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Built-in Washing Machine help!
FOr all you folks that have a built-in WM, how do you keep it mould free?? Ours has gone all mouldy on the seal; we do wipe it out. Gonna take off the cupboard door this AM and then bleach the mould away (hopefully) but dont' want it to return, any ideas?? We use ecover soap.
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Bamboo Steamer
Just bought a bamboo steamer and need some advice. Can I just wash this with soapy water and do I need to do anything to it before use please?
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cleaning paint off thermoplastic tiles
My friend is moving into a new apartment, the floor is thermoplastic tiles and there are showers of paint from a roller all over it. She cannot afford to carpet it, so I need to try and get the paint off..........any suugestions, I usually use brillo pads, but its quite a big floor and I could use several packets, apart…
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Potato dishes I can freeze
Can anyone recommend some relatively easy potato dishes I can freeze please. I have just over 7kg of white potatoes that are about to go off, and I am doing some major cooking in readiness for my baby arriving, so I can just defrost and pop in the oven to cater for us in the next few weeks. So if anyone can suggest…
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"Carry" on camping (and cooking!)
I know other questions have been posted on here regarding camping so I apologise for duplicating but i just have a couple of questions!! i'm planning on taking my 5yr old DD camping for a weekend in early September (for my birthday!) It's the first time we've ever done it so I'm a bit worried! I don't drive but there is a…
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Spare veg - for bloke!
:hello: I've got quite a bit of veg left from my beef bourguignon: Most of a head of celery 5 shallots 2 large onions 4 large chestnut mushrooms a few new potatoes half a cauliflower Now I only bought this lot for the BB, but I don't want to waste it. I need some ideas...all I can think of is soup, but I've never heard of…
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How do I clean bloodstains? Not dodgy I promise!
I had a little (hem hem) accident witha lightbulb on monday night, and managed to get blood all over the wallpaper, carpet and wood panel on the stairs. Now I am well enough to tackle the mess properly. The carpet isn't too bad (not up to CSI std but looks ok, thankfully a dark carpent), the wood I have cleaned and that ok…
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Old Style 8th August 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 8th August 2007. This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome, please…
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Getting Egg off door
our local young darlings have now upgraded from knock a door run to hurling eggs at our front door.:mad: we washed the door down last night with hot soapy water,thought we had got it off to wake up today to find we havent. does anyone have any tips to shift it,when i asked my mum (usually the one in the know on these kingd…
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Something French, for bloke.
:hello: Been a bit unmotivated of late, so the best way to sort it is to start another thread and make something happen. :D Spent the last week of June in Metz, and the last two weeks watching the Tour de France, so perhaps something French? I had a good view during the prologue in London... :j (This was Rabobank's Grischa…
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Re-usable "female" products
Hi I wanted to write this to make women aware of some options for moneysaving you might not of thought of, its also eco-friendly :T I have a delivery of re-usable sanitary protection arriving soon and think its a great way of saving money and the environment plus makes that time of the month a little bit more fun. I paid…
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Kids taste test
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20148538?GT1=10252Kids prefer the 'taste' of food wrapped in Maccy D wrappers.My first thought was 'wrap things for kids in maccy-d-alike wrappers..'My second thought was - 'nope, thats just encourages them. Teach them to appreciate real food instead'.I know someone that had a BBQ, and had…
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Freezing Chicken question
I know this is probably obvious or been answered before, so sorry if I am repeating stuff...I cooked a chicken yesterday - have made a meal for today and still have enough meat for another meal - will the meat be ok in the fridge till tomorrow? or should I now freeze that meat for another time? or am I even too late to…
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what is miel de cana
I found a jar, which someone gave me last year but I haven`t a clue what it is and how to use it. I get the feeling that it is high in sugar but I may be wrong. Please help before I bin it
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Need help decorating a cake
Have made a chocolate sponge cake with kids for DH's birthday tomorrow. I make quite a lot of cakes but I'm useless at decorating them. :rolleyes: DD wants us to put either a golf course or football pitch on the cake so that's easy with green icing, but when I have put icing on a cake previously I have ended up with bits…
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MealPlans WB 4th August 2007
Sorry about lateness of posting this week, but have not been too well again. Wow....August already!!!! Here is our mealplan for this week: Saturday: Chicken, Roasties, Carrots, Cauliflower, Yorkies & Gravy Sunday: Away Monday: Pizza, Wedges & Salad Tuesday: Sausage Cassarole & Baked Spuds Wednesday: Cold Chicken, New Pots…
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Meal planner - lunches
Thanks to you all you wonderful OS people I've done my first meal plan. Now I want to incorporate lunches ecomonically so that I am using some of meal before leftovers, batch cooking etc??
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where to start
next month my wages drop from £1300 pm to £440 how do i survive on this?? my rent tax and bills come in over this amount already really panicking. My friend who is also on maternity pay has just gone and spent £180 on a dress and i have no idea hows she budgeted for this. Any help advice would be fantastic.
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When is a chicken really out of date?
Any adviece gratefully received!! Last week I bought some boneless, skinless chicken breasts that were on offer. I kept them in their usual packing, put them in the fridge and promptly forgot all about them :( I re-discovered them this morning and saw that they were out of date. I have opened the pack and they dont smell…
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Repairing Shank on Heels
A Few Months ago the shank split on my most favourite pair of heels, and i was of course, rather gumbly about this, as the shank seems to be the most expensive bit of the shoe to fix! Timpsons told me it would take 3 weeks, and cost about £25.. and since the shoes were only £20 in the selfridges sale, i felt that paying…