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It speeds things up a bit if you put it in a sink filled with COLD water (never hot)

I've got battery operated alarm clocks but I haven't seen a wind up one for decades. I suppose you might be able to get a travel alarm in a chazzer but it would have to be pretty old

Croft Mill fabrics is another really good site for fabric though not as cheap as it used to be ( what is, sigh.) If you want to learn to fit there are two very good approaches. One is a book called Fit for Real People by Palmer and Pletsch. They also do a range of patterns and give detailed instruct...

My children think I am somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun so it was gratifying to see my elder daughter’s jaw drop when she started work and I insisted she joined the union. A few years in and she now knows why I said HR is NEVER your friend. I am thankful every day to have made it to retireme...

I quite like looking through old books on gardening, sewing, cooking etc. I remember one book where he said he used his wife's best roasting tin to fill with soil for sterilising and put it in the oven where it stank the kitchen out apparently. To say his wife was not a happy bunny would be an under...

I don't need to open windows, the drafts are quite sufficient for ventilation, thank you!

All refillable sprays gunk up but I just unscrew the cap and stick the nozzle in a jug of hot water and it's ok after that. I just have to try and remember to do it after I use it rather than just before I need it!

It says it combines burning wood on open fires and in stoves so that’s always going to make it appear that wood stoves are worse than they are. And that’s before you get into the difference between burning properly seasoned wood versus any old rubbish treated with nasty chemicals

jennyjj01 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:44 pm
Good job i'm not a diuretic

:p

Nice one!

Inulin not insulin! Lol! Potato starch apparently works as well but inulin was cheaper at Holland and Barrett