buy. I cant see it being nothing but an investment for the future buyers that they would be willing to pay more for. :)
 
the problem with leasing is they are 20 year leases that you are stuck, in 10 years technology will be way better and future buyer will not want to take over lease. Now you are stuck paying it off and paying $8k to have the system removed.
 
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who has cleaned out their coils for their refrigerator lately, to save on their electric bill. just used this electric coil spray cleaner, along with some air, an vaccum....? keep the activity on the calendar.
 
what do you do to save money to spend on jeep parts. I have quit using the dryer an hanging the clothes, an try to hang them in the day time, to not use electric with light. collect the second discharge rinse water in washer to use for filling up washer, in a blue like twenty gallon tub, an also use discharge water sometimes to flush toilet, but dont leave it in there long, an i put a spash beach in, covered, for later. i fill bucket with cold water in shower till it gets hot, to use for toilet. :) what things can you do to help save money to alleivate buying parts an irritating your spouse if you got one, or your family, or parents:)

Bravo sir, your dedication is honorable. I mainly just not buy things for a few weeks. So I guess my tactic is abstinence to let the check book quit smoking.