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April 2025 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the fourth Grocery Challenge of 2025! As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be pleased with, not forgetting that we always recommend that you stay inside your own comfort levels and take things gently one step at a time. Remember that this is not a…
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 14 May 2025
Morning all.
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Gourmet Hummous - any ideas
Hi Guys Finally managed to crack the homemade hummous and got it just the way I like - thanks to previous hummous threads of course, and a bit of practice, and a lot of eating less than perfect hummous. Now I want to jazz up my plain hummous into something a little more gourmet n yummy - as its soooooo cheap to make I hope…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 13 May 2025
Good morning all. And what a glorious one it is.
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OS Daily Monday 12th May
Morning all
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Weekly Flylady Thread 5th May 2025
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 11 May 2025
Morning all.
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refurbished vax vacuum not working
hi guys just bought myself a reurbished Air Lift 2 Pet Plus 1.5L 950w, it looks like new to be honest, all the hose are unclogged but the suction is very weak, it wouldnt even suck a piece of tissue it is that weak. i have come to te conclusion that it is the motor but how do i fix it? i am even thinking they may have put…
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Restoring leather
I have bought an old leather bag but it looks a bit tired. How do you restore leather? Can you buy leather restorer? No eye of newt home remedies please 🙂
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Old Style Daily Saturday 10 May 2025
Good morning all.
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Old Style Daily Friday 09 May 2025
Morning folks. Today is promising sunshine and warmth.
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firelighters
having seen a post were using vacuum fluff as a firelighter reminded me of the way my mothers taught me. i still use this method for every fire i start, though not a coal fire which this method was used on. quite simply take two sheets of newspaper roll diagonally into a long tube, then tie it into a knot (like the first…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 08 May 2025
Good morning all. Bright, breezy and fairly chilly here.
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 7th May
Morning all Can't sleep-head buzzing with all sorts from last night's meetings. Sun trying to poke it's head out - will see what the day brings. Hugs and spoons Mehefin
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No Bake Brownie Bites - need a recipe please
Hi all. I have seen a recipe for "No Bake Brownie Bites" but it didn't give any measurements. Has anyone a tried and tested recipe they could share please
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Dried beans ideas?
I have lots of (unflavoured/not in a sauce) tinned and dried beans of different types, plus lots of red lentils and packets of 'country soup mix' sitting in the back of my cupboard. I'm trying to increase my protein and fibre intake while also trying to stick to a budget and use up what I've got, so eating the beans I've…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 06 May 2025
Morning folks - it's rather dull here today.
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Old Style Daily Bank Holiday Monday 05 May 2025
Good morning all.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 28th April 2025
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on
the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is
often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to
provide the support we all need and to make the whole…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 04 May 2025
Morning all, it's a very nippy -1° so I'm staying in bed a little bit longer.
