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

greenbee

Softstuff wrote: »

I'd hope so! Let me know where abouts you'll be, if it's not very distant we could arrange the first antipodean OS meet up.

If it DOES happen, I'm pretty sure I won't be far from you at all :cool:

nursemaggie

I soak the racks in soda crystals. After a few hours the dirt should just come off with a cloth. It leaves you with a nice clean sink too.

You could try making a paste with soda crystals and water or vinegar and leaving a few hours.

maryb

Put the racks in a black plastic sack with a splash of ammonia in the bottom. Then stand the sack in the sun for a day. The ammonia fumes are quite strong but if you do it outside near a drain and have a watering can of water handy when you open the sack to rinse the racks as soon as you take them out, you should be able to hold your breath for long enough that you don't need to breathe it in

Possession

We've just exchanged for completion next Friday. Ugh.

greenbee

Congratulations Possession!

fuddle

Congratulations Possession!! Eat your rice pudding :eek: Some hard work needed in the short term but a new life to get started on in the long term. After this period you can look forward to being in control and enjoying your new space and new found feelings of being able to cope. Hope you're ok. I suspect you will have very mixed feelings.

silvasava

Softstuff & Possession - congratulations on finalising your new homes & the beginnings of new chapters in your lives. Love, light and happiness to you both

nursemaggie

Congratulations to Possession and Softstuff on finalising your houses

chickens11

Softstuff....Congrats on your new home , to clean a oven/racks I always use Fairy Power spray, its brilliant stuff, come in a spray and one bottle seems to last forever.......Hope youve had a good birthday....

Possession ......Your completion date is only a week away , good luck to you on your move.....Im glad its not me , I absolutely hate the thought of ever moving again and vow I never will........
Pooky.....Its not nice seeing a family member suffering with the after math of a stroke , and it takes it toll on the family members .....

Weather felt very springish today , sunshine temps up to 8 degrees, I done few jobs outside , like clean all the bird boxes out , notice some of the honeysuckles now have leaf buds on , and the birds seem to be singing their little hearts out...Oh I do love spring, thats when I come alive........
Take care all ... Sheila....

chickens11

I need a bit of advise please......I went to opticians last Wednesday and had all the tests etc , I need glasses for reading, computer , and driving , So they are making me a pair of vari focals at £280 :eek: , my DIL said I could get 2 pairs for that at Specsavers, would it be wrong of me to phone and cancel the glasses ......And go to specsavers , I dont feel right cancelling the order, they have given me my prescription I suppose I could take that to them , but to me it dont seem right ?....I do get the eye test free as im diabetic......What to do.....Sheila