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Old Style Daily Friday 08 August 2025
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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…
Old Style Daily Wednesday 06 August 2025
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O/S Daily Wednesday 6 August 2025
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 05 August 2025
Morning all. I'll be back.
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…
Old Style Daily Monday 04 August 2025
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Reverse Meal Planning
Not sure if many of you will have tried the reverse-meal plan idea. Rather than buying all the ingredients you need to support your meal-plan, you look at your fridge, freezer and store-cupboard and meal plan from that, minimising what you shop for. Based initially on the fresh produce that would be wasted if it is not…
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…
Old Style Daily Sunday 03 August 2025
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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.
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.…
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…
Making DUCK CONFIT
I have made duck confit today. I used goose fat that I had in the freezer from a roast goose a while ago. Where could I get duck fat from that is affordable? It looks really good and I would like to make it again, but with the prices I have found it will cost more than the duck legs! One alternative would be to sous vide…
Old Style Daily Friday 01 August 2025
Pinch punch first of the month. August already! Morning all.
O/S Daily Thursday 31 July 2025
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O/S Daily Wednesday 30th July 2025
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O/S Daily Tuesday 29th July 2025
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Jam not setting
I've had a go at making strawberry jam today, and it's not setting after we've put it into jars. I don't think I had enough lemon juice to introduce pectin. If I get some more lemons tomorrow, could I reboil it with more lemon and get it to set? ETA a bit of research on line suggests this is possible. I'll have another go…
Is your heating ON or OFF?
hi just wonder how many of you have put the heating on yet i was going to wait untill november but my 7 year old dd woke me up at 430 this morring saying she was cold i swear i saw steam coming from her mouth so i got up and put it on the house was cold though and my ds has woken up a few time durring the night to (his…
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