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O/S Daily Thursday 19th September 2024
Morning all, just starting, I'll be back soon.
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O/S Daily.Wednesday 18th September 2024
Good morning, it's a fine dry start here. Over halfway through September, how the days slip away. Yesterday was an ok day, boiler was serviced and was ok, though so it should be it's only 3 years old. We were talking to the boiler man about getting rid of our old living flame gas fire in the sitting room, it's 30 years old…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 17th September 2024
Good morning, it's fine here. Yesterday was a nice day, but chilly. Sorry to read that dg d is in hospital again Dp1, hope it can all get sorted out. Our boiler is being serviced today, that's the only exciting thing going on here. We'll go to the quiz as usual tonight of course. Everyone seems busy, hope you all have as…
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O/S Daily Monday 16th September 2024
Morning - I'll be back soon
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Weekly Flylady Thread 9th September 2024
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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O/S Daily Sunday 15th September 2024
Good morning, still dark, but I think its an ok morning. Yesterday was a nice fine day. I went to a shopping centre nearby to look for some new slippers but didn't find any I liked. Did a bit of shopping in Sains while I was there. We might go out today, Dh was thinking of Barnard Castle, it's nice there. Not much else…
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Re-purposing wooden ready meal trays
I have a few, in various sizes, of the Charlie Bigham wooden trays that hold their ready mealse.g.. The following is off the website.What do you do with Charlie Bigham wooden trays?Can you recycle our packaging? Our cardboard sleeves and plastic film are both recyclable. Our wooden trays are suitable for the garden waste…
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Air Frying for 1 person
I am quite good at using the AF but so many recipes - I do change them around a bit - are for families. Also, so many seem to need to use frying pan and a lot of cheese. For a single old person trying not to use hob just AF SC and microwave as well as keeping costs down, using yellow sticker stuff and inventing I am…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 14 September 2024
Morning all. No, not getting up yet!
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O/S Daily Friday 13th September 2024
Good morning, I'll be back soon.
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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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Old Style Daily Thursday 12 September 2024
Morning all. I'll be back soon.
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Shoes: how many pairs, and how to make them last
Not sure if this is quite the right home for this question, but reasoned it fell broadly in the 'old style' category of make-do and mend. How many shoes do you think it's reasonable for an adult to own, and how long should a good pair of shoes last? I walk pretty much everywhere, including to work, and find that I am…
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O/S Daily Wednesday September 11th 2024
Good morning, I'll be back in a minute.
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Love food hate Waste Part two for 2018 :)
Hi chums I see for some reason unbeknown to us all that the previous thread was deleted .OK well lets no be despondant it was 11 months old and I certainly didn't expect it to run as long as it did,but this will no defeat us in our object to LFHW will it .So come on chums get those ideas rolling again for the new year…
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Coin valuation
Looking through some old coins that were in a drawer, we have found an old (1860s) gold American dollar (no idea where it came from!). I know nothing about old coins, but looking online the values for this particular coin range from a few hundred to several thousand. I would imagine this one is nearer the lower end, but…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 10 September 2024
Morning all. BRB
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Cheapest way to stay warm in winter - electric blankets
As we get to that time of your when temperatures plummet, it’s time to remind people of the ultimate frugal heating hack that is electric blankets. The more space you try and heat, the more it’s going to cost you. So heating a big house costs more than a small house. A small house more than a room etc. taking this to the…
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O/S Daily Monday 9th September 2024
Good morning, still dark but doesn't seem to be raining. Yesterday it rained all day. We weren't out, but defrosted the freezer and it's tidy - for now. Izzy, sorry to read that 'Kynren' was spoiled by the intrusive woman behind you. People just don't think do they. I' ve never been to see it , but people I know who have…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 2nd September 2024
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…
