themartianchick Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I received an email through my website last night from a casting director for TLC. They are looking for individuals, couples or families to appear on the 2nd season of the Extreme Cheapskates TV Show to demonstrate their frugal ways.I've never watched the show but feel the need to caution anyone that might be interested. I would assume that it is one of those shows that tries to make frugal people look somewhat silly. As it was, I could imagine them thinking that I was odd for re-using laundry lint as a firestarter.At any rate... I thought that I'd pass the word along in case any of you are interested. Rather than post the contact information here, I will forward it to anyone that sends me a private message.I am nowhere near a true cheapskate, but I assume that TLC found me due to the large number of frugal-minded folks that follow me on Twitter for homesteading and emergency preparedness info. Quote Link to comment
Cat Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 No WAY would I ever get involved in something like that. "Reality TV" is a joke. Quote Link to comment
Amishway Homesteaders Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 .............................. I'm out! they really don't want us because we are honest cheapskapes ! and we can thing and do things the right way too. Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Awww...come on!!! Dontcha wanna be FAMOUS for being CRAZY? Quote Link to comment
Cat Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'll keep my crazy to myself, thankyouverymuch..... :24: Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 We prefer flying "under the radar" at every opportunity! LOL Almost every prepper expo we've been to (as some gun shows) there's been a table set up for "Doomsday Preppers"...trying to sign people up. Their table has almost always been empty! LOL Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'll be frugal with with my privacy. Quote Link to comment
sassenach Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Just call me the wonder washer lady. Lololol. Actually icould use the money. Might be just the thing for me ha! Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I only share my crazy with youse guys. Quote Link to comment
out_of_the_ordinary Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It's reality tv, so none of us are probably crazy enough! Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 I'm not crazy, but I can play crazy on television. Let's see... My family no longer buys expensive breakfast cereal. Instead we clean out the dryer vent and pour milk on it for breakfast. It has plenty of fiber! We don't actually wash dishes. We stack them up on the counter and then add hot water to make soup for dinner. Soup is a yummy and nutritious meal! We walk everyplace that we go. I sent my hubby out to look for spare change along the side of the road in 1998 and he hasn't gotten back yet. I've heard the neighbors snickering about him running away from my cheap-o ways, but it absolutely isn't true. He just doesn't want to come home without enough money to buy that screw that I lost long ago! Quote Link to comment
Deerslayer Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 If you've never seen the show,they spend a lot of time on bathroom habits. I figure that is their way of making people look crazy!! Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Even though they're a bit absurd...we still watch the show...for grins? Most of them are about a half step lower than the curb, but you never know...might see something that we'd want to store in our memory bank, either to do or not to do? LOL Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Jeepers taking notes from TMC. Can we can that soup? Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Jeepers taking notes from TMC. Can we can that soup? Ask Violet...She is our resident canning expert. However, if any of that residue came from a milk or cream-based food, then it is definitely not safe! Quote Link to comment
lovinit Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Aren't most of us already FAMOUS for being Crazy? My kids point at me all the time! Quote Link to comment
lumabean Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I sent my hubby out to look for spare change along the side of the road in 1998 and he hasn't gotten back yet. I've heard the neighbors snickering about him running away from my cheap-o ways, but it absolutely isn't true. He just doesn't want to come home without enough money to buy that screw that I lost long ago! oh my, I can see how the producers can play this up, putting a fake beard on your dh, tattered clothes, and having him wander in with a can of change toward the end of the segment I don't think we collectively have enough crazy to make the cut though LOL Quote Link to comment
mommato3boys Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Let's see my crazy is homemade washing soap, homemade cleaning products with left over orange and lemon peels, foil balls for dryer sheets. Kitchen towels instead of paper towels, real napkins instead of paper napkins. Homemade feminine products. Haven't gotten up the nerve for family wipes but if prices keep going up I guess I will have to. Cooking from scratch and then some; yeah even though I am from the south and we bring our crazy out for all to see I am not doing TV. You know TV makes you look fatter right? Move over Mt. Rider I am joining you Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Let's see my crazy is homemade washing soap, homemade cleaning products with left over orange and lemon peels, foil balls for dryer sheets. Kitchen towels instead of paper towels, real napkins instead of paper napkins. Homemade feminine products. Haven't gotten up the nerve for family wipes but if prices keep going up I guess I will have to. Cooking from scratch and then some; yeah even though I am from the south and we bring our crazy out for all to see I am not doing TV. You know TV makes you look fatter right? Move over Mt. Rider I am joining you Mommato3 boys is such a cheapskate that she washes her aluminum foil in the washing machine and dries it with the towels so that she can reuse it later to bake potatoes in. The potato skins are saved and carefully flattened to make writing paper for her children. She stays up until the wee hours with a ruler and a ballpoint pen carefully etching lines and a margin on each skin so that her youngest will grow to have the best penmanship in his homeschool class! See? I can crazy you up a bit! Quote Link to comment
mommato3boys Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Let's see my crazy is homemade washing soap, homemade cleaning products with left over orange and lemon peels, foil balls for dryer sheets. Kitchen towels instead of paper towels, real napkins instead of paper napkins. Homemade feminine products. Haven't gotten up the nerve for family wipes but if prices keep going up I guess I will have to. Cooking from scratch and then some; yeah even though I am from the south and we bring our crazy out for all to see I am not doing TV. You know TV makes you look fatter right? Move over Mt. Rider I am joining you Mommato3 boys is such a cheapskate that she washes her aluminum foil in the washing machine and dries it with the towels so that she can reuse it later to bake potatoes in. The potato skins are saved and carefully flattened to make writing paper for her children. She stays up until the wee hours with a ruler and a ballpoint pen carefully etching lines and a margin on each skin so that her youngest will grow to have the best penmanship in his homeschool class! See? I can crazy you up a bit! We are finished homeschooling my baby is married so now we eat those tater skins LOL as for the foil I will never buy dryer sheets again. I am totally sold on foil balls in the dryer. I have two the size of golf balls and I have noticed it takes less time to dry clothes because my filter is not getting clogged with the goo from the dryer sheets. YAY Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Aluminum foil balls in the dryer? Philbe's never heard of that! Game on... Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Aluminum foil balls in the dryer? Philbe's never heard of that! Game on... HA! Another (crazy) Extreme Cheapskate is born! Quote Link to comment
Cat Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 :24: :24: Oh, we could have SO MUCH FUN with this!!! We should start a thread of "Mrs S" episode scripts... Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Alright Cat...you thunk it, you set it up?! LOL Game on?! Quote Link to comment
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