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O/S Daily Thursday October 2 2025
Morning all.
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Cooking chestnuts
There's an abundance of chestnuts in the forest. I love them but have had little success in cooking them so that the bitter brown bit comes off easily. I've boiled and roasted but never been able to get it right. If anyone has a good method of roasting them to perfection I would be a happy squirrel! Thanks
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Does Anyone Remember...
The second purse challenge? That was great and could really help some people now I think.... It helped me so much when I had a very limited grocery budget and was struggling. Look it up if you are interested. I'm thinking of revisiting it as a challenge.
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 01 Oct 2025
Morning all.
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Every Brilliant Thing
I was lucky enough to see the wonderful Lenny Henry in Every Brilliant Thing this month (other actors are available) and it made me think about things in life that are genuinely to be appreciated. I don't wish to replicate the 5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3 thread which will of course have some elements of…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 30th September
Hello, I'm waiting to board a flight to Majorca so thought I'd start the daily! Hope you all have a good Tuesday & hugs to those who have worries or illness x
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No More until needed
I have over the last 5 years lost over 3 stone in weight. This has led me buying a lot of new clothes and also with a lot of clothes that do not fit me anymore. I am selling on v . Also buy my new clothes from discount sites or show. Now I need to sort out what I have., and not buy anymore clothes until I need them. I will…
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O/S Daily Monday September 29 2025
Morning all.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 22nd September 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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Simplifying Food: simple no fuss meals
I'm not a massive fan of cooking. Seems a lot of faff just to fuel the body. Plus all that washing up after! My favourite meals seem to be simple, English traditional stuff. Cottage pie, roasts, casserole etc. With the crazy cost of food, I'm looking to find some simple, no fuss tasty lunches and dinner. Probably around 10…
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O/S Daily Sunday 28 th September
Morning all!
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Old Style Daily Saturday 27 September 2035
Morning all.
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O/S Daily Friday September26 2025
Morning, it's dry here but chilly. Sorry to hear you're not well Gers. Glad work is going ok Camelot. Hope your new client settles down with you Ruby, though it sounds as if you won't have him for long. We've been busy for the last couple of days so I didn't get to post. We met up with the Australian visitors on Wenesday…
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Merged: Old Style Daily Friday 26 September 2025
This discussion has been merged.
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Old Style Daily Thursday 25 September 2025
Morning all.
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 24 September 2025
Good morning everyone.
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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…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 23 September 2025
Morning all.
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OS daily Monday 22nd Sept
Morning all It feels very cold here this morning but the sun is trying to get out so hopefully it will warm up a bit later, I am off to mums this morning to do some work and we have a man coming to clean her oven which is long overdue, this afternoon she wants to go to do some food shopping, we also need to book her an…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 15th September 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…