I have lots.

Small holes in rubber door seals on an automatic washing machine can easily
be repaired with a bicycle puncture repair kit.

Or..
Turn a leaking rubber seal on an automatic washing machine around so that
the worn part is at the top.

Very cheap meal for two.  Go to your local supermarket and buy a tin of own
brand tuna, a packet of own brand dried potato, and a tin of own brand peas
and carrots.
Drain the tuna and put into the bottom of a pie dish.  Prepare the potato as
advised and put in on the top of the tuna.  Make lines with a fork in top of
the potato and bake at gas mark 6, maybe 200c electric for 20 minutes or so
until it browns a bit.
Serve with the tinned peas and carrots.  This would cost less than a UK
pound.
If you have a little more money you can buy some own brand sage and onion
stuffing and sprinkle it dry on top of the potato.  This costs about another
15p but makes it more tasty.
If you feel even richer ;-) get a packet of cheese or parsley sauce (costs
about 35p here) and pour that over the tuna pie.
It is very much nicer if you can afford to get better tuna and used proper
mashed real potatoes for the topping.
I am an expert on living on almost nothing, for the past few years I've had
to be.  I can buy a chicken and use variations on it for 6 days.  If I have
to.
If you come upon hard times you can forget about not wanting to eat the same
thing the next day.  It isn't about what you "fancy" to eat, it's about what
you've *got.*
There is no shame in this.  Quite the reverse to be able to feed yourself
like this when you need to.

Tweed

One kitchen tip I've got is, make sure your elderly cat is NOT standing
behind you when you step back away from the counter.  This WILL save
you vet bills, I promise. As for good frugal meals, listen to Tweed.  I
grew up with a mother who is the opposite of frugal. But at Christmas
time, she's lots of fun.

Melissa

If you are wondering how that happens, its because normal vinegar is so
concentrated that not all the acetic acid is acting like an acid. It needs
to change from CH3COOH to CH3COO- and H+ to be an *acidic*. When its very
cncentrated, not all the CH3COOH changes over, so adding more water, whilst
diluting hte concentration of the 8ascetic acid*, maintains the level of
*dissociated* acetic acid, which means that the Acidity stays the same, more
or less.

See, I knew my highschool chemistry would be useful eventually....

Take half a bottle of hair shampoo, pour into the old bottle and fill both
with water and shake well. Do the same with the conditioner You now have to
bottles of pretty good (although runnier) shampoo and conditioner. You can
probably use exactly the same amount without any loss of effect. Heck, a
small amount of vinegar or lemon juice in water (so you can taste ithe acid)
is a pretty good hair conditioner too, if you hair is otherwise healthy.

Put a brick (or half brick) into your toilet cistern. It will save alot of
water over the course of a year, and you probably won't even notice the
difference in flush.

If you have an external hot water system, turn the temperature of it down a
few notches. That will save you alot of natural gas / electricity over the
year.

Use those long life neon light globes rather than normal incandescent ones.
The last longer and are much cheaper to run.

Sometimes its worth chasing a bargain and sometimes its not. Saving 5% on
$50 worth of groceries is $2.50 - which is probably less than the cost of
the gas or petrol you used to get there rather than your regular store. Take
in the cost of gas (petrol) and car maintance and other "hidden" costs
before you go far and wide to save a few dollars. Ditto with buying in bulk
and freeezing. While you may save on the bulk product, on the gas and the
maiantance on your car, how much is that freezer going to cost to run? A
full freezer is much more effecient than an empty one.

Yowie

Toothpaste is also great for re-grouting the chronically mouldy grout in the
bathroom just before the rental inspection :-)

Yowie