Live on a tenner a week ???

suki1964

honeythewitch wrote: »

If you know the house has animals isn't it to be expected that you would leave covered in hair? I do whatever I can to stop guests being hairy but I must admit, it is pretty futile.



Because it only takes a minute to clean, and it is better than making your guest uncomfortable, in my view. But as you say, asking the host makes it easier for everyone.

I guess because I done market research for a living I'm just used to asking. ESP in big towns or city's you get used to seeing the outdoor shoes in the lobby or outside the door, then you know to take yours off

Now I live in the country I'm used to taking them off. I don't feel at all uncomfortable, it's kind of part and parcel of country living


Even though I don't live on a pig sty, nor in one, I have slippers at both doors so I don't walk muck into the house

pigpen

Lynplatinum wrote: »

That said - if knew/know someone was coming I would obviously accommodate their likes - for example one friend does not like fruit cake so when she is coming I make chocolate or lemon dirzzle. Another friend cannot drink cow's milk so I have almond milk in. :cool:

I don't like cake at all.. can I have crisps please?

My guests have free fur to take home.. the animals WILL sit on their laps!!

lillibet_dripping wrote: »

Meritaten - I have one of those electric food slicers from Lakeland and it must have paid for itself many times over. I've had a gammon joint in the SC overnight and, using the very thin setting, now have enough 'wafer-thin ham' for sandwiches next week, plus enough 'thicker-cut' for dinner tonight (with roast potatoes and cauliflower cheese) plus some to freeze - all for £3. Plus, the stock left behind in the SC, which included some carrots and celery, has been whizzed in the blender and had some cream and paprika added and been served for lunch as a very tasty soup.:T

Is the slicer thing good? I've looked at it a few times and thought nah, their bread slice thing was rubbish I cant see the meat one being better.. but if it is ok.. I might be tempted to add it to my Christmas list!


I don't trot about with naked feet at home (far too many bits of lego nowadays, though I used to never wear shoes) and I would not go to a house where they expected me to have no shoes.. or, I would expect advance warning so I could take my slippers. I wouldn't even do it once I would say sorry, I cant do that and leave if necessary. And, if they offered me their slippers I would probably never speak to them again.. gross!

I won't use an upstairs bathroom either.. mind you, I would use a dirty loo either... even at home!

suki1964

pigpen wrote: »

I don't like cake at all.. can I have crisps please?

My guests have free fur to take home.. the animals WILL sit on their laps!!




Is the slicer thing good? I've looked at it a few times and thought nah, their bread slice thing was rubbish I cant see the meat one being better.. but if it is ok.. I might be tempted to add it to my Christmas list!


I don't trot about with naked feet at home (far too many bits of lego nowadays, though I used to never wear shoes) and I would not go to a house where they expected me to have no shoes.. or, I would expect advance warning so I could take my slippers. I wouldn't eve do it once I would say sorry, I cant do that and leave if necessary.

I won't use an upstairs bathroom either.. mind you, I would use a dirty loo either... even at home!

Pigpen, I've a very old meat slicer here, an old bosh perhaps, and whilst it can be fiddly, and a pile of washing up, it can stretch a joint more then it's ever been stretched before

I use it mostly for gammon and beef. Seriously I can make a £5 gammon stretch for 15 meals or even more if we include the soup. I wouldn't buy new, but hunt one out at a car boot or charity shop


As I say, they can be fiddly, and there for scary and people get rid

meritaten

an electric food slicer - a luxury if you only use it a few times a year.

BUT - if you regularly do 'boiled bacon' - then once its cold get the slicer out and watch in amazement as it S T R E T C H E S the amount you get!
you will get loads of portions for a meal or two plus plenty to store in the freezer for sandwiches or make another meal or three.
same with a cold roast joint - I always seem to use mine when family come to lunch (as said previously, various members invite themselves and I never know until half hour before how many I am actually catering for). I don't worry as I know even a small joint can be sliced thinly and will serve as many as I need to.

THIRZAH

When I was a teenager I went on an exchange trip to France. The house had wooden floors in most rooms. The family were expected to take their shoes off and put on slippers as soon as they came in from outside. Visitors were given small oval shaped bits of carpet to go under their shoes. They seemed to manage to walk around quite well.

moneyistooshorttomention

honeythewitch wrote: »

If you know the house has animals isn't it to be expected that you would leave covered in hair? I do whatever I can to stop guests being hairy but I must admit, it is pretty futile.

Errr...nope....imo.

Black is an extremely common colour for women to wear these days and it shows up animal hairs a lot and add if they are wearing a material that picks them up a lot (eg wool jumper or dress). Its not always possible to think "Going to pet-owners house - so must wear coloured clothing and suitable fabrics" and I always end up covered with hairs in those circumstances and looking a mess for rest of day and then putting the clothing for washing immediately when I get home.

What would be very easy to do imo - if the animals have gone beyond "training" not to get onto the furniture would be to keep cheap thin duvets in covers to place over the furniture just when humans are sitting on it and then the hairs couldn't transfer themselves onto peoples clothing. I would think leather furniture could easily have hairs brushed off it with a quick flick of the hand also.

VfM4meplse

^^ I think the problem is that owners are so used to it, and fond of their pets that they don't really think of other people's needs in ther own homes. Understandable I suppose but not everyone is used to an environment with pets, and has the same love for them or their side effects.

VfM4meplse

honeythewitch wrote: »

Because it only takes a minute to clean, and it is better than making your guest uncomfortable, in my view. But as you say, asking the host makes it easier for everyone.

No...!

Dirt stays outside, the inside environment must be clean. This has always been my policy and buys me peace of mind that the baby is not crawling through all kinds of filth.

moments_of_sanity

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Errr...nope....imo.

Black is an extremely common colour for women to wear these days and it shows up animal hairs a lot and add if they are wearing a material that picks them up a lot (eg wool jumper or dress). Its not always possible to think "Going to pet-owners house - so must wear coloured clothing and suitable fabrics" and I always end up covered with hairs in those circumstances and looking a mess for rest of day and then putting the clothing for washing immediately when I get home.

What would be very easy to do imo - if the animals have gone beyond "training" not to get onto the furniture would be to keep cheap thin duvets in covers to place over the furniture just when humans are sitting on it and then the hairs couldn't transfer themselves onto peoples clothing. I would think leather furniture could easily have hairs brushed off it with a quick flick of the hand also.

If anyone comes to my house knowing I have dogs and cats and can't stand getting some pet hair on them, I hope they will be kind enough to close the door on the way out! My pets are part of my family....heaven forbid, my Daughter has 4, yes 4 Bearded Dragons which can transmit salmonella.......cleanliness is a must here with so many pets and my house in clean but I can't forbid the pets to shed whilst I have visitors! (And yes, they do sit on my furniture) :rotfl:

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My four grandsons all take their shoes off as soon as they come indoors,in fact one has just walked through the door a minute ago, and hung his blazer up on a hanger, and put his shoes in the hall.

My DD having a large family trained them since small to do this, and even when they go to my house or other peoples houses they do it automatically.I change into slippers when I get home only because I feel more comfy in them :) I don't expect people do the same ,but if they do at my house my sitting room carpet is quite thick and comfortable to walk on even without shoes.

Re the slicing of meat I had an electric slicer which I donated to my youngest DD and she finds it great for slicing up beef, gammon etc.I gave it to her because it was such a faff to wash up and being a widow now there was little point in me keeping it in the cupboard taking up space just for me to use once in a blue moon. You often see them in a CS or boot sale fairly reasonable though

My new month started today, and fingers crossed it should be a low-spend month as my freezer and cupboards are still pretty full of left over bits from Christmas.