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O/S Daily Friday 30 April 2021
O/S Daily Friday 30 April 2021 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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Brown Sugar for Chocolate Chip Cookies
I am going to try my hand at baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies. I have never made cookies before, so this will be a learning experience and somewhat of an adventure. I am going to start with a simple recipe, what may be considered a standard, the Toll House recipe. The recipe calls for brown sugar, and at the…
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O/S Daily Thursday 29 April 2021
O/S Daily Thursday 29 April 2021 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 Wednesday 28 April 2021
O/S Daily Wednesday 28 April 2021 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 Tuesday 27 April 2021
O/S Daily Tuesday 27 April 2021 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 Monday 26 April 2021
O/S Daily Monday 26 April 2021 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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Weekly Flylady Thread 25th April 2021
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. 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…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 25 April 2021
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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Old Style Daily Saturday 24 April 2021
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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O/S Daily Friday 23 April 2021
O/S Daily Friday 23 April 2021 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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Earth day
As today is earth day I though it might me a nice idea to talk about eco ways of cutting down. Using less power, making things go further, and amazingly enough saving money by doing it. Please join in if you would like. I’ll start off with a few of my ways. Walk more ( or use trams and buses ) If it’s chilly put on extra…
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O/S Daily Thursday 22 April 2021
O/S Daily Thursday 22 April 2021 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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rats
probably the wrong place to post... i bought dad a bird hanging feeder but nextdoors rats are climbing the pole and scoffing the fat balls. obviously we dont want rats. i was thinking, does the 'anti-climb' paint work with rats? or will i have to put poison down?
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Are charity shops accepting donations again yet?
Wonder if anyone knows the situation pls? Having built up a goodly pile of items to donate, is it too soon to deliver them to the charity shops? thanks
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O/S Daily Wednesday 21 April 2021
O/S Daily Wednesday 21 April 2021 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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Newbie, little challenge!
Hi everyone, I'm a long time lurker on these forums and just got the confidence to post! Sometimes I find the long term challenges a bit overwhelming to dive in on so I'm starting my own little challenge. I did this for a few weeks pre covid shopping and will start again from next week. For me, it is one day for one…
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May 2021 Grocery Challenge
Hi everyone, Welcome to the fifth Grocery Challenge of 2021! If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your April Budget then keep on posting in the April Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be pleased with, not…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 20 April 2021
O/S Daily Tuesday 20 April 2021 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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waxed furniture.
I have waxed furniture in my living room and a solid fuel burner .Every time i dust ,the wax finish seems to suck the dirt into the grain of the wood , is it soot from my fire? why does it stick to the surface and WON'T come off? Help, anyone?
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Garlic Recipes
Garlic Bread? Garlic... bread? Garlic? And bread? Am I hearing you right? Garlic bread? Happy international garlic day! Can you believe it's been a year all ready? So come on, peel away that outer layer, smack it with a knife and let us know your favourite garlic recipes! But promise you won't get too close to us tomorrow…