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The MEGA Indexed Thread (2nd edition)
This thread will contain links to many of the threads started in
Old Style and they'll be organised into various categories to help you find them. I've done my best to put each item into the section where I think it most likely that someone would look first. I shall be starting with the older threads first and moving forward to catch up with everyone.
For those of you new to
Old Style and wondering where and how to start there are some threads now listed in
Getting Started
Wear your
MoneySaving Old Style Badge with pride
Each of the sections listed below is actually a single post in this thread, so you can either:-
a) Click on the link provided to go directly to the section that interests you...
b) Simply scroll down the thread until you find it.
APPLIANCES
Various tips on household appliances can be found here. They are each to be found in separate sections such as:-
Dishwasher
Tumble Drier
Various links for the manuals of Old Style appliances can be found here. A similar set of link for household goods can be found on this board:-
In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving
CLEANING
Everything from the bath, through clothes, to worktops. The list is organised alphabetically by what
item you want to clean, and then various er, substances, that you'd like to remove are listed by thread title.
Many of these links have been added to in:-
The Complete Laundry and Clothes Collection
Flooring and carpets
COOKING and RECIPES
Lots of threads which contain recipes for food and drinks that are not as yet indexed in the Old Style Recipe Collection and including other assorted tips to do with cooking. (You might also want to check out the Food section below which, while primarily about growing your own etc, does have a few recipes in there)
Note:- The Cooking Section of the MEGA Index is now being looked after by rosieben, so the link on the button below takes you to our new "Complete Cooking Collection"
But to see the recipes:-
CRAFTWORK
See also
Special Occasions and Celebrations for special gift ideas.
Threads here relate to making your own things for the house or as gifts, and includes making and keeping play dough. Fast becoming a real treasure chest of gift ideas! I've added things like clothes repair and dyeing.
FOOD
We now have a board dedicated to growing your own:-
Greenfingered MoneySaving
New questions should be asked there.
Here is where you'll find our older threads about food itself rather than how to cook it. As you'll see it is subdivided into several sections:-
CHICKENS
FOOD FOR FREE
GROW YOUR OWN and GARDENING
HYGIENE & SAFETY
MISC FOOD TOPICS (includes food storage)
ORGANIC BOX SCHEMES
GETTING STARTED
A collection of assorted threads where people have asked "How and where do I start?" There are lots of different answers to browse here.
This is now a new
Complete Getting Started Collection:-
INSECTS (and other pests)
Other threads on pest control can be found here:-
In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving
A section each for the most common ones and the others will be collected as "The Rest" or something.
ANTS
MOSQUITOES
WASPS
KITCHENWARE
I've only got crockery listed here at the time of writing but I do know that we have other threads on knives and pans and even breadmakers and slow cookers yet to be added.
This now the
The Complete Kitchen Equipment and must have OS gadgets Collection
MAKEUP & BODY CARE
From bathtime, through make-up to shower gel. Pamper yourself for pennies while you browse some other great tips.
This now our
Complete Makeup and Body Care Collection:-
MISCELLANEOUS TIPS
See also:-
Green and Ethical MoneySaving
Pretty much anything that doesn't have its own section can be found here. If enough tips on a similar subject accumulate I'll split them out into a section of their own. Getting organised, and recycling tips are here.
PETS
New posts should be made to our new Pet Care board:-
Pets & Pet Care
Fleas and smelly litter trays etc head the list.
SHOPPING
Various other boards that can help with shopping and strectching your budget are listed first.
We start with beating the supermarkets and budgeting for Christmas and follow up with budgeting in general and returning dodgy goods. Then there's the three purse system, which shops have the best deals...
The first of the sections listed above is in the post directly below this one. Just scroll down.
...last stop Help - smelly tumble drier pp98 of 191
Body Shop £84 bundle £30
£10 Starbucks vch for £5
FREE Graze porridge oats
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