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O/S Daily Saturday 30 September 2017
O/S Daily Saturday 30 September 2017 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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Cleaning patio without prresure washer
Has anyone done that? Can it be done, how?
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O/S Daily Friday 29 September 2017
O/S Daily Friday 29 September 2017 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,…
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O/S Daily Thursday 28 September 2017
O/S Daily Thursday 28 September 2017 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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Ready meals/prepared food
Hi everyone, I live alone and work full time and find myself eating a lot of ready meals and Birds Eye type frozen foods because its more convenient, especially the ready meals. Someone at work says she batch cooks but that must take more time and not to mention washing up afterwards. Is this method really healthier and…
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Can it be done?
Hi all, I've been a lurker of these forums for a decade but never really contributed much :o My circumstances have changed a lot in the past few months - as of last week, I've just lost around 95% of my income. So, my outgoings are much higher (as I recently moved in with my partner) and my income has just dramatically…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 27 September 2017
O/S Daily Wednesday 27 September 2017 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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Anyone here vegan?
I've been vegetarian before, the longest was for a year. I'm planning on starting again but was wondering how hard it is to go vegan? It seems a bit extreme on paper, but I am uncomfortable about animal welfare in this country. I only eat organic eggs and dairy already, but I still don't know if there welfare is much…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 26 September 2017
O/S Daily Tuesday 26 September 2017 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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How to clean a duck down quilt ?
Getting a bit colder overnight, we’re in Scotland so maybe a bit chillier than down south. We’ve got a duck down quilt for the Winter, 15 tog, really posh and cost a small fortune. It’s only about 7 or 8 years old, well made. But it’s had it’s share of accidents. Tea and coffee stains mainly. Looks bloody awful if I’m…
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Washing up grease/fat
Hi, Ive recently gone low carb/high fat way of eating, and am cooking with a lot of different fats, which end up on pans, trays, dishes etc. It clogged up the dishwasher sprayer arms after only a couple of weeks, and I thought Id been rinsing the fat off everything. Also I dont want to be putting loads of fat down the…
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Bed linen
Hi does anyone know of a company that sells thick cotton percale sheets, I'm battling bedtimes due to being of that age :o and keep dreaming of a cold crisp bedsheets like you used to get in the 60's/70's but everything seems to be high thread count soft cotton or polycotton and so thin and light you can see your hand…
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O/S Daily Monday 25 September 2017
O/S Daily Monday 25 September 2017 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,…
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Help - repossessed by Northern Rock nearly 8 years ago and now NRAM are looking for m
I'm hoping someone here can help. Many years ago I held a mortgage with Northern Rock. To cut a long story short my ex partner ran up debts to the sum of £40k and the relationship broke down and he left the country. At the time I asked NR to remove his name (in 2008) and they refused to without a £40k deposit. We owed…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 25th September 2017
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. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless…
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What to do with old crackers?
After sorting my cupboards, I came across a tin of crackers for cheese. Some are a little soft and I do like proper crunchy crackers for my cheese but I'm reluctant to toss them if I can use them in some other way Any ideas peeps?
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O/S Daily Sunday 24 September 2017
O/S Daily Sunday 24 September 2017 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,…
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Linen Teatowels disappointment
My granny and a few others have mentioned how nice linen teatowels are compared to the usual cheap ones, which is what I had. She also said they are lint-free (which I don't really understand but it sounded good). Mine were quite worn out anyway so I decided to splash out a bit and bought three linen ones which were hugely…
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Pickles and chutneys - garden glut ideas
Hi all, I am after ideas Hubby and I have been sorting the garden out and have cleared a mass of chilli's, tomatoes, cooking apples, pears etc So far I have made Chill Apple Jelly, Pear Chutney and a base Tomato Sauce. I have loads of apples left, prob approx 1kg tomatoes, a dozen long red chilli's as well as a few pears -…
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O/S Daily Saturday 23rd September 2017
O/S Daily Saturday 23rd September 2017 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…
