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  • @heathercreighton9613
    @heathercreighton9613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Ilona is not a scrooge. She is very practical and down-to-earth...a lovely person. Love watching her videos, she's a breath of fresh air😁

    • @anubusx
      @anubusx ปีที่แล้ว

      She is digusting.

    • @heathercreighton9613
      @heathercreighton9613 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anubusx no, you are disgusting...you bitter little creep.

    • @raineedaytinyfilms
      @raineedaytinyfilms 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Meanqueen is awesome ❤

  • @laylamorgan4018
    @laylamorgan4018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    She has a TH-cam channel called Meanqueen she's in her 70s now but such a lovely lady and very entertaining 😄

  • @Susannah50
    @Susannah50 14 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I think Ilona is great. I'd rather live like this than be up to my eye balls in debt just to keep up with others. Good luck to her I say.

  • @meenkween
    @meenkween 10 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Oh dear, such nasty comments about me, from those who know nothing about me. My central heating does now work, I had a Warm Front Grant. I still wear boys underpants. I have managed to save enough money with my scrimping ways to pay my mortgage off. Laugh at me all you like, but I'm the winner.

    • @TheMusachioedBrony
      @TheMusachioedBrony 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      People hide behind their computers and say such terrible things-words they would never say to someone in public. It is all so cowardly. I don't thing there is anything wrong with what you are doing!! It is absolutely the truth that female underwear is made very thin and shoddy, and if you are seeking some thicker material and durability-why not wear men's underpants!! I don't understand why people are being cruel about washing up with a kettle and a tub-honestly, this is the way most of the world clean themselves! At least you are clean!! I can't tell you how many smelly, dirty people I have met that have working showers and tubs-they have NO excuse. And I am so happy to hear that you have everything sorted out with your heat now. You seem like a very lovely person-it would be an honor to meet a nice person like you.

    • @meanqueensuperscrimper8908
      @meanqueensuperscrimper8908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Thank you Mary. Yes the heating is sorted, I got a free boiler, water tank, cavity wall insulation, and loft insulation, with a Warm Front Grant. My bills are still low though because I am careful with how I use them. ilona

    • @adriennebyrne8237
      @adriennebyrne8237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Of course you are the winner - l think you are beautiful and brilliant. Glad l found your channel. New subscriber from lreland

    • @mimi1o8
      @mimi1o8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Congratulations, you are very smart lady 😉

    • @mimi1o8
      @mimi1o8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@adriennebyrne8237 what’s her channel.? I’m interested 🙂

  • @lifeunderbudget
    @lifeunderbudget 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I don’t think it’s fair to call her tight. She most certainly isn’t! She is very generous and friendly. She has her ways to save the money and the planet in the process and what’s wrong with that! :-)

  • @momof2momof2
    @momof2momof2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I've watched her videos. She just careful with her money. More people should be like her.

  • @Skye8781
    @Skye8781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This really cracks me up, when she tells you that her switch has fused she laughs with utter glee! 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @kelbelbell5060
    @kelbelbell5060 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    what an awesome woman! good on her!

    • @meanqueensuperscrimper8908
      @meanqueensuperscrimper8908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Thank you. My heating is fixed now and I can have a bath, though I use the water for flushing the toilet afterwards to save money. I have just washed 30 pairs of pants, some of them probably the sames ones as on the film.

  • @olga1_____30
    @olga1_____30 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    She is a lovely lady and a character! Her YT channel Meanqueen is gold.

  • @archimedes4860
    @archimedes4860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love the color of her sweater-- can't tell if it's deep blue or deep purple, but it's definitely a good color.

  • @debbieframpton3857
    @debbieframpton3857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love watching her videos a truly great woman

  • @christinephillips3435
    @christinephillips3435 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love watching all your videos .

