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Storing spices in bulk? I.e putting them in containers, on shelves etc?
I bulk buy spices from Asian supermarkets as they are cheaper than regular supermarkets often by a long shot but often means I may have 2/3kg bags of each item and means I have 1 cupboard in my kitchen that is purely for spices, stock cubes, and tea/coffee and I have 4 more cupboards in the kitchen but they are all…
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Making Yogurt
For months, we have been enjoying Pure Nature Organic Live Natural Belgian Whole Milk Yogurt 150g from Milk & More.There was an offer, 4 for £3 which saved 1.48. I bought the offer three times a week. We loved the yogurt which is thick and creamy. Discovered yesterday that the offer is no more. That means we would have to…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 11 April 2024
Good morning even though it's raining still. 😀
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 10 April 2024
Good morning all.
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Old Style Daily Tuesday 09 April 2024
Good morning all.
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Old Style Daily Monday 08 April 2024
Good morning. 💨💨 the wind is still blowing hard.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 1st April 2024
Welcome to the weekly
Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to
housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to
do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you
might start to enjoy it! What
is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US…
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Old Style Daily Sunday 7th April 2024
Good morning, it's fine at the moment here, but I think it might rain, there are clouds coming over. Going to go down to a caravan site near York today, it's nice we were there last year. We packed the van up yesterday, so there's not much to do. Hope everyone has a good day today, take care folks.
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Old Style Daily Saturday 06 April
Good morning folks. Once again the wind raged during the night, the clouds are still moving pretty fast across the sky. I’ll be back after a stretch and a coffee.
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Purdy & Figg cleaner
Tempted by the promise of cleans everything smear free and leaves your house smelling like a spa but a ridiculous price. Anyone with good chemistry knowledge: could I make my own with:- Isopropyl alcohol essential oil (or zoflora?) white vinegar water? Thanks.
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O/S Daily Friday 5th April 2024
Good morning, not too cold here but raining. I've just put a load of washing in, but it'll have to go in the dryer, it's just thin poly cotton so shouldn't take too long. I got through quite a bit of organising yesterday for our caravan holiday, and I've a few household jobs. Yesterday afternoon dh took the caravan out for…
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Old Style Daily Thursday 04 April 2024
Good morning all. It's bright though cold here, I'm happy for it to stay dry.
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Old Style Daily Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Good morning, it's raining here, as usual. Not a lot going on here, I'm meeting a friend for coffee, just in our little town so not far to go. I have washing to do but it'll have to dry inside today. Hope everyone has a good day, take care folks.
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Custard powder?
I don’t eat custard very often but do like to keep a tin in for the occasional pudding. I’ve got Asda own brand at the moment and it’s got quite an artificial taste to it. Wondering what anyone can recommend as having a half decent test, and whether this is one of the times when a decent brand is actually worth the money?
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Microwave oven - opinions and recommendations?
Morning all, my microwave is on its last legs and I'm considering replacing it with a microwave oven (this is the one that caught my eye) I occasionally need a little extra oven space when cooking for a crowd and until now I've had a remoska, but the quality of the new remoskas aren't what they were and my last couple have…
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O//S Daily Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Morning, be back in a minute
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Old Style Daily April Fools Day, Monday 1st April
Morning! I guess that change in clocks has caught up with everyone. Hope you all gave a good day & that @dp1 and her family enjoy their London break.
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Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 1st Quarter 2024
Hi All Welcome to the Old Style Weight Loss thread for quarter one 2024 - where did 2023 go! Please feel free to start posting your weight loss goals for the next challenge which will run from the 1st January until the 31st March. You do not have to submit a loss or gain for the first week as it's our starting week, you…
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O/S Daily Sunday 31 March 2024
Morning all. Everyone up bright and early because of the clock change, right?!! We have a bit of fog here but I'm hoping it's a heat haze as I'm out walking at 11am and would appreciate some decent weather. Managed to pick up my newish car yesterday and drove it back up the M1. Newer cars seem to have smaller engines these…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 25th March 2024
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 task easier and quicker. We also…