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Bosch Washer Dryer help
Hi My daughter has a Bosch Exxcel Maxx Freedom Performance washer dryer - model number WVT 1260GB/01. On wash cycle the water isn't heating and on dryer mode there's no heat, so clothes aren't drying. Anyone able to offer any advice? Thanks
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OS Daily Friday 16th November
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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Rayburn Cooking
Are there any old stylers who cook using Rayburns? I have an oil fuelled Alpha range that has an intermittent cooker fault. As Alpha no longer exist getting spares is difficult and there is an aging and diminishing service engineering resource, so we have decided to get a Rayburn. We need both the heating and cooking…
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"SMART" Home
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Home Dry Cleaning
Hi, What is the best way of dry cleaning clothes at home? There are various kits available, are they any good? If so, which one to buy? I am mainly looking to get wool trousers for work get dry-cleaned at home. Thanks :) (Posted this in the "In My Home" section, but no replies. Posting here in case get better response.)
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OS Daily Thursday 15th November
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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OS Daily Wednesday 14th November
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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OS Daily Wednesday 14th November
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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Steaming Christmas Pudding
I’ll be making a number of Christmas puddings this weekend. They will be in those little plastic jars with the snap on lids. For steaming purposes; rather than steaming the traditional way i.e. covering the top with foil and tie a piece of string around the foil can you just put the plastic cap on, or would that be to…
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OS Daily Tuesday 13th November
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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OS gardening/allotmenteering - traditions, money saving and savvy ideas
I'm just back from my plot, sat down with my cuppa and thought about picking up my wool bag to start knitting. Then it came to me - knitted hanging basket liners. I know what my yarn ends will be made into come the spring. :D Some other things I've done today was continue putting my rabbit bedding/manure on bed 1. Used…
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OS Daily Monday 12th November
:oThis 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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Weekly Flylady Thread 12th November 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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Barley Wine
I’m making Delia Smith’s Christmas Pudding this year. Two of the ingredients are 75ml barley wine, 75ml stout. As someone who only uses drink in cooking I don’t particularly fancy charging around my town looking for it. Delia’s food editor when asked for a subsitute suggested using strong cider, which surprised me. Other…
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Champagne Lifestyle on a Lemonade Budget.
Can it be done. Well I have decided I am going to give it a jolly good try. And I invite you to join me....Please share your tips, experiences, deals, bargains. :rotfl: For those who don't know me.....a little background. I am a widow, aged 67. My husband died four years ago after a long illness which wrecked our finances…
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Freebies! Are you pro or anti?
:) Since I've been aiming at a more decluttered life, I've become very skittish about accepting freebies. Even if they are, in principle, useful or potentially useful freebies. For various reasons; to avoid clutter at home or office, to reduce waste, to discourage the perpetrators of freebies from creating more of the…
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garden clock
I know that this should perhaps go on 'green-fingered' but I know this board better and that folk on here have a lot of experience. I have a relative who loves her garden, and I thought that a garden clock would be a nice idea. We don't have a good garden centre locally (I could make a special journey if I need to) so I…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 11th November
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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Christmas hamper help
Hi everyone, I have a friend with 2 children and they are really struggling financially at the moment. For Christmas I would like to give them a food hamper, but the commercial ones are not really practical (to fancy and not very good value)so I want to make my own, filled with more practical food. My budget is about £80…
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Where I agree with Jezza
