Your household tips read out on radio

A hazel twig can be chewed at the end and then used to clean your teeth!

Neliemoser my mother used to do the latter when I was a child, much to my shame. The horse always appeared to be very obliging outide our house so my mother did not have to walk far.

Dip chewed end of twig in soot if you want them to be really gleaming...!

Ana

My dad used to clean his teeth with soot or salt !

Exactly!

Do save all the foil milk bottle tops, press them over a lemon squeezer and put a thread through the top and you have decorations for your Christmas tree.

I haven't clicked on the link, and now don't think I will!

Although I did get to the shouting point a few weeks back about some bloody woman on Feedback for Radio 4 saying that she thought there should be a special station/programme for the over 60's! I believe I did post about it (maybe even attempted a thread?)

Re applying toothpaste to taps- does the toothpaste have to be white? I am using a deep blue toothpaste at present- free when I visited the surgery last and this Scot does not look a gift horse in the mouth.

I am also a believer in natural weather, not necessarily sunlight to remove stains such as curry and tomato.

Hire a cleaner.

Do not allow any members of your family to buy you knick-knacks that need dusting

Hide any of your OH's shirts unless they are non-iron (I really do) and only put the others in his wardrobe once a year until you can safely phase them out

Grow a large variety of herbs. Buy large variety of ready meals. Sprinkle copiously with fresh herbs and claim them as your own.

I think I could pretty much write a book actually, I used to be very into self-sufficiency and I make my own washing liquid and other such worthy things, even so I am all favour of saving myself from anything too tiring as I have dodgy hips and knees. Because I find bending forwards a problem, as in using a mop, to keep the kitchen floor clean between proper washes I tie a couple of damp rags to my feet and skate around the kitchen floor each evening, much to my GCs amusement. I'll get them doing it for me when they are a little bigger.

Pollen on fabric from lillies should not be wiped or brushed, instead apply a strip of Sellotape and strip off until clear of pollen.

And to stop the pollen getting on anything to start with, snip off the stamens as soon as the lilies begin to open.

Do NOT BUY ANYTHING that needs ironing/ drycleaning!

I normally do Elegran but there is the odd time when I am not the perfect housewife and accidents happen

DO NOT buy or accept lilies!

Don't even look at lilies!

If you use a scrim type of sponge cloth to do the washing up, cut it in half before you use it. It will be a better size for washing cups and you will still have the other half fresh and clean in the cupboard for when the first one has got slightly manky.

Tie a cairn terrier to a long pole and push it up the chimney. While the scrabbling shifts the soot, the barking will chase away roosting pigeons.

A dual purpose tip.

Tri-purpose. The cairn will have spotless teeth.

I do not have a cairn terrier, will a ragdoll cat do?

What is wrong with "The Elderly" listening to Radio 4???

I listened briefly into that Age UK station following a link?
It will not be likely to replace Radio 4 in my house I can tell you that.

As far as I am concerned Radio 4 has everything I need My only real dislike is "Any Questions" and "Any Answers" on Friday night and Saturday. (I had no chance of escape from it when I was a child.)

Drama, Comedy, consumer programs, current affairs. Gardeners Question time is informative and usually very funny.
Good drama, excellent early evening comedy. Chat shows, programs about history, science and all sorts of interesting stuff that is not always "news" but can be totally engrossing to listen to.

That is my advert over for today!

Elegran

I've just clicked on the link and the first thing I saw was 'Radio for grown ups' so why are they asking us

Agus I generally use your sellotape trick but it didn't work on our ginger cat who loved drinking revolting flower water from vases!

On a ginger cat! I would just have rubbed it in to blend with it's coat
DDs cat drinks from the goldfish bowl regardless of having fresh water next to her food!!!