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Urine!
is a well known compost activator and apparently if mixed with wood ash makes an excellent veg fertilizer. This got me thinking. In ye olde days urine was used in cleaning, if I remember correctly something to do with getting whites white,urine containing ammonia . So ,instad of flushing this valuable commodity down the…
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Old coffee stain
I spilled some coffee on a powder blue (dry clean only) coat. Two weeks later took it to Morrisons Supermarket Dry cleaning Dept. Just picked it up with note saying something like "couldn't get stain out and may damage fabric if try any stronger cleaning fluid" I'm gutted, looks exactly the same as when I handed it in. I…
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Need foil.or are there ways to stop your food sticking to your trays in the oven?
Need foil but its a tight week and it will set me back £2 and I really dont want to raid my DS piggys bank if I can help it. My baking trays are very old and the non stick trays are no longer NON stick. I normally have foil and use that but used it all at the weekend. Any ideas? I have some sunflower oil in the cupboard…
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Has anyone seen a reduced price family planner/calender.
Ive decided this is the month/year that i get organised and save more money in the kitchen,and it appears meal planning is the way to go...3 days a week im working late and not at home for dinner--this is when my OH and 2 girls end up making a mish mash of dinners..I used to cook their meals before work,but honestly got…
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old style daily thred monday 10th Jan
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for monday 10th Jan. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already.…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 10th January 2011
Welcome to the 2nd Flylady thread of 2011... This week will see a LOT of newcomers which happens every year, sadly many of these ladies and gents do not stay long. This influx usually means the thread is very very busy, please do not lose heart if you cannot keep up with everyone else or reading the thread, don't try to…
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Can't Get Paddle Out of BM bread without destroying the loaf
My bread machine makes decent bread (as long as I get all the quantities EXACTLY right) but I haven't ever managed to get the paddle out of the cooked loaf without destroying the middle part of the loaf. I've tried getting it out straight away & leaving it for different times but nothing works. I end up with 2 "ends" & the…
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Keeping colours bright
Hi! I've just been doing some ironing, and my girls got some little red peppa pig outfits for their birthday. I'd say they've only been washed 3 times, but the top is looking faded. It almost has a grey sheen to it, as if it's bobbling and the bobbles are grey. But it's not quite bobbling - it's just not as smooth as it…
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OS Daily Sunday 9th Jan
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sunday 9th Jan. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already.…
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OS daily Saturday 8th Jan x
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday 8th January. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already.…
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Hatching eggs.... squeamish pls don't read...
I have kept hens before, and am thinking of getting an incubator and hatching some eggs in the spring... IF I do, I will get an autosexing breed so I can tell which are male/female when they are just a day old. Problem is.... (i'm cringing even writing this) that I can only keep hens here, not cockerals so... what would…
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knitting problem?
i knitted a waistcoat for my mum in that funny eyelash yarn. it came out really nice but as shes a touch on the older side bless her, she gets cold very quick and i was thinking of trying to add some sleeves on for her. i have found some of the wool leftover but am not sure if its enough or even what sort of pattern should…
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OS Daily Friday 7 January 2011
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Friday 7th January. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already.…
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Do you spend £10.00 per month on food you don't eat
I read today that the average person buys at least a tenners worth of food every month that gets stored in the cupboard until its out of date then binned. It said that there was around £297 million pounds worth of old out of date foodstuff in the nations cupboards.:eek: My resolution this year is to use up as much as I can…
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MealPlans WB 10 January 2011!
Hello! I've decided to sort out my recipe stash, and plan from there :) Sat - cinema and Pizza Express :beer: Sun - HM raisedpork and apple pie Weekend lunches will be HM smoked mackerel pata and HM broccoli and stilton soup, with HM seedy bread. Mon - liver and apple casserole, bashed HG neeps and tatties, HG sprouts and…
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Sugar free punch recipe?
Hi all, We've got the school disco tomorrow and we've been given one of those fancy drink fountains to use, does anyone have a recipe for a fruit punch type drink I can make for the children? It can't really have sugar in it as we're a healthy eating school. Thank you for any idea! Boo.x
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Old Style daily thursday 6th January
Thread Stats Views: 1,518 W W Factor Coming Soon... Share This Thread: [URL="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2959826 [/URL] [URL="http://twitter.com/?status=https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2959826 [/URL] Hi, this is the Daily Thread for thursday 6th…
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Defrosting Ham Joint - What Can I do With It?
I brought a large ham joint for christmas and put half of it in the freezer. I need to 'live off the land' so to speak this month so Im trying to think what i can make out of it. There are only 2 of us and the joint is a little large even though its only half of what i brought :o As I have frozen it, im presuming once…
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Meal planning and last minute visitors
My meal planning tends to go to pot when I have unexpected visitors. Its by no means regular, but I do sometimes have my niece and nephew over at the last minute, for example, if my sister is running late (I finish work at 4pm), I might pick them up. If I plan a meal for me, OH and DS (who is 8 months) then it normally…
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slow cooker half price
I noticed today my local Asda had quite a pile of Morphy Richards slow cookers (six a half litre) at half price reduced from £50 to £25. Online Asda is sold out, but it's worth checking local stores if anyone is interested.
