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The Tightwad Gazette was a lifesaver for me.

I would definitely watch your Tightwad Gazette tip videos!

We do use a similar idea but not so pinched. All I do is give the tube a slight oval. It slows the roll slightly and isn't annoying.

Amy Dacyczyn was a legend back in the day of her newsletter, appearances on talk shows, and her The Tightwad Gazette Books! Homemakers all over learned to wash and dry our ziplock bags to resuse them again, how to get the last ketchup or salad dressings from the bottom of the bottle and save our aluminum foil to use again, as well as use coupons from this lady!!! She showed us how shopping at thrift shops could have us wearing clothes and brands that were unaffordable to most of us otherwise! And she did it all with a Great sense of humour! I subscribed to her newsletters and eagetly waited fior its arrival! I have all of her books and as I still read comments on frugal YT channels that many others including myself, still have our books and all these years later still pull them out to read them time and time again! Her Tightwad Gazette books are still commented about as Thrift store or yard sale,"Finds!" Mothers learned how to take the apple their toddlers took one bite out of and Amy taught us how easy it was to turn the rest of that apple into an Apple Crisp! And how to stick diaper pins into a bar of soap and then the pins would glide through the cloth diaper much easier! When disposable diapers came out and in the beginnings the tabs that you fastened the diaper with would be left with in your hand with the slightest tug! Amy told us it was ok to put a piece of tape to repair the torn off tab! As young Wives, Mothers, Grandmothers and Homemakers she had us thinking of ways to not waste, what little we may have had! I think she could have another best selling book if she did it again, for these times we are in now, trying to learn how to stretch our dollars and navigate through what most of our younger generations have no ideas about! Myself, I am now a Retired Senior, but my opinion is that schools, taking the Home Economics School Course that we were required to take for a year in High School back in the 1970's, was a bad decision to stop! My own Mother was divorced, worked full time as a Nurse and even though she taught me many life skills! My Home EE classes, taught me how to use a sewing machine, sew on a button, hem our jeans, choose a piece of material, pin a pattern to it, cut it out, and sew something to wear! cook banana bread, make a recipe, make meal plans, balance a checkbook, make a budget, how to read the utility bills, we learned what interest rates were, and savings accounts and do the laundry, and so much more that I am sure I am forgetting to mention! Good Lessons and Good Memories! Donna in the NE GA mountains

Future Tightwad Gazette tips would be COOL ✔

I have never heard of this but would like for you to do more videos on it. Thanks!

I love how candid you are in these last few videos. It seems like maybe you are feeling more and more at home in your videos. I stopped watching your channel for awhile just due to algorithms not putting your videos on my main page. I’m back!!

Yes! Try a bidet! It dramatically reduces toilet paper use and cleans you better too. Seems weird at first but soon you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.

I'm glad other people out there still read TTG! I just passed my three books (which were the collected newsletters) on to my daughter. I have to admit I still squash the TP because of that tip. As you said, it was meant to help households with kids and pets, and it does work for that. Also, I don''t know if it makes a difference, but for people with hand strength issues, the tip suggested stepping on the TP, if I recall correctly. That makes a quick job of it.

I use to get the Tightwad Gazette newsletter in the 90's and loved it. I also bought her books and still have them. During that time in the 90's I also use to get Mary Hunt's newsletter too and bought several of her books. I was in my early 20's.

My grandma used to do this back in the day. It used to drive me nuts!!! I feel ya!

I was a subscriber to Amy Dacyczyn's Tightwad Gazette newsletter in the early 1990s, and later bought all three books (used!)). I was in my 30s and working, pre-children, and had been raised in a frugal home but had strayed! The Tightwad books changed my life, and that is no exaggeration. The newsletter/books were informative and fun. I began going to garage sales, cut my expenses, lived on half of my pay and saved the other half, etc. When I married later in the 1990s, we had a budget wedding and did not go into debt except for a home mortgage. When I had my two kids, I saved big money by buying them pre-owned clothes and toys, in excellent condition, so I could be a stay-at-home mom during their early years. My frugal habits and continual saving I learned from Amy enabled me to pay off our home mortgage when our first child was a high school sophomore. I cannot count the many ways frugal practices like Amy's have benefitted my life. I clicked on your video because of the Tightwad reference!

I use a bidet, it does save on toilet paper and is more hygienic!

