1. use vinegar as fabric softener 2. use vinegar to clean, disinfect and deodorize 3. use vinegar wherever and whenever I can think of for just about everything I haven't resorted to buying barrels of the stuff yet, but I might. Anyone know any good sources for bulk vinegar?  

Hi, Needlepoint! I've seen you on another forums and I think you're really sharp! (ha ha ha--okay, that was pretty lame.)  I just found out about this forum and just joined today when I found out Pat was running the show (congrats, Pat!)  I love frugal ideas or just anything having to do with living more simply.  

After trying vinegar on my lawn weeds this year, my answer to that is a big, fat SOMETIMES! It depends on the weed. In my experience, dandelions especially are immune to vinegar. My dad's theory is that it's because dandelions can be used as a salad green and people wouldn't use them as such if they wilted away in the presence of salad ...

When I switched to Lingo, a VOIP service (phone service through high-speed internet), I got to keep my old phone number, which was nice so nobody could even tell we had done that. Of course, we also have to have high-speed internet, which we get through our cable company, but with that and Lingo, it's still cheaper than the regular phone ...