It isn`t tough for us. We are OS and we COPE

taurusgb

kezlou wrote: »

I'm completely un-cordinated, and thats the way i like it!

I know exactly what you mean...perfection annoys me soooooo much and I hate "matching" sets of things. A few years ago I bought a dresser. I spent ages looking for one I could afford and loved every minute I spent lovingly placing my unmatched but very loved plates, cups, jugs etc on it. The next time my parents visited I proudly showed off my hard work and my Dad said "very nice - but such a shame you couldn't afford a nice matching dinner set to go on it - would you like one for Christmas?" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

***sigh*** he's only known me 50+ years !

saveabobortwo

sorry haventposted for a while but have bad eyes and waiting to go in for treatment dh also has problem with his right eye and he too is having treatment cant wait to get it done to be honest sooner the better especially with nhs cuts want to get it sorted out. as for library closures fed up with having these taken away etc etc so won t let them rain on my parade like the lady who said her hubby dont let nothing stop him doing what he wants to do. start going to jumble sales and get 10p books and make up your own library then when they ve been read swap them with someone for new stories .as for loos no amenities people won t visit simples nothing worse for anybody weak bladder or not than really needing the toilet i dont think the councils really thinking properly even if they have to charge a nominal fee by 10pslot got to be better than closing them i think they are just panicking to save money and closing everything bit like with fuel big threat to economy that is me wonder whether they all know what their doing

[Deleted User]

I have just been watching tv and at last I heard some lovely positive news. In plymouth (I don`t live near there) they are building a hostel for the homeless and several homeless people are helping to build and decorate it. I saw a painter who became homeless through redundancy and who has regained some optimism and hope for the future. They are going to have rooms similar to hotel rooms and not dosser rooms. Now that is the sort of charity that I want to support and there must be lots of others. It is called the shekinah mission and they seem to be doing lots of good around plymouth

Does anyone know of it?

ifonlyitwaseasier

kezlou wrote: »

As for the hair thing, i actually am really happy with my hair, it is literally the straightest hair in the world. My hair naturally goes into a centre parting, weird but true. Curls, no chance, wouldn't take in the slightest, once spent two days with curlers in my hair, plastic, steel, and rags, took them out and voila, the curls lasted all of five minutes, my aunts were furious. It was funny though. Until about two years ago it used to go past my backside and at one point went past my knees. The cats used to love playing with it and mades beds out of it, used to wake up with fur balls laying in it.

I just get sick now and then and chop it all off, saves on the shampoo! No doubt it'll be long again by June. Yes it does grow that fast, i chopped it in late November by late January it was past my shoulders.

Ditto on the poker straight hair!! takes FOREVER to get a curl in mine, i use rags( very os of me!)

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Is it possible to have storage/pantry/larder-envy? I think I have it right now.

yes i have it too!

zippychick

starsandmoon wrote: »

We are all in the thread on the Arms as we can say what we like there without the OS police telling us off. I lurk here now and then but dont post, I do that on the naughty thread:beer:

As a Board guide, I find this comment (amongst others ) offensive and completely unecessary.

Can we please refrain from making such comments.

Thank you kindly.

[Deleted User]

In case you start wondering where I am, I`ll be in the arms and I`ll be able to talk about jerusalem as well as jam

ceridwen

kittie wrote: »

In case you start wondering where I am, I`ll be in the arms and I`ll be able to talk about jerusalem as well as jam

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

..or a New Day Dawning (judging by the time you were up at Kittie:eek:):)

Kittie - perhaps you might like to "do the honours" then and start up the new version of the "Its Tough" thread half thats located over in the Arms then?? (as the original founder of these threads):) - ie the "Times are so Tough - the Old Stylers are down the Pub". We DO need to jointly make it plain that its the other half of the "Times are Tough" thread and that its an Old Style Board thread (so we dont get any "Arms" type comments on it...instead of Old Style type comments IYSWIM).

ceridwen

Me again.

No time like the present - so I hope Kittie doesnt mind - but I've now started up the new version of the other half of the Its Tough thread (ie the half of this thread that's over in the Moneysavers Arms).

The Its Tough thread isnt for talking about just everyday "cooking and cleaning". Its for us Old Stylers to put our collective heads together about dealing with the current Tough Times and figure out ways to "cut our cloth" to cope with this. We CAN turn a sows ear into a silk purse between us - us Old Stylers have the knowledge and many of us have the experience.

So - for those who know/have always seen the Its Tough thread as where we talk about Jerusalem as well as jam - then come and join us over in the Moneysavers Arms Board.

Welcome to the MSE Pub..:beer:

So - the new Moneysavers Arms Old Style "Its Tough" thread is on:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3052532

saveabobortwo

Im looking forward to boot sales starting up again to sell some stuff. i have a very reasonably priced antique shop near by and this morning my canvas wardrobe collapsed under the strain of being filled upwith to much stuff so going to try and find an old chest of drawers / clothes storage from this shop i like old things as get this idea as instead of decreasing in value one day they may be rare and start going up in value so most things in house is old need to find a bargain probably will cost same price as furniture in argos so keeping fingers crossed i find something old but in good nick and bargain poor canvas wardrobe surprised it lasted as long as it did:rotfl:have a great day everyone

mardatha

I think we have lost an awful lot of knowledge compared to our grannies generation. They would've bottled and preserved and had full larders as a matter of course. I woke up to snow and more is forecast, everything from the garden is long gone & if I was an old style wife we'd be in trouble. This must have been a hungry time of year in the old days.