The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

RosiePuddingPaws

Kidcat I have an electric coolbox. Bought some years ago so they may have changed since then but I wish I had thought to ask someone how they worked before I bought it.

Mine turns off as soon as you turn the ignition off so the stuff inside warms up. As a result, I've only used if half a dozen times (if that).

Which makes me wonder, why do I still have it?! It is the only thing stored where I have to climb up a ladder to get it so that may be why it is still there.

As I'm stuck at home today waiting for a delivery (or it could be Monday they won't say!), I will find my steps and climb up to get it down. Won't commit to physically getting it off the premises yet, but it can join the pile in the garage waiting to go. I had started clearing stuff on the bay of e and then they put the postage rates up and I haven't got my head around them yet.

RPP

Topher

Mrs_Chip wrote: »

I have one - the round flat type with little pots, I love it, HM yoghurt is lovely!

I agree, I've had both the little pot yoghurt maker & an Easy** & much prefer the pot one. Shirley Goode does a good explanation of how to make yoghurt without any of the above kit, but I've had more random results. Oh, and re: the S Goode yoghurt, she stirs in some powdered milk, until I put full fat powdered milk in, my yoghurt would be a little grainy in texture, so if you're using this method, I'd recommend the whole fat milk powder. (It's working well in bread too, instead of skimmed milk powder).
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Topher

ginnyknit wrote: »

:j:j:j yay new thread!!! Thank you Fuddle and of course thanks to Kitty for the original idea that got all of us like minded folks together.

I have been out to check the elderberry bushes and they are not showing many flowers yet so must be a late season.
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Ours haven't come out yet either, but it tends to be grim oop here. Unfortunately anything elder seems to give me a headache, love the flavour of my cordial, but it's no longer worth me making it. Elderflower champagne too. (sigh). Lemon Barley water (H.M.) for me this weekend. of course re using the barley in something else afterwards.
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Cheapskate

Morning all and thanks, fuddle, for a shiny new thread! :j I read and post when I can, sometimes MIA with RL, but intend to keep up as RL really getting me down just now! Welcome to the newbies and de-lurkers, and nice to see all the regulars from the other thread. :beer:

We have the shiny yellow ball this morning so will be mainly washing the bedding today - takes forever on the clothes horse or TD if not.

I'm mid-forties, but still remember weekly coal deliveries (we had a huge bunker in the front garden!), we had no fridge until I was 11, no central heating until DH and I moved into this house 17 years ago, rag and bone man with his handcart walking through the villages....sound a bit older than I am!! :rotfl:

Lots of people I know are former knitters with spare stash, so I am trying to learn crochet so I can use up their wool and make some yummy things for winter. DS' GF has made ipad covers for herself and me - I so love the ironic juxtaposition of ancient and modern - fab! :rotfl:

The elder trees round here must have flowered PDQ, as all the ones I've seen this week now have the beginnings of their berries, so missed the flowers this year.

A xo

mardatha

We still get coal delivered, and the sweep twice yearly. They both say they're getting busier now with so many stoves being installed. We have a milkman 3 times a week and he nearly always gets through even in deep snow - has snow tyres on his float lol.
Loved reading about old-fashioned bedrooms with lino and crisp white sheets - took me back to my grannie's house, ty.
We were having a discussion here the other day on hospital cleanliness. Thinking the Victorian ward with high ceilings, lino floors, and windows opened top & bottom were a million times cleaner than now. Our local hospital (well 20 miles) has low ceilings, poky wee corridors, and is carpeted throughout. It constantly has wards closed because of novovirus etc. And when the RV was in with a heart attack he watched the cleaner washing the corridor with the same mop he had used in the toilets..

Pooky

Whats this yellow ball you all talk of? Peeing it down and blowing a gale here, has been since about 2am.

Fluffy kitten made it through the night! I really didn't think she would. Have just managed to get a tablet in her and she's shakily wandered off to her bed in front of the fire (I think she's hinting She'd like it lit). She's not eaten/drank/ used the litter tray in over 24 hours so she's still very poorly bless her.

I have Lino in the bedrooms now, the only carpet I have is on the stairs and that's just a runner up the middle....I just find carpet so unhygienic. I wash the upstairs floors once a week and the colour of the water is gross, I dread to think how much stuff hides in carpet. We are a "no outdoor shoes in the house" family so the majority of the dirt is from the moggies, even so....Blugh.

I took my winter duvet off the night before last, a lovely retro green floral sheet and a bedspread is currently adorning my bed, love having it all tucked in tight when you get in (and then kick it off as its to restrictive)

Topher

Cheapskate wrote: »

I'm mid-forties, but still remember weekly coal deliveries (we had a huge bunker in the front garden!), we had no fridge until I was 11, no central heating until DH and I moved into this house 17 years ago, rag and bone man with his handcart walking through the villages....sound a bit older than I am!! :rotfl:
A xo

Sounding older than I am, had a big coal bunker put in the back garden last year. I think I'm working my way backwards in time. Bakelite radio, big black phone on which I CANNOT press number 3 if I want to speak to a recorded message, toasting forks next to oak surround of fireplace.
Yet I'm typing this on my new i-pad, hmmm, which century do I feel most at home in?
T:D

Topher

p.s our sweep keeps chickens so I also buy the most fabulous eggs from him.

tattycath

Morning all. I remember we used to have rent man, coal man, insurance man, butcher, milk man come round every week. No central heating until several years after I left home. My mum always seemed to be waiting in for someone or other. I have waiting in all day for people.
On the yoghurt front... Didn't read instructions properly.
It says if using pasteurised milk boil and cool first-I didn't. It also says don't stand on freezer, fridge, wm or td or it could separate. I stuck mine on the freezer, :eek:
Better go and check the damage.
I'll be back.

FairyPrincessk

Morning all!

Hope you have a nice day out pops.

I've loved reading these stories about other times! One of my life's goals is to one day have milk delivery in glass bottles. I'm pretty sure that was almost completely gone by the 1960s in the states, when I moved to the UK I was astonished to find it still happened.

Have been looking up how to make vinegar this morning. I'd like ot know how to do it, but I don't think there is room in my life for that particular skill right now.

Right, must get out into the garden and see if the strawberry has finished going red!