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Washing clothes in cold water?
Please move if you think I’ve posted on wrong board ive used an Eco Egg off and on for years, recently changed to the Dr Beckman sheets - which I’m happy with- seem to wash ok, but made the mistake of using in a cold water wash - it did not dissolve! But my own fault for not reading the instructions 😂😢 My old Eco Egg has…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 20 May 2025
It's another beautiful morning here.
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Old Style Daily Monday 19 May 2025
Morning all.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 12th May 2025
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 18 May 2025
Good morning all.
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Old Style Daily Saturday 17th May
Morning all. A bleary eyed Mehefin as couldn't sleep Looks like another fine day in prospect. Will catch up late Mehefin
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Old Style Daily Friday 16 May 2025
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Old Style Daily Thursday 15 May 2025
Good morning all.
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April 2025 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the fourth Grocery Challenge of 2025! As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be pleased with, not forgetting that we always recommend that you stay inside your own comfort levels and take things gently one step at a time. Remember that this is not a…
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 14 May 2025
Morning all.
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Gourmet Hummous - any ideas
Hi Guys Finally managed to crack the homemade hummous and got it just the way I like - thanks to previous hummous threads of course, and a bit of practice, and a lot of eating less than perfect hummous. Now I want to jazz up my plain hummous into something a little more gourmet n yummy - as its soooooo cheap to make I hope…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 13 May 2025
Good morning all. And what a glorious one it is.
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OS Daily Monday 12th May
Morning all
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Weekly Flylady Thread 5th May 2025
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 11 May 2025
Morning all.
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refurbished vax vacuum not working
hi guys just bought myself a reurbished Air Lift 2 Pet Plus 1.5L 950w, it looks like new to be honest, all the hose are unclogged but the suction is very weak, it wouldnt even suck a piece of tissue it is that weak. i have come to te conclusion that it is the motor but how do i fix it? i am even thinking they may have put…
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Restoring leather
I have bought an old leather bag but it looks a bit tired. How do you restore leather? Can you buy leather restorer? No eye of newt home remedies please 🙂
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Old Style Daily Saturday 10 May 2025
Good morning all.
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Old Style Daily Friday 09 May 2025
Morning folks. Today is promising sunshine and warmth.
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firelighters
having seen a post were using vacuum fluff as a firelighter reminded me of the way my mothers taught me. i still use this method for every fire i start, though not a coal fire which this method was used on. quite simply take two sheets of newspaper roll diagonally into a long tube, then tie it into a knot (like the first…