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O/S Daily Friday 9th September 2016
O/S Daily Friday 9th September 2016 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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Oldest milk you have drunk?
I stayed with a friend recently, and on September 2 she was still happily drinking from a 4pt bottle of organic milk with a use by date of August 15th. I don't stick rigidly to use by dates, and I understand the sniff test, but I couldn't bring myself to drink milk 17 days past its recommended date. We're old friends and…
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Struggling greatly at the moment :(
I've been diagnosed with fibromyalgia recently(in July) and am having trouble finding pain medication that I can tolerate. And with being in constant pain and so exhausted all the time I don't have the energy for anything. My garden is overgrowing. I can't cook dinner(I get the kids to do all the chopping while I…
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Ewbank 4-in-1 Floor Cleaner, Scrubber, Polisher & Vac
Anyone bought one of these? Any good? My second steam cleaner has died on me, and I've never been that impressed with the effect on my kitchen and bathroom floors, so I thought I might try this.
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Whats your spend / save balance like?
What the title says really. We COULD save X but it would mean really cutting down on meals out, clothes, etc etc... Just trying to decide what a medium balance is. Whilst I don't want to waste cash and would like to push ourselves to save as much as possible, my husband doesn't want to live on a tight budget and have to…
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Seriously struggling - any advice would be appreciated!
I need some suggestions fast on how I can survive the next two weeks with very little cash. Due to a couple of unplanned expensive weekends and poor decisions on my part :( I am left with about £26 to last me until payday (25th). Totally my fault and I take responsibility for it, I was devastated when I checked my bank…
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Can I freeze homemade mincemeat until Christmas 2017?
Am about to make a large batch of mincemeat to go in the fridge to make mince pies for this Christmas. If I use up all the ingredients there'll be way too much. Will the surplus keep in the freezer for more than a year? Mary Berry says it keeps well for six months in a cool dry place, so was thinking maybe it would. Using…
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What do you on on your NSDs?
Ok, so we all like NSDs, zero money out of our pockets, good and well tested OS practice. But what do you do? I find that when going out there is always the opportunity even for a tiny spend, so unless I am stuck home all day or go to the library and allotment there is very little I can do which is no-spend! I have a…
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O/S Daily Thursday 8th September 2016
O/S Daily Thursday 8th September 2016 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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Pear juice - ideas please.
What do I do with it, other than drink it? I stewed down a load of pears last night and unlike apples, they release a lot of fluid. I normally do this in smaller batches so the juice evaporates but on this occasion decided life is just too short, so drained the excess off rather than have the fruit turn to mush. I have…
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Foraging - can anyone tell me what these are?
I have come across two different bushes with some kind of fruit on them, one is green and the other are more reddish. Both fruit types are small, about the size of a cherry. Can anyone tell me what they are, and if you are able to eat them?
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O/S Daily Thread Wednesday 7th September
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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Bacon in the oven
I've only recently discovered the joy of cooking bacon in water in a frying pan so as to avoid the splattering I always got when I fried it conventionally, but that means the gas is on under the pan for 15 minutes or so, much of that on full, and that's not exactly frugal. So I was wondering, given that we do our chips the…
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Is there a weekly meal plan thread?
Hi Guys, I'm more of a sporadic lurker here and really love it but wanted to know if there are any threads with people's weekly meal plans shared on them? I couldn't see any but it would be great to have some inspiration from other people's purse-savvy plans? Can anyone point me in the right direction if there are some of…
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crumble mix (fruit)
Hi there I have been given a couple of bags of plumbs & I'd like to make them into crumbles, however I just want to prep the fruit at this stage & freeze, can anyone give me a tried & tested method & if possible recipe (I have no idea what the sugar:fruit ratio should be) Many thanks
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O/S Daily Thread Tuesday 6th September
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 do I make my own pizza hut style pizza?
Hello knowledgable people! I really like Pizza Hut thin pizzas. But they are expensive so I want to try and make my own. I very much prefer pizza hut over dominos. I like the thinness, the crispyness and the softness of the pizza hut dough, whereas I find dominos pizzas are thicker, more loaded with cheese and more greasy.…
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Pressure cooker recipe thread
Hi, is there a pressure cooker thread anywhere? Or does someone know of a good website? I follow the slow cooker thread, but can't find a pressure cooker thread. cheers Rich
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Lentil Soup ?
Not sure if this is the right place to post this but will see ... I'm on another "must cut my food bill" mission and one of my "go to" recipes for lunch is Lentil Soup (just onions, carrots, celery - if I have any in - stock & red lentils). I suspect I'm going to eat a lot of this in the coming weeks so was wondering what…
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Cheap photo thank you cards
I need to send people thank you cards for gifts that they got for my daughter for her christening. I don't want anything to complicated. I was thinking just having lots of copies of a photo of her on and writing the thank you on the back as getting postcards printed id quite expensive. Either that or getting normal cards…
