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Old Style Daily Sunday 3rd July
OS daily Sunday 3rd July 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…
A new leaf, feeling incredibly disgusted with myself.
Hi all, I've been bobbling around the OldStyle board for a while on and off. I really need to get a handle on the food budget and more importantly waste. For the second time in six months I've disposed of an incredible amount of food from the fridge and freezer, totalling in the region of £500 worth. :( It was a little…
Crockery feeling chalky...
after going through dishwasher. I've cleaned it. I use a good quality all-in-one and have added rinse aid and salt to see if that makes a difference. Any ideas? Thank you. :)
Green caterpillar/wormy things in my kitchen!
Over the last week we are finding little green caterpillar or worm things crawling around the kitchen. We get a few moths in the house and I wondered if these are the babies. I've Googled and the green things might be pantry moth larvae but I don't have brilliant eye sight so I'm not sure! I've emptied and disenfected the…
OS daily Saturday 2nd July
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…
How to find a decent washing machine
My old washing machine has just died and looking around for a new one I am appalled. It is apparently impossible to buy any machine that fills with hot water as well as cold, this is ridiculous. I have a solid fuel Rayburn which heats the water as a side product of heating the house and cooking so I get loads of hot water…
Is my washing machine cleaning as well as it should?
I have one which is about 10 years old, I use unscented powder I buy in bulk on Ebay. The clothes never look that washed in the sense be it jeans or t shirts they look chalky afterwards, any stains are gone be it food and I have put in old manky pillows before and they come out looking brand new. So the problem is clothes…
OS Friday 1st July
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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