  • @beekinder6953
    @beekinder6953 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I would love to be able to talk to this lady to get some money saving tips from here. I think her 'boy's pants idea is great if no-one is going to see them; good for her. I am currently un-employed and paying the 'bedroom tax'. After water rates, gas, electricity, internet connection and council tax payments I'm finding it increasingly difficult to to cope financilly whilst looking for another job. I've had to give up my TV to reduce my bills and I'm surprised to find that after the initial shock, I don't miss it! Job hunting and attending interviews, (by public transport), really puts a strain on my meagre income. It is essential to have an internet connection at home if you're a serious job hunter - which I am. I too strip wash, but in my bathroom. I bath twice a week. I am also frugal with heating and always put on more clothes rather than turn on my gas fire. I actually hate central heating, it gives me a headache and other people's homes always seem too hot to me. Every year my housing association try to talk me into having central heating installed and every year I have to explain why I don't want it, starting with the fact that my rent will increase by more annually than I currently pay for heating, and that would mean that I'm paying for it to just be sitting there doing nothing. Then on top of that I would also have to add the cost of actually using it! Madness: but some would think I'm crazy not to have central heating. When I have guests I heat the areas that they will be in and ask that they bring their slippers and an extra jumper: I'm not short of visitors by the way. We all waste far too much of everything in my opinion. To those who have made nasty spitefull comments about this lady, I say: go learn some manners and remember we all have a right to make our own decisions about the way we live if it doesn't encroach on other people's enjoyment of life. Good for you Meenkween, you are most certainly the winner!

    • @meanqueensuperscrimper8908
      @meanqueensuperscrimper8908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hello, thank you for your comment. You can check out my blog, still going strong after all these years. www.meanqueen-lifeaftermoney.blogspot.co.uk Keep on with the money saving, good luck. ilona

    • @laylamorgan4018
      @laylamorgan4018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She has a TH-cam channel called meanqueen superscrimper she's in her 70s now

    • @beekinder6953
      @beekinder6953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Layla, much appreciated@@laylamorgan4018

    • @momof2momof2
      @momof2momof2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      She is a You Tuber, watch her videos :)

  • @peggyghirardello275
    @peggyghirardello275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    T least she wears under wear she has car home no debt she will always have place to live

    • @levimacdonald5188
      @levimacdonald5188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      She's a lovely lady❤😙.. who does enjoy her life😍 don't read and beileve the tabloids😠

  • @ilovemydressinggown9715
    @ilovemydressinggown9715 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm q subcriber to her channel and shes not tight at all she lives within her means and that's what we should all be doing.

  • @peggyghirardello275
    @peggyghirardello275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I agree with mean queen she's very frugal happy she has no mortgage no stress no debt so mean c moment people r u debt free happy no

  • @glynstimpson
    @glynstimpson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Better than bailiffs

  • @fgonzalez78959
    @fgonzalez78959 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Your are awesome !!!

  • @kerryjames6312
    @kerryjames6312 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would rather live like this smart lady them be in eye ball in debt I wear men's underwear to

  • @mrh8279
    @mrh8279 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think she got the heating fixed since then but uses it aparingly

  • @peggyghirardello275
    @peggyghirardello275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have heard people who lived no electricity holly lot he's no plumbing died and we're millionaires left all thier money to universities or animals so when they were alive they had m one to live comfort a ble chose to live without basic necessities but mean queen seems content good for her

    • @levimacdonald5188
      @levimacdonald5188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nothing wrong in being careful especially in these times❤

    • @rowan7658
      @rowan7658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Their choice

  • @levimacdonald5188
    @levimacdonald5188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ,my friend 👍💞 living the good life by being very careful¡》

  • @Artificialkel
    @Artificialkel 15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I live with others I wouldn't be able to strip wash in my kitchen.

  • @dominiclutwyche
    @dominiclutwyche 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol

  • @asjabluedog
    @asjabluedog 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    only problem with guy's underwear is that it isn't really made with the female shape in mind, must be very uncomfortable for her.

