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Save on Kettle Descaler
De-scale the kettle by boiling chopped up lemon and leave it overnight. A clean kettle will boil quicker and save electricity. A lemon costs 35p whereas that dreadful chemical stuff costs at least £2.65 and leaves traces of chemical in your drink and in the environment. Win Win.
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O/S Daily Saturday 4 th May 2024
Morning, I'll be back in a bit.
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Old Style Daily Friday 03 May 2024
Good morning, it's lovely and warm already. 😀
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living with no hot water...
Anybody else do this? I feel like abit of a weirdo because when my gas boiler broke I just got used to having no running hot water! Its been over 4 yrs now and honestly it doesnt seem a problem..... weird, right!? LOL :D
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O/S Daily Thursday 2nd May 2024
Good morning, it's fine and dry here. Yesterday was a lovely day, Hope today is the same. I haven't posted for a day or two, nothing much happening here, well, there's not today either! Yesterday we were out early to take a friend for her Covid vacc, and we are taking the same lady for a hospital appt tomorrow, her usual…
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2024 Frugal Living Challenge
Welcome to the all new 2024 Frugal Living Challenge Join us here for year 17 of the Frugaldom challenge on MSE It's that time of year again, the time when we all need to start thinking ahead into the new year and how we are going to organise our frugal lifestyles, be it to tackle debts, generate extra income or squirrel…
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Home & Freezer Digest Christmas Cake Recipe
Hi all, I am in desperate need of a Mary Berry Christmas cake recipe from the Home & Freezer Digest in the late 1970s. It included a can of pineapple rings. I have made this cake every year since published & now I cannot find it. I know it's late in the year but if anyone has the recipe & could share it, I would be so…
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 01 May 2024
Pinch punch! Morning all.
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 30 April 2024
Good morning folks.
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O/S Daily Monday 29th April 2024
Good morning, it's a dry start here and quite bright, hope it stays that way. Yesterday, every bit of glass in the house was cleaned, and I'm ashamed to see how much better it looks! Must keep it up. I sorted through some clothes as well and now I've got a bag for the cs, so I'll take that today. Hope everyone is ok and…
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Love food hate Waste Part two for 2018 :)
Hi chums I see for some reason unbeknown to us all that the previous thread was deleted .OK well lets no be despondant it was 11 months old and I certainly didn't expect it to run as long as it did,but this will no defeat us in our object to LFHW will it .So come on chums get those ideas rolling again for the new year…
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Budget-2 adults
Hi New to this , apologies if wrong place 😬- I try to budget £550 per month food/fuel for car . Want to reduce to initially £400?
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Weekly Flylady Thread 22 April 2024
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 28 April 2024
Good morning all. It's so bright and inviting outside, yet still chilly. I need coffee.
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Money Saving Old Style Frugal Living Channels
I like to read frugal blogs and forums... and I love to watch Old Style Frugal Channels on You Tube. I have my favourites on Youtube like What Vivi Did Next, Loving Life on Less ... and Pennies to Dollars, they all do money saving Old style. Do you have any suggestions for other good old style channels to watch? Thank you…
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Old Style Daily Saturday 27th April
Morning all What a wet, dark miserable morning it is. Due to dry up by lunchtime but I won't hold my breath. Making gingerbread cake today and that's as far as I've got as to what else is in store today. Hope it's a brighter day where you are Take care all x
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O/S Daily Friday 26th April 2024
Good morning, it's fine and dry here with a light frost, so a bit chilly. I think we all wish it would warm up a bit. Sorry to hear you're feeling down Gers and Florenceem, and others feeling the same. Hope it soon passes. I'm visiting a couple of elderly friends this morning with a bit of shopping that they've requested,…
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O/S Daily Thursday 25th April 2024
Good morning, it's a dull grey start here, but dry. NMLC hasn't posted for a while, hope she and her family are all right. I've just put a towel load in the wm, I might get them dry outside. Sorry to hear you've got a rash dp1, strange place isn't it, hope you manage to get it sorted. Hope everyone has a good day, take…
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MSE blog: Save on BRAND-NEW clothes... by buying second-hand
MSE Olivia has whipped up a new blog: Save on brand-new clothes by buying second-hand Eg, £197 bodysuit £6, £36 Asos dress £3 Find out how to pay wee prices for unworn items that still have tags on. Ultimately, save money and promote sustainability.
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Too good to go
We have recently discovered the delights of too good to go bags win win we save some £££ and the food doesn’t get binned.We have had excellent bags from Gopuff,the coop and a local chippy. have you had any good ones ? Please share experiences