Keep a plastic cup near your bathroom sink. Fill it with warm water before you pee (or while you pee). Rinse yourself when you're finished. (Just pour the water towards your lady parts. It goes into the toilet.) Pat dry with an old washcloth. You can reuse the drying cloth multiple time before throwing it in the laundry. Saves a ton of TP.

Loved The Tightwad Gazette! I was an original subscriber and received the newsletters in the 90's. She made so much sense and made frugality more of a household word. I loved many of her tips but must admit that I never resorted to the tp hack.

One of my children growing up was a big tp waster! I think for those who like using a lot, this might slow them down, but they will still use that large amount that they like. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Love you r humor

PS off topic I discovered you from your Morning Glory video. Picked up a couple of 25¢ packs at the dollar general by our house, planted them in my Wife's Butterfly garden, and they bloomed for the first time this morning. She was very excited and happy. TY for posting that video.

I used to count the minimum number of sheets that I needed. Another method is to use an old squirt bottle and small towel, which I must say is good for hygiene. and if you like this method, there are squirt bottles made for this purpose that you use after childbirth and the bottle size is comfortable to use.

My grandmother would cut the newspaper into 6x6” squares and stack those neatly to be used in the washroom as toilet paper. I remember how frustrating it was trying to read something, only for the text to be cut off….😂

Before placing the TP on the holder, I flatten it, then turn it halfway and flatten again. The core is then a square shape. It turns a lot easier than flattened, but still has a "stopping point" for kids, animals, or if you have a TP holder that's at a bit of a slant, and like to keep unrolling :D

We count the squares at my house. Preset # of squares for a #1 and #2 of course we use extra if necessary 😁

Have a small bucket in your hand basin each time you wash your hands collect the water use that water when you have a quick wee to flush the toilet

I love your wholesome sense of humour ❤️ I always get a kick out of your videos!

Yes, 1000 is cheaper but you use MORE than quilted. Just my experience 😊

This is to funny! I use what doesn’t stick to me and leave tp on my private areas. I like Cottonelle and Charmin. I keep my costs low by sales/rebates/coupons and by knowing my body. I use 4 blocks for urine and 5-6 blocks for poo. That was another of her TP tips to not just wrap it around your hand to the depth of a fluffy quilt, think about how much you really need to do the job. I love the TightWad Gazette. Every monthly newsletter issue had at least one tip that saved me money. Though there were specifics, she emphasized concepts mostly. I looked forward to it every month. I actually had one of my tips accepted for the newsletter and signed a release for my tip to be used in Book 2. So, I suppose you could say I’m published, lol, okay lmao.

My Aunt Geneva used to say back in the 70’s, “more than two sheets was a waste”. I have tried and just get grossed out by only two. I’m sure she didn’t mean with a BM, either…surely. We have a bidet but paper is still required… not as much though.

This is a great idea!! LOL LOL....I always count the number of sheets b/c IF I don't I unroll a big wad and it's wasted. The brands I choose allow me to use just 5 sheets..they are all 2 ply..and not as expensive as Charmin. What I cannot figure out is HOW, back in the day, my family of 4, 2 parents, 2 kids, got buy on one 4 roll package of tp a week...that'd last about 4 days now AT BEST and my husband is gone all day at work..I'm the only way home all day b/c the kids are adults. Maybe the rolls had more sheets on them,,, idk.

Been needing to see this video. This house is quite thirsty with the TP, so thanks.

I remember long ago on Donahue that the guy on the show separate the two ply to one ply and re roll the paper on the roll.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

I only do this tip because I have cats that LOVE to play with the tp roll if they get in the bathroom 😂We keep the door closed, but I need it open for cleaning and they always have to join me. Anyways, I have a tip that takes time but does work. Buy a decent two-ply pack of tp. Save the cardboard rolls from a few of them and spend a few minutes separating the layers and rerolling them around the tubes. Two for the price of one! Now, this is the most tedious thing ever. And you will absolutely wonder if it's worth it, especially if everyone knows what you are doing, lol. But if you are really needing to stretch your pennies, or the stores are out of tp and you know you are running low, this will totally work!

Super funny! I remember the tightwad gazette. It had some good stuff. Def would like to see your trials of those tips.

I agree with you. Some businesses used to do this. It would make me so mad. I would use twice as much. Ugh

I know someone that puts their toilet paper on backwards to slow it down. That's frustrating to me. I want a portable bidet but so far can't find any in a store.

I can only imagine my husbands reaction if I started doing this with our toilet paper. 😅 I can see how it would work but I agree with you, that would get on my nerves!

