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Childs Game Cant Remember the name
:confused: Hi I hope that I have posted this in the right place. I was hoping to make a childhood game that I used to play myself for my daughter to play with only I cant remember the name of it and therefore cant search for the instructions. It is a bit like origami flower shape but under the flaps of paper you have…
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Iron dumped in cooking oil..
Don't ask how it happened, but someone put my iron in a dish containing cooking oil. The cable was wound round the storage area at the base so has absorbed it very nicely as it stood upright in it over-night before I found it. :rolleyes: Much as I know it means I'll most likely have to get a new one because of the safety…
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Where do i start..advice please...
I've never been one for doing alot of cleaning but usual just enough to keep everything running ok but i have noticed that since the kids finished for summer the house has got a lot worse. Everything and everywhere is a mess. My sister and BIL where up yesterday and they had to move things of the seat to sit down, the…
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Yet another yogurt question.
Hi, Well I have just made my second batch of yogurt. First batch was smooth and creamy. This batch appears a lot thicker and lumpy (did use more skimmed milk powder though) Anyway I have strained it and the liquid that has come off it is thin, watery and yellowish. Is this normal:confused: or is the yogurt 'off'. Dont know…
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White T shirts have gone yellow
This happens every year - I buy a couple of new cheapish white T shirts and before the end of the summer they have gone yellow. :confused: What causes it and how can I prevent this happening?
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OS Daily Monday 20th Aug 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 20th August 2007. 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…
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Eating food from freezer after 6+ months - HELP
I have found a cherry pie in freezer from M&S. It is a pastry type but my H says it cant be eaten as it went out of date in jan and even though it is in the freezer we cant eat it. Is he right? I would be happy to eat it but he is putting me off it. I also found some pureed fruit I had done for LO, approx 6 mths ago, is…
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Can any of you lovely people help?
Hi I wonder if any of you chaps and chapesses could help me. I've been sent over here by the debt free wannabees and told you can offer advice for my predicament. I am finding my shopping bill each month is increasingly high. I have a 14 week old baby who is due to be weaned soon. I live on my own with him and am looking…
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Sense of Humour wanted!!
Apoligies if I have posted this in the wrong place, please feel free to move me! I am in need of a sign for the back of a adapted vehicle with respect to... 'Please don't park too close, I have to get my wheelchair in." I would like something catchy, witty and eyecatching (and polite please!). Many thanks. Serendipity13
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Weekly Flylady Thread 20th August 2007
Welcome to the weekly flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Following requests to start things steadier for…
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Igloo Pudding - anyone got the recipe?
After reading the xmas cake thread it got me thinking about a delicous dessert we used to have at Christmas. But i dont have the recipe. As far as I can remember it had ice cream, coco, rum, cherries, fruit and nuts. It was made in a glass basin and frozen then taken out and tipped upside down like a igloo! - Does anyone…
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No butter cake/sponge/dessert...anything?? Help needed!!
Erm...a little embarrassed here :o I have a few friends round for dinner and am making a delicious dinner....BUT have forgotten to buy the butter to make the dessert (was only planning to make a sponge cake) and have no marg. What else can I make? Have all basic baking ingredients and any help will be VERY gratefully…
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Cleaning stone memorials - help please!
I need some help please folks! I visited the cemetary today and was really upset at how dirty my mum and dads marble memorial has got. Can anyone advise me on the best way to clean it? I have cleaned it before but you need to be so careful so as not to rub the lettering off!
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Help! what is the best thing to clean a UPVC conservatory?
Shamed to admit it but it looks a little grim, all this bad weather has stopped me from cleaning it regularly, tried cleaning it yesterday but the dirt is proving difficult to shift, HELP PLEASE>
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Thinking of getting a Kenwood chef.
Are they worth the outlay? What do you use yours for, Where is the cheapest place to buy one? Ta.
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Beurre Manié any tips?
I usually use a roux when cooking but would like to try with Beurre Manié any tips? When you make it do you rub the fat into the flour as if starting to make shortcrust pastry?
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Preparing for Winter
Insert By Martin.... new to the forum - don't be daunted This is an amazing thread with an incredible wealth of information by thrifty 'old style' MoneySavers. As you will see it already runs for hundreds of pages (see above right to navigate through them). So much so, you'll find when you get to the end that it's now been…
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thai five spice??
whats the difference between Thai 5 spice and Chinese 5 spice?? Ive got a tub of Thai 5 spice that I received in a snazzy spice/herbs thing for xmas and its still sealed as I'm allergic to cinnamon and I know thats in the Chinese version so what is in the Thai version:confused: Thanks
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best supermarket ground coffee?
can any one recommend a good ground coffee - one that aint gonna break the bank? Just picked up a coffee machine from freecycle so want to put it to good use...! I usually shop in ASDA or Tesco so if one can be picked up there great. Also M&S. Cheers!
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A jam making question.....
I've made quite a bit of jam this year and it has been lovely. However, i don't seem to get as many jars out of it as the recipes say. This doesn't really matter as its lovely, but i'm just curious as to why this happens. Today i made plum jam as per Delia. She said it makes approx 5 jars, but i only just got 3. I used 2…
