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Old Style Daily Monday 11 August 2025
Good morning.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 4th August 2025
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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Inside of tomatoes make sauce?
I am making some oven dried tomatoes and I have all the insides and seeds in a basin. My recipe says save these to make tomato sauce but I can't work out how to do it. Any ideas anyone? Thanks
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Old Style Daily Sunday 10 August 2025
Morning all.
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what is a strong fabric for furniture upholstery, but with the lowest cost
Hi And thanks for reading. What is a strong durable upholstery fabric but without the expensive price tag, I mean for a strength to price ratioThanks
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very old filigree silver broaches need cleaning.
Any ideas for cleaning some very old silver. This isn't hall marked stuff, but probably Indian silver from about the turn of the century. 3 pieces that belonged to my grandmother and I think her mother. I bought some jewellery cleaner and dipped them in but that did nothing (all 3 pieces are tarnished badly). I used to…
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Bugs in my chick peas
I was going to make hummus and a chick pea curry tomorrow, so I got the packet out to soak the peas overnight, only to discover little insects which google suggests are bean weevils - dark coloured, about the size of fruit flies or a little bit bigger. The packet had been opened but was folded over and secured with a peg.…
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O/S Daily Saturday August 9 2025
Morning all
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Pizza dough and sauce
Does anyone have a recipe for a quick and easy pizza dough and sauce? Got my Nephew coming for the weekend soon and I'd like to give homemade pizza a go.
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Old Style Daily Friday 08 August 2025
Morning all.
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Old Style Daily - Thursday 07 August 2025
Morning everyone Thank you all for your good wishes for DM. Although severely aneamic, she never really shows symptoms and says she does’t feel much benefit from the blood transfusion. Anyway, she’s had two units so that will stop the medical professionals being jumpy 😂…..her GP called yesterday as he’d just got the…
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 06 August 2025
Good morning all.
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O/S Daily Wednesday 6 August 2025
Morning all.
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 05 August 2025
Morning all. I'll be back.
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Is M&S Overusing Do not Suitable For Freezing.
Do you remember when every piece of clothing said "Dry Clean Only" This is reminding me of the same sillyness!I shop online at the supermarket that is partnered with M&S, and at the end of the shop they have the flash sales, I saw some cooked chicken breast slices and thought they would be perfect for putting in the…
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Old Style Daily Monday 04 August 2025
Morning all.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 29 July 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 03 August 2025
Good morning all.
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Old Style Daily Saturday 02 August 2025
Good morning all. It's glorious outside though not due to stay that way.
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Reusing and repurposing - frugal ideas and tips on how to reuse and repurpose virtually everything!
Hello all, I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread on tips and tricks people have found to reuse and repurpose all the things in our lives that have come to the end of their first life, and would otherwise be chucked in recycling/bin. From an environmental perspective recycling should be our last port of call.…
