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Advice for cleaning things like bath and tiles
I assume its germs but my bath and tiles around it turn a orange colour which I keep wiping off but comes back so quickly. A second thing is best thing to wipe off sticky marks where my body sweat goes into wall in bedroom where I lie.
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Reducing plastic usage
I am not sure there has been a thread specific to this topic, if there is I hope this post can be linked to it. If not, though, I would like to open a dialogue among OSers who are fed up and concerned by the impact of plastic in the environment. I have worked at reducing plastic in my home and in my life for a long time…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 8th December 2015
O/S Daily Tuesday 8th December 2015 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. Everyone’s…
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Overdone chutney... Can it be saved?
First I cooked a glut of apples onions vinegar etc in the slow cooker, which turned out too runny. I then transferred it to simmer on the hob, which resulted in treacle toffee texture :rotfl:. It tastes a bit Christmas pudding-esque, and won't spread out of the jar and probably can't be easily tempted out. Can it be saved…
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Where have all the sewing patterns gone
Sewing patterns are an horrendous price these days. I want a pattern with long sleeve and possible short for a dress for my 2.5 year old granddaughter. I have scoured the net and cannot find anything I like, plus £7 or so seems extreme. I have even been round the local charity shops and again no luck. Any ideas anyone?
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Weekly Flylady Thread 7th December 2015
WOOHOO IT IS :xmastree:.....DECEMBER..... :xmastree: Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us. Thank you Bossy for last week's thread There are 3 levels per day with Level 1 being very basic, level 2 in the middle, up…
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O/S Daily Thread Monday 7th December
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. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Cheapest pheasants
When I first started posting here, it seemed that most winters someone would ask what do with pheasant: usually Old Stylers who had moved to the country and were surprised by the profusion of these tasty birds. Anyway, the cheapest I have seen this year is at our local farmers' market: £4 for an oven-ready brace. That's £1…
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O/S Daily Thread Sunday 6th December 2015
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. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Meal Planning - WK 7/12 - the run up to christmas begins!
I assume I'm not alone in needing to plan around various seasonal activities and demands? Very bitty week this week, and it only gets worse between now and Christmas. So easy to get carried away this time of year... brekki and lunch at home are catch as can. Work - Mon, Tues, Wed WFH - Thurs AM, Friday AM Hospital Thurs…
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Using whey
Had my first serious attempt at making cheese the other day - it wasn't bad actually. Lots of whey left over and I've read various uses for it and thought I might use it as the liquid in a pizza base. Errrrm....and then rather forgot about it in the fridge for a few days. Cant see anything "growing on it" or the like - so…
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O/S Daily Saturday 5th December 2015
O/S Daily Saturday 5th December 2015 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. Everyone’s…
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Budget for 1 and a teen??
Hi all Trying to sort my life out. I have recently started a job through an agency and get paid weekly, but in January I will be moving to a fixed term contract, paid monthly. So I will have around 3.5 - 4 weeks where I will not be paid. I will have some income - child tax credit, child benefit and dd's DLA, so just need…
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Inexpensively cheap meal planner
I'm determined to get my groceries down. I'm sick of wasting so much money on food. All the money I waste I would like it to go into building an emergency fund instead. I have tried cutting down and when I have we ended up eat a hell of alot of pasta based and bread based meals: Beans on toast Eggy Bread ,Tuna pasta, Pasta…
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Cleaning "shiny metal bits!"
Help! Can anyone help with this problems I seem to have when cleaning around the house. When I clean metal parts of items such as the hinges on the toilet seat, the handles on kitchen doors and kitchen drawer units I use a mixture of vinegar and water but every time it seems to make the surface worse and it changes from a…
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O/S Daily Thread Friday 4th December
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. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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How Long To Cook ?
I've just put a Pork Shoulder Roast, 1.6kg in my slowcooker. Can one of you kind ladies tell me how long i should be leaving it ? Thanks.
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making a will
I've decided it's time to update my will. I've had a look around and there is a huge difference in price between making an online will and doing one through a solicitor. Has anyone got any experience of doing an online will? On the face of it they seem very easy, but I don't want to leave any problems for my children to…
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O/S Daily Thread for Thursday 3rd December
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. Everyone’s welcome, please do come in, put your feet…
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Fir Clemt - lucky Wigganers!
I've just seen a piece on our local Granada News about an initiative in Wigan that I think is incredible MSE and really old style. In a building formerly a school, a group collects in food that would otherwise be put in the bin but is still fresh to use, they concoct a menu around what has been given them on the day and…
