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One thing you recently discovered that has changed your life

725 replies

rosemole · 10/01/2025 17:02

For the better, obviously.

Can be a thing, person, activity, place...anything really.

Mine is trig bagging. It's so much fun and gets you out there, to unexpected and unknown places.

What's yours?

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Notadream · 10/01/2025 22:02

Searchingforthelight · 10/01/2025 19:40

Mounjaro
AliExpress!!

Ali express, i'm intrigued, what sort of things do you get from there?

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/01/2025 22:03

I have a very cold study (no doors apart from one to the outside world, just an archway to the main room, and no radiator) and until recently my feet slowly froze as I sat at my desk.

Then I bought a "cat igloo" from Pets'r'Us to put them into (shoes and all) and cut out the drafts round them. My feet no longer get so cold that they hurt, even in this freezing weather. It may look very silly, but it has changed my life. And it is machine washable so no worry about that.

https://www.petsathome.com/product/pets-at-home-grey-spotty-igloo-cat-bed/7132732P?productId=7132732&purchaseType=one-time&size=oneSize

Much longer ago, and this is cheating, but they mean I am able to go on using my kitchen even now I no longer bend at the knees, and several people have mentioned upthread that they'd love a pan drawer:

when we moved here I realised that, in a very long narrow kitchen with no room to stand back from them, getting at whatever was at the back of the cupboards under the work-surfaces would involve lying on the floor. Over the next year or so whenever I had spare cash I bought openwork metal drawers to put inside the cupboards instead of shelves, so that I could pull out drawers and get at the very back at the bottom without a need for caving gear or a contortionist assistant. A different number of drawers in the different cupboards means some are the right height for tins, some for saucepans (no room to hang them on the wall, I'd be banging into them all the time), some will take bottles and jars, one is for plastic boxes, and so on. Individual design! Yay!

You do have to have the sort of cupboards that have holes in lines up the sides so you can very the shelf heights, but those take the drawers if you do have them. Once I had found ones the right size sideways, fitting them was a job I could do for myself with no more complicated tools than a screwdriver and a hammer.

LushLemonTart · 10/01/2025 22:05

tinofbeans · 10/01/2025 21:49

Vitamin D..

This time last year I was barely functional.. constantly exhausted, comfort eating, putting on weight.

I now feel like I'm back in my 20s, full of energy, I'm achieving 4x what I used to in a day and losing weight too.

Absolutely life changing and can't recommend it enough :-)

Which one do you take? I got vitabiotics ultra 1000.

VexedofVirginiaWater · 10/01/2025 22:05

Devilsmommy · 10/01/2025 21:57

Why not just get a cordless Henry? Wish I could, my Henry is bloody useless on a flat surface 😂

Yes - I have 2 cordless Sharks and a corded Hetty. I do think Hetty does a better job, but it's so much more hard work - and she's so dramatic! You pull her along, honestly not very hard, and she tips herself over and you turn round and she's lying on her side trying to look cute, or she gets stuck on every piece of furniture in the room. I wonder if the cordless ones are as good as the corded ones - maybe less dramatic though.

Devilsmommy · 10/01/2025 22:08

VexedofVirginiaWater · 10/01/2025 22:05

Yes - I have 2 cordless Sharks and a corded Hetty. I do think Hetty does a better job, but it's so much more hard work - and she's so dramatic! You pull her along, honestly not very hard, and she tips herself over and you turn round and she's lying on her side trying to look cute, or she gets stuck on every piece of furniture in the room. I wonder if the cordless ones are as good as the corded ones - maybe less dramatic though.

My sister has got a cordless Henry and she loves it. Though it doesn't throw itself on it's side all dramatically like my Henry 😂

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/01/2025 22:09

Hoppingabout · 10/01/2025 21:46

This! A "potato ricer"! It may have been around for hundreds of years but this is the first time I've ever seen one and I feel this is going to Revolutionise Everything!!

I had a potato ricer for years until I broke it, and when I was looking for a new one I discovered one that has gears. This means even my feeble arthritic hands can operate it without hurting. It was very expensive but it was worth it.

www.therange.co.uk/cooking-and-dining/food-preparation-and-utensils/kitchen-essentials/kitchen-gadgets/gadgets/chef-n-freshforce-potato-ricer#7753056

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 10/01/2025 22:12

VexedofVirginiaWater · 10/01/2025 20:45

I have an upstairs Shark and a downstairs Shark (and a downstairs Hetty) but I find that neither of the Sharks want to actually do the stairs. They each say it's the other's job. What do your Henrys say?

I have the Henry Reach kit for this exact reason. The add-on hose means I can leave Henry on one floor to do the entire stairs.

username299 · 10/01/2025 22:12

Devilsmommy · 10/01/2025 22:08

My sister has got a cordless Henry and she loves it. Though it doesn't throw itself on it's side all dramatically like my Henry 😂

How long has she had it for?

Devilsmommy · 10/01/2025 22:13

username299 · 10/01/2025 22:12

How long has she had it for?

I think 2 years now

username299 · 10/01/2025 22:15

Devilsmommy · 10/01/2025 22:13

I think 2 years now

I'm very tempted. I've held off buying a cordless because they don't seem to last long. But Henry are usually good quality.

