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Never Throw Out A Banana Again: And 364 Other Ways to Save Money at Home Without Knocking Yourself Out
 
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Never Throw Out A Banana Again: And 364 Other Ways to Save Money at Home Without Knocking Yourself Out [Paperback]

Darcie Sanders (Author)
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March 28, 1995
A realistic alternative: 365 easy ways to save money for real people who are too busy to go out of their way to do it.

Sure, you could save piles of money if you were willing to empty and reuse vacuum cleaner bags, grind your own flour, or scrounge through the neighbor's garbage. Such things have been suggested elsewhere. But Darcie Sanders and Martha Bullen know that money-saying suggestions are only as good as the likelihood of someone actually using them, and that's why they devised a year's worth of ways to economize without changing your way of life?

Make your own beauty potions, discover tofu, deal firmly with car dealers, change your car's oil yourself (it's easy!), plant perennials and self-sowing annuals, insulate with ivy, install an attic fan, know when to shop, say good-bye to annual fees on credit cards, and use hair conditioner made for horses (what the hay, it's cheap and it works great).

After all, it's not what you make that counts, it's what you keep...and Darcie Sanders and Martha Bullen give you 365 ways to keep more of it than you ever thought possible.

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From Library Journal

Books offering money-saving ideas are a perennial favorite, and this collection offers a very sensible selection. Sanders and Bullen (Staying Home: From Full-Time Professional to Full-Time Parent, Little, Brown, 1992) keep their suggestions realistic, eschewing time-consuming gimmicks. They offer quick and easy ways to shave a few dollars here and there around the house, in the garden, and while shopping, managing your money, and maintaining your car. For instance, they recommend using simple kitchen preparations instead of buying expensive cleansers and being selective about bulk buying-it's only a bargain if you use it. And mash and freeze that overripe banana for baby food or banana bread. For popular collections.
Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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This slim volume is a list that lives up to its title. Most of the suggestions are simple and cover things like appliance repair, recycling, and using an inflatable wading pool as a portable baby crib. Although some can't always be instantly implemented (e.g., "276--Live in a district with a good school"), most seem doable, nearly all, sensible (e.g., "21--Bake in batches"). Some are nothing short of inspirational: for instance, "365--A truly creative use for dryer lint" (it turns out the fuzzy residue of dry laundry makes an extremely powerful craft paste "for super-strong papier ma{ƒ}che{‚}"). This suggestion constitutes the creation of a useful substance from a waste product--that is, it's modern-day alchemy. A truly useful little book. Mike Tribby

Product Details

  • Paperback: 168 pages
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (March 28, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0517882337
  • ISBN-13: 978-0517882337
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,515,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars neat book, June 7, 2009
This review is from: Never Throw Out A Banana Again: And 364 Other Ways to Save Money at Home Without Knocking Yourself Out (Paperback)
this is a neat book. i checked it out at the library once, thought it had some interesting stuff so i purchased it on amazon. I want to read it again because there are many new ideas i want to try out.
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