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Joint present suggestions for kids
Was just speaking with my daughter who's absolutely dreading xmas. She's three kids 4B, 9G, 11G and her partner has three also 7B, 10B, 11B. It's their Xmas for everyone christmas morning, which also apparently includes being in charge of stockings all round, plus gifts. Eeek. Her partner may be between jobs at that time,…
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O/S Daily Friday October 25 2025
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Old Style Daily Thursday 23 October 2025
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O/S Daily Wednesday October 22 2025
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How to stretch a £2.67 Sainsbury’s chicken - your best tips please
Sainsbury’s is doing a 1.6kg whole chicken for £2.67 for Nectar members, normally £5.35. You’ll need to be logged in with your Nectar card and choose a delivery or collection slot between Wed 22 Oct and Tue 28 Oct to see the deal in your basket - full details in the Supermarket Savings guide. The offer's UK-wide online and…
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 21 October 2025
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Straining fruit for cordials, jelly's etc.
Hello all, I'm looking for some advice, I'm wondering what everyone uses to strain their fruits to make cordials, jellys and the likes. I have an old KitchenCraft jam strainer but have managed to lose the bag and it's a specific one which hooks in (it's plastic but I absolutely love it, it's worked perfect for years, think…
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O/S Daily Monday 20 October 2025
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Weekly Flylady Thread 13th October 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…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 19 October 2025
No…not yet!
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Melted plastic on ceramic hob
What's the best way to remove melted on plastic from a ceramic hob :s Thanks
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Old Style Daily Saturday 18 October 2025
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Old Style Daily Friday 17 Oct 2025
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September 2025 Grocery Challenge
NOTE: This is a temporary thread Hi... I'm creating thread because we weren't sure where our regular mod was so a couple people supported me creating the September thread. This is meant to be temporary until we get back on track. – JingsMyBucket ------------------------ Welcome to the ninth Grocery Challenge of 2025! As…
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O/S Daily Thursday October 16 2025
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 15 October 2025
Morning all. I'm off down to Glasgow for a birthday lunch with my late DM's crossword friend (those who were around four years ago will remember about him) who turned 80 on Monday. I've wrapped a wee selection of gifts for him including new slippers which he chose, a couple of paperbacks and some sweet things. I hope that…
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O/S Daily Tuesday October 14 2025
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Old Style Daily Monday 13 October 2025
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Weekly Flylady Thread 7 October 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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September 2025 Grocery Challenge
Welcome to the ninth Grocery Challenge of 2025! As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be pleased with, not forgetting that we always recommend that you stay inside your own comfort levels and take things gently one step at a time. Remember that this is not a…