There used to be an Ad Campaign by Charmin where a grocery clerk would tell everyone 'Please don't squeeze the Charmin' you know implying that it was just so soft no one could resist. What they really didn't want to happen is it would get squeezed and get out of round, thus, like you discovered it would last longer. I read a whole thing on this in college. Amazing.

I agree with you. The single ply 1000 sheets per roll stuff is the way to go. You can order a case of like 96 rolls from Amazon for around 50.00.

This is a funny topic! But I do remember my Mom used to read the Tightwad magazine as friends from church would give her the magazine after they read it. She never got the toilet paper tip! But she would rant to my siblings and I about wasting so much paper and how much she had to buy since we were a big family.

That tip just may work for a few people. And, yes, I would like to hear some more of those tight-wad tips. Interesting🤔

Nice talk about t paper

I tried that tip only once too. Frustrating. A better tip for those who live with family who overuse tp is to put out tp rolls that are half finished. When it appears there is only half a roll left, people will consciously conserve. And if a little kid or a pet gets a hold of it, it's only half a roll. This works with shampoo, dish detergent, soap too.

This was a funny video. I’ve never heard of the TightWad Gazette. Please do share tips from there. One thing we do is we have 2 rolls of toilet paper: 1 of those 1000 sheet rolls for #1 and another higher quality, soft one for #2. I think overall, this works for us as this feels like it’s less wasteful. We don’t have kids so that’s not an issue. I even geeked out and have an Excel spreadsheet on the cost/sq. feet & cost/sheet so I know which brands are the best deals in each category.

I have wondered about the TWG tip about baked potatoes. Amy said putting a metal skewer through the potatoes made them bake faster, saving $$ on gas or electricity. Have you tried that? Does it work? As for tp...I am a big user.

I bought the complete tightwad gazette after checking it out from the library, of course! It's my favorite comfort read! This toilet paper hack might help s, as we have 8 people, 6b of them kids, in our house. But please don't distress yourself, QH!🥰😍❤️

Use infant washcloths for #1, save the toilet paper for #2. Likewise, use cloth napkins or handkerchiefs for wiping mouths and noses-save the paper towels and paper napkins for pet messes and emergencies in which you may not be able to launder the cloths.

I don't buy the quilted because visiting kids will likely clog the toilet

That hack would definitely would annoy me. I count squares but then again I don't have small kids or cats. I read and enjoyed the Tightwad Gazette back in the day. It seemed to disappear about the time the authors children were becoming teenagers.

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Or use family CLOTHS ✔ For ladies ONLY. Front ONLY. Over 10 years, it could save $1,000. 💰💰

This video just gave me the giggles... needed it. 😆

Nope !!! I am super cheap but I'm with you im not ready for this !!!! I would be soooo annoyed !!!!

Sometimes I do that - when I remember... 😀

I cant stand the thicker stuff especially charmin and i call Cottenelle which i call Clogenelle lol

Here's what I don't get about the bidet: doesn't it leave your bottom wet? If so, it still has to be dried...OR, does it have a dryer too???

Hmmm interesting way of saving TP. Well maybe. Our cat doesn’t play with toilet paper just climbs our screens. I would be happy to hear some tips.

not for meeeeee :-D this challenge haha nooooo oml quilted stuff more comfy hahahaha nooooooo.....

In my house, you're rationed to 4 squares per job. And don't buy the cheapest toilet rolls, the quality is not good in the UK. Also, I don't think we can get single ply, I've not seen or heard of it. And quilted bungs your toilet up.

@4:44 #tiggie

Oy I’m getting old when I hear the words “Tightwad Gazette”.... 😓

I have to be careful with toilet paper. I have a tp allergy. It’s not fun.

I MISS the TWG !!!

Your husband thinks you use sooo much because men dont' have to use it every single time they go to the bathroom! We use quilted. I actually count squares *Shrug* I used to not, but since there was a shortage in the pandemic, it's just a habit.... and I want a bidet!

Nut house understatement my 26 twins at home ignore yell disrespect me gang up on me and don't appreciate me they stress me out this they suffer from heart arythmia and fnd it's no excuse for such treatment of their mom God bless them

Bidet's are really only effective for #1. You still need something for #2 - but you would use a lot less tp with a bidet. They are easy to install, too. Had to laugh! You found the subject so cringey!

No thank you.

Not dainty, not feminine? I'm very much both and honestly still have an actual bum.

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