Quick Questions on ANYTHING Old Style 3 (See first post for links to other threads)

Debran

Buying a bed query from "homealone".

"Which?" did a survey earlier this year, not on buying a bed but on buying mattresses.

Top of the survey were Warren Evans and John Lewis each with a customer score of 85%. Next in line was Marks & Spencer, then House of Fraser.

The three stores with the lowest results were Dreams (worst), then Argos, then Bensons for Beds.

Silentnight, Furniture Village, Ikea and Sleepmasters were in the middle.

homealone_2

Justamum wrote: »

I have a container and cloth which I use exclusively for cleaning the loo. I use the cloth to soak up water and then squeeze it into the container, keep going until the loo is empty (there will be a bit of a pong once the water is no longer covering the U bend )

not sure you understood my question?

Savvy_Sue

homealone wrote: »

not sure you understood my question?

just a mum was answering henmuffin's query about getting the water out of the loo before giving it a good scrub. Nothing to do with your bed query.

That's what's so glorious about this thread, you can ask ANYTHING! Just need to make sure you know what's being answered ...

On the subject of beds, the last one we bought was from John Lewis and it's been absolutely fine.

Justamum

homealone wrote: »

not sure you understood my question?

I was answering someone else's question about emptying a loo!

homealone_2

thanks for clearing that up. unfortunately am settling down to my 8th night on the sofa as have not got any closer to finding a bed. have found a headboard from argos called alderley 49.99 which seems the average and I know size wise I have to buy a divan now just need to figure out what all the different tops are and do I need springs or miracoils??? if anyone knows what I mean or better still what they mean feel free to jump in and spare me a new year on my sofa

Justamum

homealone wrote: »

thanks for clearing that up. unfortunately am settling down to my 8th night on the sofa as have not got any closer to finding a bed. have found a headboard from argos called alderley 49.99 which seems the average and I know size wise I have to buy a divan now just need to figure out what all the different tops are and do I need springs or miracoils??? if anyone knows what I mean or better still what they mean feel free to jump in and spare me a new year on my sofa

All I would say is don't buy a cheap mattress, buy the best you can afford, your back will thank you. Lie on a few to see which you find most comfortable.

homealone_2

Justamum wrote: »

All I would say is don't buy a cheap mattress, buy the best you can afford, your back will thank you. Lie on a few to see which you find most comfortable.

thanks justamum thankfully I do have enough to get a decent mattress just don't know enough to choose, whats best memory foam or springs etc in many ways not having money for decent one would be simpler

Savvy_Sue

Memory foam doesn't suit everyone and can be quite warm!

laurel7172

I made some blackcurrant jam over the summer, and I opened a jar today. It tastes good, but some of the blackcurrants seem to have shrivelled and gone tough within the jam. I know there wasn't any shrivelled fruit in the batch (picked it myself), so what went wrong?

(The fruit was frozen for a couple of weeks, as I couldn't cook it on the day of harvest)

Thank you

iammumtoone

As there is only me and young son I half all recipes

I want to make a tart that calls for an 8" pie crust, what size base would I need to use for half the mixture?

I could work it out myself but am bring lazy and I know someone on here will know without having to get the calculator out!

Also when it says 1 egg do I need to use half an egg or will it not make any difference if I put a whole on in?

Thanks