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Terrified - got HUGE, HUGE moth in the kitchen
Help!!!!!!!!! How can I get rid of a HUGE moth that's in my kitchen. It's absolutely huge. It would cover the top of my computer mouse if it landed on it. I don't mind moths normally, just the little ones but this thing is !!!!!! huge. Don't think the Dyson would cope with it, probably get jammed in the hose, yuk.
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Get Well Soon Amateur Saver
Hope all goes well hun and get well soon
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Help - Halloween outfit
My son has a fancy dress halloween party to go to tonight with the beaver scouts. The parents were only told yesterday and I haven't had a chance to get something for my son to wear. There will be a prize for the best dressed kid. My son (bless him) suggested that he wear his superman outfit but I've told him it's…
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Pumpkin Seeds?
Well I guess I'm not the only person who's going to have a load of pumpkin seeds going spare tonight. I hate chucking anything away if I can do something else with it but I don't want to eat them myself and was wondering if I could feed them to the birds and if so, do I need to cook them or something first. If you want to…
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desperate for knitting advice!
hi i come from a long line of knitters and after many years of half hearted attempts ive finally finished something (much to my families amazement).in order to prove this wasnt a fluke im attempting a jumper for my daughter which was going well front and back both done perfect. until i came to the sleeves now am i being…
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Nail varnish stain?
Nail varnish has spilled onto my jeans.I have tried nail varnish remover but that seems to have made it worse. Any ideas please..
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great books for Old Stylers
I don't know if these have been mentioned before but they are true O/S books - Hovel in the Hills, Kitchen in the Hills, Garden in the Hills by Elizabeth West. She moved from Bristol with her husband to a remote run down wrecked cottage in North Wales and set about being self sufficient in the 1960's. She writes…
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Turkey Joint - Very Cheap, but how do I cook it?
Got a half price Turkey joint tonight in Tesco, but am not really sure how to cook it. I have been avidly following the tips for slow cooker cooking and cooked a full chicken for the first time in it last week ( another bargain). Someone mentioned last week, putting a meat joint in the slow cooker on scrumpled up tin foil.…
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Whats In Your Food?
This is a comprehensive site on what additives are in our foods. It shows all :E: numbers and whether they are vegetarian friendly or not. All-in-all a very useful site. Heres a link: http://www.food-info.net/uk/index.htm
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dish washer woe
I have run out of dishwasher tablets, anyone got any suggestions for an alternative ? I really dont want to have to wash that lot by hand, there must be a bicarb solution!!!
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Dust?
What can be done to reduce dust. Within an hour or so dust is everywhere again as if I had never done any cleaning. Any Ideas or advice?
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Washing
I usually buy as I did today Ariel Colour liquid which is £3.29 and does 20 washes. I also buy the ariel non-bio for my whites. My OH and I have sensitive skin. Today I noticed sainsbury Proforma colour and it was only £1.89 for 20 washes and wondered if anyone else had used it and if it was okay for sensitive skin. Do…
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Greek Yogurt in Soup???
Hi All, I have some veg soup in the SC. I also have some nearly dodgy greek yogurt in the fridge, I am not going to be able to eat it all before it goes off. Does anybody know if I can put it in the soup to thicken it??? Will it give me food poisoning if I then freeze the soup and thaw and eat later. Thanks, Al.
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Make your own toiletries
Do you know how to make your own toiletries? & where do you buy the ingredience from? I have found that bannana, olive oil, porrage, avocado mixed make a good facemask. Salt or sugar make a good exfoliant. How about shampoo, bubblebath & soap. Sorry can you move this post to OldStyle for me.
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Where's Squeaky?
I've not been around here much this week but I've noticed that Squeaky has been 'missing' for a couple of days. I know his father is ill and he was going to visit him sometime. I hope that everything is okay with him. Does anyone know anything that I may have missed???
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old fashioned pasties
please does anyone know how pasties were made years ago? I was thinking about my late grandmother today & how she used to make the most wonderful pasties. I remember she used to mince the meat in a mincer - would this have been beef? but other than that I don't know. I would love to make them how she did & pass the recipe…
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Vegetarian Recipe Sites
I was looking at the recipe index and noticed that this web site didn't seem to be included. Its my favourite for 'international' style vegetarian recipes and is indexed very well. Vegetarian recipes from around the world Hope this is of some use and sorry if it is the wrong place to post it. I don't post on this site very…
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cooking with cider
Our neighbour has just come back from hols and as a thank you for looking after their cat has given me a 2.5 lt, 'flaggon' of strong scrumpy cider. Has anyone any good cheap recipes I can use it in. Have tried drinking it but not to my taste. Need to use it fairly fast as states drink withing 14 days. Need better…
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Potato Rosti - Successful recipe/method required please!
(I done a search squeaks, honest!) I just love potato rosti but can never get it right! Does anyone have a tried and tested, foolproof recipe/method please?? I've tried making it with partially-pre-boiled-the-day-before pots like some recipes say you should and also with raw grated pots. The ppbtdb method invariably ends…
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Can I get rid of the smell of cigarettes?
I recently bought a book from Ebay and although it is in good condition it stinks of smoke! I usually make sure they say "from smoke free home" in the listing but didn't on this occasion. Is there any way of getting rid of this smell? Its horrible.