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Old Style Daily Monday 19 October 2026
Morning all.10 -
Re: October 2026 Grocery Challenge
@mandco, I second what @joedenise has said. Roasting a whole duck is relatively easy, too. Rub the skin with salt, and !!!!!! it everywhere you can see visible fat. That’ll ensure it renders out of t…7 -
Re: October 2026 Grocery Challenge
anyone have any experience with cooking duck? Ds has recently tried it for the first time when we went out for a meal and has asked if he can have duck for Xmas. I’ve not cooked it or even tried it b…5 -
Re: October 2026 Grocery Challenge
Apologies @Greying_Pilgrim I misunderstood. Yes, I agree, that a lot of things have gone up in price recently in L!dl. You know the intradental brushes that I bought? A week ago, when DH was testing …5 -
Re: October 2026 Grocery Challenge
@thriftwizard Things aren’t that tight, really. We’ll be in Australia for four weeks, leaving next Friday. When we get back, there’ll be one week of November left so decided that we’d make this month…5 -
Re: October 2026 Grocery Challenge
Eeek, @PipneyJane, the end of November's a long way off! I'd struggle to get to the end of next week on £75… Flying by to record a ballpark weekly spend of £70 (supermarket receipt lost but…5 -
Re: An in-between phase
It's not too far from King's Cross and platform 9 3/4 @Slowdown! Steps to and from station Usuals Returning-from-being-away housework Entered some competitions Half wussy situps Prepped veg…5 -
Re: Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
1.04 & 0.99 O's plus two free power hours when the sun barely came out so hopefully a reasonable haul to add to the total.6 -
Re: Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
Thank you all :) Having a frustrating evening here (well, after a long nap so I can't really complain!) Apparently the place I host my blog is stopping support at the end of the year, so I need …8 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Some super autumnal photos, except for wort's which look like high summer! 😃 I could do a blue sky shot myself this morning, but I've left the camera in the chicken shed! 😖 It's been…5
