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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    ⚠️ Again, I am not a plumber and I don't have your model of toilet. But there are few things I think I can answer. That sounded promising. I agree. Depends on where that cap is stuck and how it's stuck. I have shop vacs as small as 1 gallon. It is pretty strong. It would not hurt to try...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I'm not a plumber, but I have had to unclog my fair share of toilets. I'm not familiar with your toilet model, but I went online to look up your problem with the cap. :caf FWIW, here is what I found. Hope it might help... ************************** An eco toilet with a Tornado Flush uses...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Yep. I have a media center server running DrivePool which consolidates a number of drives into one logical drive that I can access over my home network. I will be using the docking station to make backup copies of some of those media files that I can store in my closet. On my old computers...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :yesss: I was at our local charity Thrift Shop yesterday and found a computer hard drive docking station. I did not know the value of the device, or even if it worked. But usually, people don't donate stuff to the Thrift Shop unless it actually works. It had a sticker price of $1.50 on it. So, I...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I think being outside in my chicken run compost system and digging in the compost litter all day makes a difference. They seem to be finding stuff to eat all day. I can't see what they are eating, but it's obvious they are finding stuff. Certainly, that must be part of the reason why my feed...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    That makes sense. Years ago, I looked into mixing my own chicken feed to see if that would save me any money. Unless you can buy in bulk and/or have a number of sources for inexpensive grains, I calculated that I could not save any money mixing my own chicken feed. Also, with only 10 chickens...
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    Short answer: I would burn them. I don't have any subscription magazines anymore. Times have changed on recycling awareness for them as well. Many of them are now made with compostable paper and inks. The few monthly magazines I do get in the mail from our local power company and telephone...
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    :idunno Well, paper bags don't last forever. If you can reuse a paper bag for something that has value for you, then go for it. When the bag finally rips or is no longer useful, then I would shred it for coop litter as my next best use. As to the recycle bins, I just don't think much, if any...
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    :love It's all good. Shredding paper bags or reusing them until they rip, and then shredding them, is all part of the discussion.
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    I don't know of any store locally that use paper bags anymore. It's all plastic or bring your own. Having said that, I used to shred our paper bags from the grocery store. Given the option, I would always choose paper over plastic bags because part of me does not want to encourage single use...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I live out in the country, on lake property. We don't have to worry about gas restricted lawn tools. However, we have an unwritten neighborly agreement that nobody mows the lawn (with a gas mower) before 10 am. Well, just about any gas operated machine that early in the morning makes too much...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    :idunno I can understand that. However, I used to buy a new push mower about every 2-3 years because the carb would gunk up and the repair shop cost was more expensive that the mower was worth. I switched over to a battery push mower about 15 years ago and it works like new today. I have saved...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    :old Yep, that happened to me a lot back in the day. I still have a number of old (hardly used) tools that work fine - if I could only get a battery for them! That was a real issue for me as well. Back then, if I had to spend good money on a tool, I chose electric as well because I knew I would...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Sounds good. Seems to me that grandma used to make homemade stuffing and cooked it inside the turkey. Dear Wife gets stuffing in a bag and cooks it in a pan. Tastes good, but not the same as grandma used to make. We don't save stale bread. It goes into the chicken bucket as treats for the girls.
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :idunno Can you give some examples? Not sure exactly what you mean by tour pets. Why can't you make food at home? Yes, I have chickens. Currently a flock of 11.
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    ⚠️ Shredding Super Heavy Cardboard - Can Do? :idunno Recently I got a new BBQ grill. The shipping cardboard box was made out of double thickness heavy cardboard. My main shredder is rated for 9 sheets, so the question was could I even shred that super heavy cardboard? The only way I can shred...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :yesss: Big Tool Upgrade Score at Home Depot! I was in town today running errands and, as usual, I stopped by Home Depot to check out any good deals and clearance items. I found a cart with some brand-new Ryobi HP tools that had been display models. So, the tools were never used but came with...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    :clap Good news! I found a brand-new All-in-One Inkjet printer in the closet of our guest bedroom. Looks like I bought it back prior to COVID-19 when we still had our local Office Depot in town. Probably one of those Black Friday specials. I unboxed the printer last night and got it all set up...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I think it has been 2 or 3 years since I visited the landfill transfer station. However, I am currently preparing a load for the trip out there. I gathered up three dead computer printers and a couple of 5-gallon buckets of miscellaneous metals and non-burnable items to dump at the site. I don't...
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    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    Thanks. My ~20-year-old B&W laser printer is still working fine. If I get another laser printer, it would have to be color. Yep. The color laser printers I have been looking at are about 2X the price of bulk ink printers. The initial cost is higher, but for someone like me who does not print...
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