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Old jeans
My son has outgrown another few pairs of jeans and most of them have holes in the knees so can't sell them on - looking for an OS way of reusing them. Was thinking of making a draught excluder for door but looking for other ideas that will reuse them x
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Dehumidifiers-which kind?
I saw a few posts on MSE about dehumidifiers and how one kind was better than the other. I'm planning on buying one soon,but can't remember where this info was posted.Can anyone advise? Thanks.
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Red spots on bedlinen
Is this mould? I don't think it's blood as they are tiny fairly even spots down towards the leg and feet-end; it looks like little specks of rust. Stepdaughter says it is. I normally change the bedlinen every week but can't manage it at the moment for mobility reasons while I've been recovering from an operation. I'm…
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O/S Daily Saturday 22nd September 2012
Os daily 22 Sept 2012 This is the Daily thread for Saturday 22 September 2012. 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…
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Meal Plans w/b Monday 24 Sept
Hi everyone, I couldnt see a thread already started so I thought I'd get going for next week (2 of us) toad in the hole (1/2 pack sausages) "shepherds pie" (1/2 pack mince, veg & baked beans topped with cheesy mash) sausage, egg, oven chips, beans (other half of pack sausage) chicken stir fry & noodles (frying) steak and…
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Lingering Coffee Smell
I just know somebody mse out there will have the solution to this. I cannot bring myself to throw out those Doue Egberts glass coffee jars and would really love to use them for storage and ideally for stuff like dried apricots etc. The trouble is there is always a coffee smell no matter how much I wash. After I wash them,…
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NON Watery Flavoursome Soup -
I know soup is water based but what are peoples secret for making a non watery with flavour soup last soup i made or tried to was a leek and potato not only was it very watery and tasted like water too any good recipes for a thick flavorsome soup
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O/S Daily Friday 22 September 2012
Os daily 21 Sept 2012 This is the Daily thread for Friday 21 September 2012. 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…
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Os meet in leeds????
Okay so I am wondering if anyone would be wanting to meet up in leeds or anywhere in yorkshire leeds is quite central to yorkshire and easy to get to from everywhere. Anyone interested???? I would love to meet you all. X
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Gordon Ramsay's Cookery Course
Has anyone been watching it on the telly - channel 4. I am not usually fan of him but he has seduced me this time. A lot of his recipes look so cheap they are practically free. I wanted to buy the book but have resisted and ordered it from the library.
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Os daily 20 Sept 2012
This is the Daily thread for Thursday 20 September 2012. 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…
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Mixed Berry Fruit Compote Recipe?
I know M&S make a lovely mixed berry fruit compote but even if i was still in the UK my christmas budget wouldnt stretch to M&S this year so i was going to try and make my own. I want to use it in brandy snap baskets which will be first filled with cold custard, then the compote and topped with HM vanilla ice-cream. Does…
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Keeping coffee warm for 12 hours?
Well, today I spent 6 quid in starbucks. Discraceful, I know, sorry MSEers! :( Basically I'm back at college which means I leave for work at 7:45-8ish in the morning and get home and 9 at night. I need coffee to keep going between %:30 when I finish work and 6 when I start college, and again on the 10 min break I get at…
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OS Daily Wednesday 19th September
This is the Daily Wednesday 19th September 2012. 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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What does 6 kg of washing look like?
We have had to buy a washing machine in hurry. They never seem to last long in this house ( about 3 years) I am sure like a lot of people over load the machine so what would 6 kg of washing comprise of? Do the manufacturers count it as dry or wet when describing the load capacity? Melissa
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The commonsense thread
Hi I hope you lovely people don't mind me starting this thread. There seems to be a lot of worry at the moment about the future, about jobs, prices, and mainly how we are all going to cope. So (as a lot of us older moneysavers know we have been here before, not quite this bad but we have been here before) and taking a deep…
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Coronation Chicken HELP!
The other week I was in Sainsbobs & they had sachets of Schwartz Coronation Chicken mix for 10p each,so I bought 8 of them!:eek: Anyway,it turns out it's a mix you add to mayo & mango chutney,so I made some up & it was revolting! Could hardly taste the curry flavor,just vinigary mango chutney & mayonaise. So,I was…
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Free Cath Kidston make and sew booklets
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/promotions/9537754/free-cath-kidston-make-sew-booklets.html make a note to get the newspaper on the 29th and 30th!!
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OS Daily 18th September
Old Style Daily Thread for Tuesday 18th September 2012Hi, this is the Daily Monday 17th September 2012. 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…
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Spill the beans... on uses for old plastic carrier bags
Spill the beans... on uses for old plastic carrier bags [IMGRIGHT]http://images.moneysavingexpert.com/images/spillthebeans2.gif[/IMGRIGHT] Do you line your bins with 'em, use them when you're out with the dog (you know what we mean) or simply chuck them away? We want to hear your best uses for carrier bags, other than for…
