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What are you making for dinner?
There were problems with the original thread in that it disappeared and could not be reinstated. So a new thread was created and we all started again, unfortunately that thread also seems to have joined it's predecessor. So here's a new one. We need to hear about Suki's lamb casserole and Island Maid is back from Amsterdam…
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Old oils and vinegars
I'm sorry if this has been discussed previously, but I can't find an answer. I've just been checking my oils and vinegars and some are way beyond the best before dates. I will keep ordinary vinegar (white and malt) forever, but what about apple cider vinegar, flavoured vinegars and wine vinegars? They get a bit sedimenty,…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 08 January 2026
Good morning.
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Frugaling my way to FIRE
Hi all I have always spent most of my time on the DFW boards as have spent the majority of my adult life in debt (thanks to a 1990s education that didn't talk about money, parents who weren't well off but hid it very well and being given loads of credit cards when I started university with no education about what that…
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O/S Daily Tuesday January 6th 2026
Good morning all.
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 07 January 2026
Morning all.
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Instant pot is it worth it?
Instant pots are half price right now and I'm tempted but also worrying about whether it will be worth the initial outlay to save energy costs when cooking? Does anyone have one? What types of things do you cook n it?
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 06 January 2026
Morning folks.
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Slow Living - Doing It Old Style!
It's a bit early to be starting this thread but it's the last day of 2023 that I will have the time so I'm doing it now! I have decided that 2024 is going to be the opportunity to put into practice all the things that I have thought about, wanted to do and dabbled with in 2023. I have a few diaries on the forum which touch…
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Old Style Daily Monday 05 January 2026
Morning everyone.
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The Second Purse Thread
Hello everyone, I’ve been thinking of reviving the Second Purse Challenge
for a while and a post by @Frugalistamama spurred me on. For those who don’t know about this way of grocery budgeting,
I’ve linked the original posting by @Mothership below. I intend to set aside £30 of my monthly food budget to look
for bargains to…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 29th December 2025
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. Welcome to the last thread of 2025. We often see new flyers (gents welcome!) around this time of year so please don't worry if you feel you cannot keep up. Similarly if your house has been neglected it won't be turned around in a day - but if you stay you will get into some good habits…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 04 January 2026
Good morning everyone.
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Best cream tea scones
In using up (woe is me) a tub of clotted cream, I've inadvertently compared two brands of scones - Tesco finest and coop irresistible. While Tesco's are larger and softer, they tend to fall apart when applying the clotted cream (which by the laws of science and decency, should be applied first). Coops are smaller, but…
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How often to do washing?
Partly a money saving question but partly a sanity saving question as I feel like I'm always washing clothes. How many washes a week would you do as a single person who wears a uniform for work? I like to wash my bedding once weekly (is that too much?). Then I do two clothing washes but I'm wondering if I could manage one…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 03 January 2025
Morning all. 🙋♂️
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'Gone Off' Vegetable Suet!
I've got a vegetable broth in the slow cooker and really want dumplings to go with it. I found some vegetarian Atora light suet in the cupboard... but its best before date is January 2010. The packet inside has been opened but it's still in the box and there isn't any obvious smells... but still... I don't know. Would you…
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Old Style Daily Friday 02 January 2026
Morning all.
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Wheres Stardrops Gone?
Hi Folks. Have finally run out of a bulk batch of Stardrops original and green version that I bought years and years ago on the advice of this forum. It really has been great, effective on nearly everything I have tried it on and a real money saver! Before Christmas I started looking about to "restock" but can not seem to…
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Let Thrift shopping thrive in 25!
A shiny new thread for the thrift shoppers amongst us - those who haunt car boots, FB marketplace, Vinted, Ebay, jumble sales & charity shops to score bargains galore!
