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brown water in iron
Anybody got any ideas how i can clean my steam iron out? It keeps spitting horrible brown water out and staining everything. Dont know how this has happened as i always empty the water out after each use. Do i need to descale? Ive got some brown vinegar..will that work and how do i use it. thanks lucy
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Chocolate Butter Icing
I am looking to decorate a cake like a racetrack. I have bought some roll-out icing for the base, which has cost me more than I thought, so I want to make some butter icing for the main 'racetrack'. Can anyone give me some recipes or quantities I can use? Will it be the same consistency needed to pipe around the bottom of…
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What 5 OS Strategies have helped you the most?
A friend asking for advice recently on cutting back her housekeeping bills, made me think which were the 5 most helpful ways to achieve this and I wondered if I posed the question here how many different strategies we could all come up with, limiting us to 5 each My five would be:- * Set a budget and stick to it, be very…
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Empty bottles for homemade cleaners..
I am gradually swopping over from chemical cleaners to homemade cleaners with vinegar etc... but am in need of bottles! Can anyone tell me where is a good place to get bottles with spray tops or pump tops or squirty tops from? Thanks, YG
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pie related questions
please bear with me this is a long one i defrosted some diced casserole beef overnight lobbed it in sc this morning with some casserole mix tin of toms and onion. so far so good. i have just remembered other half is at footy tonight so wont want tea with us .can i turn this lot into a pie i have some ready rolled puff…
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Rearing Turkeys for Christmas
Hello I know some of you have chichens but I was wondering if anyone has reared a turkey for thier Christmas dinner? If you have please could you tell me where you got them from and how easy or hard they are to look after? Many thanks Jess
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what to stock up with...?
hi everyone, am new to OS so be gentle...:D I've been growing my own veg and my spinach is ready (yay!) so i've just been looking for some nice spinach recipes and i realised that most of the ingredients I don't have....fennel seed, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, lentils etc etc....in fact, i think the only things I do have…
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O/S Daily Thread for Tuesday 26th June, 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Today. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in,…
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feed a family on £12 a week
have searched everywhich way but loose but cannot find the thread for weekly menu and the grocery list for £12 feeding family for a week , anyone help me please:confused:
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Oats so simple...
I seem to have accumelated rather a few of these packets due to my mum going off them.Any ideas how I could use them up (in baking preferably) Wondered if they would work in flapjacks or something similar??:confused:
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tips on clothes colours running? urgent!!!
i have just took washing out of machine and found a silk scarf wrapped arounda thick cotton skirt and the colour has run from scarf to skirt and covered the entire front of the skirt. i have put in back in machine on a quick wash with it covered in those spray that remove stains (all i had in cupboard) i have seen a new…
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Agh: laundry help
Agh. Husband decided to put the net curtains in a 95 degree wash. Have come home halfway through the cycle. Don't care about those being ruined - they are horrible things anyway. :mad::mad::mad::mad:But he has put my PALE LINEN TROUSERS and a load of white cotton-type tops in the same load. Crazy man.…
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Exploding coffee pot-help needed
Oh joy-a stovetop coffee pot just blew a gasket-covering everything in ground coffee-including piles of clothes.Can anyone point me in the direction of a thread on stain removal?
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Old Style * ~ 20 ~ * Week Challenge
Inspired by some Debt Free Wannabe posts http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=439977 (thanks folks x x ) I would like to start a 20 Week challenge of goals that we would like to achieve in the next twenty weeks and use this forum for motivation and updates. I chose Old Style because I think most goals that…
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Alternatives to washing powder???
I was wondering if anyone uses anything different to wash their clothes on a regular basis other than washing powder. I've heard of soap nuts and washer balls but not sure what they are/where to buy them/if they're really better than powder/if there's anything else I could try. Don't particularly have masses of stained…
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cleaning plastic water bottle
I have a clear plastic Sports bottle like this. It had some orange juice in it last and has been left laying around for 4-5 days. It now really smells and there was some funny looking stuff inside it. I have washed it out with soapy water but it still smells. I have put some juice inside it to taste and it's rank. anybody…
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Plain Flour
I have a surplus of plain flour, any ideas what I can do with it:confused: Thanks x
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Risotto help..
I found a recipe for risotto yesterday on here and now i can't find it, it was one which said you can add chicken, ham. It's supposed to be for tonights tea..lol
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OS Daily Monday 25th June 07
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Today. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in,…
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Something 'on toast'
I am not sure if I am posting this in the right place or not! One of the things I have been trying to follow since I acquired the "Thrifty Ways" book is to "Have something 'on toast' once a week". I have been alternating ham and pineapple toasties, beans on toast, scrambled egg and eggy bread and I was wondering what other…
