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Old style as an escape from the world?
Everything seems to be driving me crazy right now - the house is cluttered and disorganised (too much stuff in a small house) so cleaning takes longer than it should and it never looks "done" plus so much in the house needs work that it way out of budget. Plus my job is getting more stressful (more responsibility, minimal…
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Carpet & Upholstery Wipes
Hi all, I have always used 1001 wipes but according to the manufacturer they are now discontinued. Can anyone recommend any other carpet and upholstery wipes as I can only find all purpose or floor wipes. Really struggling to find wipes specifically for spot cleaning a carpet. Many thanks.
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O/S Daily Thursday 22nd March 2018
O/S Daily Thursday 22nd March 2018 This is an !!!8220;over the garden fence!!!8221; type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It!!!8217;s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we!!!8217;re going to do today or what we!!!8217;ve…
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A month of slow cooking
We are a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids aged 2 and 7). Our kitchen is tiny and we don't have an oven so cooking meals is tricky to say the least!! We do have a halogen and Remoska but they both take up quite a bit of counter space. With all this in mind I want to see if I can use the slow cooker (and only the slow cooker)…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 21st March 2018
O/S Daily Wednesday 21st March 2018 This is an !!!8220;over the garden fence!!!8221; type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It!!!8217;s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we!!!8217;re going to do today or what we!!!8217;ve…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 20th March 2018
O/S Daily Tuesday 20th March 2018 This is an !!!8220;over the garden fence!!!8221; type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It!!!8217;s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we!!!8217;re going to do today or what we!!!8217;ve…
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mars bar cornflake cake help needed!
DH has been away for the weekend with his Boys Brigade company and has returned with nearly a kg of cornflakes which weren't eaten - 'so you can make cornflake cakes'. I had memories of using mars bars ages ago to do this, so have just bought a 4 pack of mars bars and thought I would just google for the recipe - how hard…
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O/S Daily Monday 19th March 2018
O/S Daily Monday 19th March 2018 This is an !!!8220;over the garden fence!!!8221; type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It!!!8217;s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we!!!8217;re going to do today or what we!!!8217;ve…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 19th March 2018
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 but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole task easier and quicker. We also…
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£7 a day the Paleo way
Hi all, Hope this is in the right place, I'm an ex regular poster on the MFW board, getting back into posting daily again after losing my log in details. we have successfully managed to transition from the DFW board to the MFW board through hard work and determination, with many side slips, fall down and get back up…
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O/S Daily Sunday 18th March 2018
O/S Daily Sunday 18th March 2018 This is an !!!8220;over the garden fence!!!8221; type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It!!!8217;s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we!!!8217;re going to do today or what we!!!8217;ve…
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Engagement Ring - Buyers Advice
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goings on in blog land ....
What is going on in blog land ? several of the blogs I enjoy reading , a couple I read for the hilarity of the content and some I have read but decided weren't my cup of tea have folded in quick succession. I wondered if writing a blog is hard and time consuming so that is why they have folded I would like to thank all the…
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O/S Daily Saturday 17th March 2018
O/S Daily Saturday 17th March 2018 This is an !!!8220;over the garden fence!!!8221; type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It!!!8217;s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we!!!8217;re going to do today or what we!!!8217;ve…
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Soda Farls In The Oven
It’s a long time since I made soda farls, the last time I made them was in an electric frying pan, but that’s long since retired Anyway checking up on recipes I noticed that a large number of them used the oven. I haven’t actually made them in the oven before. Has anyone cooked them this way and would you notice any…
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Veg Steamer recommendations please
I'm finding that cooking with gas seems to be far more expensive than using the electricity (I use the slow cooker a lot), and also as I have fibromyalgia I sometimes find my hands are too weak to be coping with heavy pans. I'm wondering if a veg steamer is a good buy. I figure plastic is much lighter to wash and also if I…
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O/S Daily Friday 16th March 2018
O/S Daily Friday 16th March 2018 This is an !!!8220;over the garden fence!!!8221; type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It!!!8217;s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we!!!8217;re going to do today or what we!!!8217;ve…
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We would all be Millionaires, Rodney!!
:beer: Quick bit of Arithmetic shoes...and these are very ball-park figures...that if we hadn't eaten or drunk anything or lived anywhere or paid any taxes most of us would be Millionaires?? Take £20,000 (very low assessment of average wage for most of us...including the lower rates earlier in the 70's 80's etc). And…
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Can you hand wash clothes with shampoo?
DS2 has a 3 week field trip to a marine biology research station. He has a small baggage allowance and his washing stuff must be eco friendly/bio degradable. I've seen ecover do stuff for washing clothes, and faith in nature do body wash and shampoo. To save space I'm wondering if he could just take a shampoo to wash hair,…
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O/S Daily Thursday 15th March 2018
O/S Daily Thursday 15th March 2018 This is an !!!8220;over the garden fence!!!8221; type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It!!!8217;s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we!!!8217;re going to do today or what we!!!8217;ve…