LatteLady · 10/01/2025 22:15

I have a Dutch friend who redsigned her kitchen to include a floor to ceiling set of shelves for her gadgets and each shelf has plug points so everything is out, ready to use and does not sit in a cupboard gathering dust. Bloody genius.

Devilsmommy · 10/01/2025 22:17

username299 · 10/01/2025 22:15

I'm very tempted. I've held off buying a cordless because they don't seem to last long. But Henry are usually good quality.

Completely get that but my sister only uses the cordless now, and she's got a dog so it's used a lot. Her old Henry is languishing in the cupboard feeling sorry for himself I imagine 😂

DogPot · 10/01/2025 22:17

PillowPalava · 10/01/2025 21:49

Which ones did you get? Would you mind linking please :)

I’m not at home at the moment so I can’t remember which ones they are… but they are black, unusually. The knives are superb, I only have small hands but they fit my palm really well I will send you details if I remember when I get home👍

Notadream · 10/01/2025 22:20

Judgejudysno1fan · 10/01/2025 21:00

I want one so badly, im rubbish with rice and spend so much money on those micro packets ....
Are they really so simple.to use?

I was too until my friend showed me how and I've never looked back. Literally pour a cup of rice (dry) into a pan with a little warm olive oil and seasoning warm it all up a bit then add two cups of water, let it come to the boil and then let it simmer until it's absorbed all the water.

pollyglot · 10/01/2025 22:20

RapunzelsSplitEnds · Today 17:04

A pull out pan drawer.
No longer do I have to lie flat on the floor with a torch in search of a pot or pan.
My life is complete.

Our new house and one of the things that sold me...(it's untidy because DH is the chef and invariably fails to leave it looking HouseAndGardens perfect! 😎

One thing you recently discovered that has changed your life
JudgeJ · 10/01/2025 22:20

DisplayPurposesOnly · 10/01/2025 20:20

I usually nip down at about 7.30 to make a cup of coffee to take back to bed.

@judgej, I have a travel kettle in the bedroom to make a coffee before I get up. (And I'd have a mini thermos too if I wanted milk.)

I have travel kettles, never think of using one!

JudgeJ · 10/01/2025 22:23

LatteLady · 10/01/2025 22:15

I have a Dutch friend who redsigned her kitchen to include a floor to ceiling set of shelves for her gadgets and each shelf has plug points so everything is out, ready to use and does not sit in a cupboard gathering dust. Bloody genius.

I have tall metal racking where I hang pans from s hooks and keep the slow cooker and Kenwood Chef ready to use, sockets handy, a bit similar to the one in the photo on this thread.

TitchyBiteroo · 10/01/2025 22:25

WinterBones · 10/01/2025 17:25

that my hip is fucked.

This is a GOOD thing btw, NHS have been telling me it's fine for years.. private sports physio found a very real problem, and explained why its impacting my mobility and chronic pain levels... and that treatment can help!!

I feel you. Physios are the answer to being fobbed off for years on hip pain.

Barabajagal · 10/01/2025 22:25

ViolettaDePensy · 10/01/2025 20:43

Can you link please ? Is it just a normal squugee?

Just a normal squeegee from Amazon. Pretty sure it was under a tenner.

viques · 10/01/2025 22:27

secondsoutthere · 10/01/2025 18:21

Mine are very lame:

A window vac for condensation.

A setting on the washing machine that gives an extra spin without an extra rinse. Learnt on here very recently Smile

I found a programme on my washing machine that does a wash and dry in an hour, only for a very small load, but it works. 😁I will use it, unlike the sportswear and the denim programmes, which I certainly won’t!

Kaybee50 · 10/01/2025 22:27

My heated throw. I WFH and it’s been a game changer.

I’ve been using a recipe box fortnightly. It’s been life changing. My kids cook twice a week and it gives me a week off from a supermarket shop/the chore of thinking about what we will be eating. Hardly any food waste either.

Vinted. I hardly ever buy new clothes now.

Elli123 · 10/01/2025 22:29

bigkahunaburger · 10/01/2025 19:37

Oh and walking. Im the laziest bugger in the world and hate exercise. I always thought walking did nowt, but I just discovered that its quite the workout and I can do it without dying every day. Score.

😂

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 10/01/2025 22:31

@LondonPapa

Why would you be on the floor looking for pans? Don’t you hang them? How bizarre

I'm must say I agree with @Garlicnorth ! I don't know anyone who hangs their pans up - that's equally as bizarre. Mine live in a pile on top of the freezer! Originally had a 'pan cupboard' in the kitchen but that came out to make room for a dishwasher.

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 10/01/2025 22:32

That sounds fab @PaulaBrighton

IDontKnowWhatYouMean · 10/01/2025 22:33

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 10/01/2025 21:25

What's it called and is it available for iPhone ?

Radio Garden is brilliant - you can rotate the globe and find a local radio station anywhere in the whole world, there are thousands of stations. This is the website, but there's also an app. I love it:
Radio Garden

Edit: ignore this info - stations outside the uk have been disabled due to copyright. I've been using with a vpn.

Radio Garden

Explore live radio by rotating the globe.

https://www.radio.garden/browse

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