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underarm stains
Hi Just washed my partner's new shirt - strange marks have appeared underarm. A large dark stain - he wears lynx body spray, but is not very sweaty. Any ideas on how to get rid of the marks? It's a brand new shirt from Next clearance shop at a bargain price of £5 - so annoying! I've got Vanish in the house. Any other tips?…
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Dieting
Hi there Didn't there used to be a dieting thread with diet recipes OS? I've checked the mega index but can't seem to find it (unless I'm being blonde as per usual) Thanks Jo x
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3 bags of shopping for 5 pounds - ideas?
I've just signed up to do a mystery shopper assignment at a well known supermarket this weekend. They will pay me 5 pounds towards my shopping so ideally I'd like to fill the 3 bags with 5-6 pounds of shopping so that that in essence the shopping will be free! I've already done my weekly shop this week! Any ideas for what…
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Help - My Vileda mop has ruined my lino
The blue in the mop has gone into my bathroom lino Is there anything I can use to get it out? Not had the lino long:(
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red lentils
Ive decided to try and get my family to eat better and the last time I went shopping bought red lentils, only I have no idea what to do with them, Ive thought about doing a simple soup anyone got any recipes for that. When do u use lentils. Hope you can help especially if you have any war time recipes. Im trying to spend…
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Getting biro out of carpet
My son decided to draw circles on my cream carpet yesterday with a biro. Any tips on how to get it out, carpet 1001 cleaner isn't even remotely removing it! Thanks
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Need a good talking to..
Hi I'm just coming to the end of the 2nd week of my month, and its looking like I'm going to go over :( I've got £3 left over and altho I dont NEED to go shopping, there's a couple of things I could really do with-new mop-cats been sick in the night, and have no mop to clean it up-its not still there, but it'd have been…
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Basic reciepes
Hi everyone I want to have a bake day today - cakes, pies, muffins ect, what i need is a site for basic reciepes - i have tried to seach this site but with no joy. Thanks in advance
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Gillian Mckeith's Pea and mint soup
Gillian Mckeith's pea and mint soup - meant to be really easy and quick to make with just mint, stock and peas - but I don't know the quantites :confused: ? Anyone out there know? Ww
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Feeding Animals OS?
I have managed to get my budget down from £80 a week for 2 adults to £50 a week and am hoping to drop it down to £40 in the next month or so. However, I also have a lot of animals - does anyone any OS tips for my pets? I have: 2 dogs (1 border collie, 1 shetland sheepdog) 1 cat (fussy eater) 1 green cheek conure (small…
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Help with house clean...
Was going to join in with the one room per day thing....but i should finish my book tonight, (easyway to stop smoking)-I have confidence in it and myself but I would still like to keep busy. ds has the box room, (soz if next bit is confusing) he has a cabin bed that we built so half of it sits on top of the big box thing…
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Help! Can't remember the meat freezing rules ...
Hi everyone, Can someone please refresh my memory ... If I buy fresh meat, can I freeze it, then thaw it, cook it and then refreeze? Thanks. x
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Going NOW to buy a bread maker .....But
Ok me gonna get me a bread maker from Asda, What i need to know is What will i need to make my first loaf Ie, what kind of flour Do i need yeast and what else will i need Please help me
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i washed fleeces with tissue in them
my children left tissues in their fleeces and i washed in washing machine . Now i have fluff all over, how can i get rid of them. to make matters worse, they are allblack and navy blue any ideas pls medical
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Any ideas from you money savers?
Right I begin with trying to get on track of things (I do not and have never owed money but the gap is getting ever nearer). I need ideas on meals, shopping,school lunch boxes and running a household on a very tight shoestring. There are my 2 boys aged 5 and 7 and myself. Also 2 guinea pigs but they seem to live of all the…
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stained teapot
Hi I've just bought a little silver teapot in a charity shop for my gran but its all tea-stained inside. i think its stainless steel by the way. Any ideas on getting rid of the stains? Normally i'd put bleach & boiling water in a tea-stained mug but i didn't know if it would be safe on metal....any ideas please?
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Got some bargains in Savacentre/Sainsbury's today
Just thought I'd share this with you all, as its not often I get a bargain :rolleyes: In Savacentre today I got some half price cartons of cream, double was 15p and single 12p, both types can be frozen, so got 4 of each, the store had a fridge full, so if anyone shopping in a Sainsbury's its probably worth looking out for…
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The Ration Book Diet
I saw a reference to this on an indexed thread and wondered if the book would be worth buying. If anyone's got it I'd appreciate their opinion. Thanks.
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HM/OS/enviro friendly weedkiller???????
Hi all :wave: does anyone know of a HM/ enviro friendly weedkiller I could use? many thanks TG x
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I got a Breadmaker
Hi everyone, haven't posted over here for a while but after you were all so helpful with ideas when I got my slowcooker (which I still LOVE btw :D ) I thought it might be a good idea to ask you all for advice on my newest purchase. I bought myself a breadmaker as early Christmas present (lol I know it's VERY early but it…
