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Old Style ...... flipping EARACHE!!!
... I'm going to be a real wimpo :( I've put olive oil down my ear .... had bags of frozen "wotsits" ... my dh is on shift - I can't leave the kiddlies ... I'm almost in tears!!! (DH suffers workaholism so not even *death* would tear him away - I'm serious, so please do not make fun :( ) Couldn't get an appointment with GP…
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Trout
I have 2 trout fillets in the fridge for dinner tonight but h2b doesn't feel well and doesn't want his. They expire tmrw so rather than freeze them I was thinking about cooking both and taking one for my lunch tmrw. I'd be putting it in the fridge over night and having it cold with salad, would this be ok? Having only…
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We had to have a "quickie" ...
... 5 minute "meal" tonight. I'm not up to cooking a meal (my ear has flared up and I can't get appointment tonight :( ) so I wanted something fuss free and super speedy. I rummaged in the freezer *before* turning to the phone - *potential takeaway alert!* I found a packet of potato cakes dh had bought reduced at some…
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Taco Fajita seasoning
Up till now I have bought Dinner kits for these but am sure with a little of your help I can do without and make the spice mix by hand. The wraps I can get cheaply and meat and veg I can sort but its the little sachet spice that you mix with the meat I just dont know what to use. Sheila
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Hen keepers, how did you find your birds?
Hello Right then, the hen house is nearly ready and will have new occupants very soon.... that is if I can find some!! I've been to the local pet stores to find adverts, i've looked on the internet and i've rang the RSPCA but no good, cannot find any hens wanting new homes in my area :-( :confused: Oh and i've put an ad on…
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All aboard the time machine
All you Ol'Stylers out there! Who would like to go back in time to give it a go living in a different era ala 1800's house and 1940's house etc. I was recently trotting around the Castle Museum in York looking at all the room sets and got talking to Mrs MATH about going back in time. I would love it and she would hate it.…
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Branded products......arghhhhhh!
I have just been reading the towels/fabric conditioner thread. I really didn't have any idea that you shouldn't use it on towels as it stops them absorbing water! As someone on the towels thread said, the adverts have obviously been telling us a few lies about this. Is anybody else as sick of branded products as I am? (I…
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Save money by Freecyling...
Not sure if anyone has come across this or previously posted on this site. Instead of adding items to the great landfill sites of the UK and the world some clever people thought of FREECYCLE. If you have something that you have to get rid of and someone else can make use of then FREECYCLE is great.Once signed up you can…
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How do you know which food is in season?
Can someone advise me on what fruit and veg is in season at the moment. A website with a guide would be great!
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Storing bread ...
So that I didn't get kicked into an existing thread, I searched for one that already had bread storage in and asked something along the lines of: "What is the best kind of bag to store freshly made bread in?" As that question was then ignored (not even a "no idea"), I'm starting a new, brief thread asking the same…
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waterbutt question
There isn't a convenient place to site a water butt to take water off the house roof but there is off the (single) garage roof, is that enough water to make it worthwhile, expense and botheration wise? I can collect kitchen sink water also, at least that's free
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a few ideas for the recipe index
how about a section dedicated to meal planing? and there are also 2 threads about packed lunches here and here that you might like to add links for :)
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Home made beauty products
I came across this website that may be of interest - http://www.free-beauty-tips.com/homemade.html Feel free to move this thread if I've posted in the wrong place. Cheers.
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you have a £5 million lottery win, now how Old Style are you?
Question - you have a 5 million pound lottery win, so that's plenty to take care of your family, friends and charities etc, so you are now seriously well off. Which oldstyle ways do you hang on to and which do you drop like a stone? For me I would keep up the homebaking because there is no such thing as nice bought scones…
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Rabbit recipes
Just delivered to my doorstep ... 10 freshly shot rabbits. Still warm. I now have the job of skinning & gutting them - ugh! But it's got to be done. Any favourite recipes out there?
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Which kitchen knives do you really need to have?
I've just broken my favourite kitchen knife (trying to lop a branch off a tree with it....serves me right!). Been having a squiz at what's available online and have been confronted with a wall of knives -- everything from tiny three-inch tiddlers to 10-piece sets that go for hundreds of pounds. I only ever seem to use…
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Test
Test test test test test teset
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Old style house sharing
I’ve been looking at the posts on this board for a while and have been very impressed by some of the tips. Trouble is, a lot of them are impossible to follow for people like me who live in shared, rented accommodation. The landlady makes us have a cleaner (and we can’t really force her to use vinegar, bless her) and we’re…
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Spot removal - dry clean only suit
Hi, have got an unidentifiable whitish mark to remove from a navy suit, dry clean only. It's only tiny, but it's on the lapel, so hard to ignore. Other than that the suit is spotless, so don't really want to splash out on the drycleaners. It looks quite a harmless mark (not oily), but sponging with water hasn't helped.…
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Slugs!!!! and other ugly bugs
ok, I should have posted this at the end of the 'My baby seedlings' thread but I decided I would unashamadly try and get it more attention! I've run out of space to molly-coddle my seedlings in pots on the window ledge so the next lot are going to have to go out in to the big bad world of the allotment with no time to grow…