    • @meanqueensuperscrimper8908
      @meanqueensuperscrimper8908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ten years on and I am still wearing boys underpants. They are very comfortable, and fit my slender body just perfect.

    • @asjabluedog
      @asjabluedog 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meanqueensuperscrimper8908 glad it works for you 🙂 I just always found that the crotch area of mens underwear is way too wide

    • @Harry-fk5of
      @Harry-fk5of 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@meanqueensuperscrimper8908 Did they ask you to hang them all up in a row like that for effect, or is that what you actually do? haha Lol at your joke about what the neighbours think

    • @meanqueensuperscrimper8908
      @meanqueensuperscrimper8908 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They asked me to hang them like that. I have been filmed many times, and they often ask you to do daft things. @@Harry-fk5of

  • @peggyghirardello275
    @peggyghirardello275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Quest what she's on TV bet she has nice bank account

  • @EmmaLouiise08
    @EmmaLouiise08 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    dont think id be able to stand up in the kitchen having a strip wash argh!

    • @LewisBrain
      @LewisBrain 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      nor me with a shared garden with children. I would be put on a list and loose my career.

  • @atlantiasami6410
    @atlantiasami6410 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ilona needs to flick her switch more.

  • @kevinbaird7277
    @kevinbaird7277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You can't take it with you, imagine peeling off your clothes getting ready for a night of passion and bang, a baggy pair of Y's with nowt filling them, this is why drainpipes are near bedroom windows.

  • @nefariousjim
    @nefariousjim 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She can't flick her switches...silence my dirty mind

    • @rutter1ify
      @rutter1ify 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      👌😂😁

  • @kevinbaird7277
    @kevinbaird7277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This woman was timed over 100 metres, she was chasing a 10p down the street, the coin was gathering quite a bit of speed, it reached nearly 30mph but she caught it with a huge leap and snatch, Meryl Streep is playing her in the up coming movie, Meryl has asked for a body double for the basin wash scenes, the producers have signed up Theresa May.

    • @levimacdonald5188
      @levimacdonald5188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What stupid crap 💩YOU speak 😠

    • @kevinbaird7277
      @kevinbaird7277 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@levimacdonald5188 in the midst of a world wide pandemic you find time and energy to scribble a line in reference to a mere second of detachment in thought, you must be a joy to live around, I assume you remain in the bosom of your mother, a clear end sight is in place to replace your mothers live with a budgie or two, a mother's love should be cherished, not spent frivalosly, love is seamless in guage and opacity with hidden levels pasted on your conscious that gathers the fallen moss whilst easing the pain of a spent existence lived in turmoil and aggression towards thoughts that scorn the beliefs you have held long and close, a troubled soul makes a bed fellow for the fallen and aggrieved, you can of course level with yourself in times of stress and become the person you crave and the moment of release will becone others to your side, a life well spent is indeed a triumph for all who witness it.

    • @levimacdonald5188
      @levimacdonald5188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kevinbaird7277 ?? Dribble YOU talk.

  • @SquirrelHerder
    @SquirrelHerder 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WHAT is with her mouth when she talks?!

    • @SevenEllen
      @SevenEllen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nothing. It's just her accent, and it's just the way she talks. Disclaimer: I've only just noticed this comment is nine years old. :)

    • @levimacdonald5188
      @levimacdonald5188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@SevenEllenllona is my friend she is fit and well thank you

  • @Zeldarules4ever
    @Zeldarules4ever 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    no wonder she doesn't have a man in her life,

    • @levimacdonald5188
      @levimacdonald5188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      what do you mean what a nasty comment

    • @meanqueensuperscrimper8908
      @meanqueensuperscrimper8908 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Take no notice of nasty comments. I am living my best life. Freedom to come and go as I please. freedom to spend my money as I like. Mortgage paid off. Still healthy and fit. Life is good in 2023.

    • @raineedaytinyfilms
      @raineedaytinyfilms 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Some CHOOSE not to 🤷‍♀️