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O/S Daily Thursday 16th May 2024
Good morning, it's just started to rain here, but it's not cold. Hope you had a good journey home yesterday Gers. Sorry to hear you haven't been very well Nanny. No - one is sick of you ! You're among friends here. Feel better soon! Taff I am a great procrastinator and have to be firm with myself. I'm not as bad as I used…
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Old Style Daily 16 May 2024 - use other thread
Morning all I'm the early bird but not catching any worms! Have to be in work at 730am to help sort exam papers for the 550+ students taking Maths. TA - enjoy your extended breakGers - hope you got home safely and aren't in too much discomfortTaff - yes I agree about the chores, ran out of time yesterday so they'll have to…
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Old Style Daily 15th May
Morning allBoring old housework today and a bit of gardening as the rain has gone and looks like the rest of the week could stay dry.Hope everyone one is well and have a good day all x
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O/S Daily Tuesday 14th May 2024
Good morning, it's a fine start, don't know whether it'll stay fine though. Yesterday was lovely, I went out to the Book Club without a coat! Sorry to hear you've had a fall Gers, hope you're feeling better. I'm going to Darlington today, to the hospital for a gastroscopy. I usually go to the hospital at Durham for this,…
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Old Style Daily Monday 13 May 2024
Good morning folks. It's rather muggy just now, not sure how it'll turn out. Coffee will help.
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O/S Daily Sunday 12th May 2024
Good morning, it's a fine start here. Yesterday was a lovely day, dh spent most of the day outside tidying the garden. I went to the shops, didn't need much though. Nothing much going on today, but it's early yet, we might decide to go somewhere. Glad you're feeling a bit better Ruby. Hope you're enjoying your time away…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 6 May 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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Old Style Daily Saturday 11 May 2024
Good morning. I'm so hot already.
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It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?
It suddenly feels that the everyday things in life are getting very expensive...it's costing a small fortune to live a no-frills existence these days. What have you had to think twice about buying / reduce consumption of / or cut out altogether?
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Old Style Daily Friday 10 May 2024
Good morning folks. Off to make my first coffee.
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O/S Daily 9th May
Morning allAnother very early start to the day. Looks like another lovely one though. @Gers yes I did get my lavender plants, thanks for asking. I also found some poppies growing in one of my baskets, no idea how they got in there lol. Have re-planted them into the garden.Housework today and, hopefully, a nice sit out in…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 8th May 2024
Good morning, it's an early start from me, I've been awake for hours. I've had a run of bad nights lately. It's dry, I think the forecast is good. I'm meeting a friend at Do*bies this morning, I'll probably fall asleep on the bus going there. Ruby, sorry to hear you've got Covid, it sounds bad. I've had it twice but was…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 07 May 2024
Good morning folks.
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Air fryer
I got this air fryer, and I got a steak pie from M&S (no doubt it is pre-cooked) it is a medium sized pie 500g instuctions say 180 C fan oven 35 mins as you would expect. But there is no air fryer times. I was going to do it in the oven as suggested maybe a bit lower for longer. But I know someone will complain I am not…
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Old Style Daily Bank Holiday Monday 06 May 2024
Good morning all. BRB
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Weekly Flylady Thread 29th April 2024
Welcome
to the weekly Flylady Thread. 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 which do help! Happy flying. What…
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O/S Daily Sunday 5th May 2024
Good morning, it's a dry and grey start here, doesn't seem cold though. We had a quiet day yesterday, I remembered to take my jacket to be cleaned. Camelot we used to have a dedicated dry cleaners here, but when that closed two of the local shops started to take it, so it's handy. Maybe people don't have as many things…
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Save on Kettle Descaler
De-scale the kettle by boiling chopped up lemon and leave it overnight. A clean kettle will boil quicker and save electricity. A lemon costs 35p whereas that dreadful chemical stuff costs at least £2.65 and leaves traces of chemical in your drink and in the environment. Win Win.
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O/S Daily Saturday 4 th May 2024
Morning, I'll be back in a bit.
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Old Style Daily Friday 03 May 2024
Good morning, it's lovely and warm already. 😀
