smelly fridge

[woofgang]

Help! my immaculately clean 3 yo fridge smells like a dustbin. I have cleaned and disinfected it 4 times and aired it out. ANY suggestions welcome!

[woofgang]

checked the old answers, thought that I didn't have a condenser tray, found that I have!!!! now soaking it in Milton hopefully that will deal with it

[AliFlump]

On how clean is you house they hollowed out half a lemon and put salt in it, she said the salt absorbed the bad ouders (sp!!) and the lemon makes it smell nice

[gardenknowin]

Dissolve a strong solution of bicarb in a bowl and leave in bottom of fridge overnight.

[cartie303]

clean it in diluted vinegar about 1-10 1 part vinegar 10 parts water put a slice of lemon in as well honest you wont smell the vinegar good luck

[cartie303]

also look at the back (inside) if its a self defrost there should be a hole that lets water out and into a tray on the rear (outside)of your fridge make sure this isnt blocked once had a pea in ours

[woofgang]

Thanks guys, turns out the condenser tray was full of slimy yuck. had done the lemon, bicarb vinegar salt stuff on the interior to no avail (cleaned fridge with something different every day for the last week!!!!), so today heaved fridge away from wall and delved into its bowels. It now smells sweet again, thanks for all the suggestions!!

[chazza]

Charcoal is also good for absorbing smells, wrap some in a tissue and bung it on the shelf

[genthon]

My sister had this problem. Took everything out of fridge checked nothing out of date. Gave fridge a good clean still horrible smell like rotten eggs! In dispair had new fridge delivered within a couple of days. Disposed of old fridge. As she was loading new fridge she discovered that there was a completely black egg in her egg box which needless to say was causing the smell! She always has fresh eggs straight from the farm. This egg worked out to be quite expensive!!

[woofgang]

welcome all (opens windows and sprays air freshener around) have had the whole kitchen revamped since posting this...

[netibiza]

Oh gawd, a smelly fridge home, yes will defo be needing my new pegs.

Oh Hi there woofy, nice place :-(

[jno]

very pleasant... I see there's plenty of greens in the bins and, oh, is that a bottle of Blue Nun?

You'll be pleased to see that the harvest at Chateau Jneau is looking good, I just have to get the peasants to wash their feet before trampling...

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[netibiza]

For Kit, the Prettiest Star - it still makes me cry cos I sang it to Trampers when we knew there was no hope and he was dying!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WwHnNaqSX8

[Robinia]

Good morning, I hope there's plenty of chs in here...

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[LoftyLottie]

Found you. Thanks for the mail Woofy. Now I have to remember what was going on in the school room!!

Beautiful dogs in your photos Kit. I would love to have another one, but after what happened with the lovely Molly I am very cautious and Meggy isn't very keen on dogs at all. She doesn't even take any notice of them when we are out and never want to play with them. I think she thinks she is a human, although I did catch her and the cat cuddled up together on our bed yesterday!!

I must go over and see if I can find the royalty thread in CB. I have the greatest respect for the Queen and Prince P, and for Annie, and I think Charles and Camilla are well suited and that Camilla basically is a very nice person who never tries to hog the limelight. And personally, I think Charles would make an able King, so hope he gets a shot at it. I have a real affection for Harry 'cos he's just such a very normal young man and makes gross mistakes.

Had a nice day yesterday. Went into Fakenham and had a real good browse round and met loads of friends and acquaintances. Although we are only a stone' throw away from the town I go there surprisingly rarely. Morrisons and Lidls are on the outskirts and I don't have to touch the town.

Bought a nice new top, some victoria plums and spent an hour in the Library and actually decided to take up some real reading again. Gosh haven't libraries changed - scan your own books and scarper - you don't have to talk to anyone anymore.

Went home and had an hour or two reading and then did some cooking.

Mr LL was working at home yesterday, so housework was out of the question!!

See you soon xxxx

Haven

Lovely day here today.

[LoftyLottie]

Haven?????

I haven't a clue why or where that came from. Poltergeists?

[Dolly1308]

Hi Woofy ,thanks for the email.I'm very about what I eat so make sure nothing is past it's Use-by date please! Having trouble with my breathing ,Dr.said I have the lungs of a 95 year old ! I wouldn't mind so much but I've never smoked -oh well such is life -I get tired very easily . Best wishes to everyone .xxxxx

[netibiza]

I eat anything even passed it's sell-by date, cos that's all you can get sometimes, but draw the line at blue bread!!

Oh deary me, have just found a new shoe shop open in the main street so of course I had to buy a pair and put aside another pair for tomorrow. They only cost 19€ (on offer) and the mender wanted 18€ to mend my tatty old ones. So I was saving money!!!

Was raining when I left the house, I was so surprised and it's cooler but still very sweaty, hate it.

[netibiza]

^^ Boots that is ^^

[swedeheart]

Afternoon all, don't know if it's all the vinegar and lemon... no it's The Prettiest Star that has made me well up. Thank you Neti, I shall treasure the thought of you singing that song to your beloved dog in his troubled time.

Animals, what is it with them that lets them go straight to our hearts. I've seen people break down into tears forty and fifty years later when talking about their old dog or cat, and I don't think it's "just" that they're sad about growing old themselves, I think they genuinely miss their pal.

I'll never forget I was sitting across somebody who was paralysed on one side of the body and who could barely "put one word together" due to aphasia, and he wanted to tell me about his old dog. I asked supportive questions and when I asked what breed he couldn't think of the word or even the words to describe it so I asked how big was the dog. He held ONE hand (the other side paralysed, remember) in the air over the table and I said "Golden Retriever!" and he broke down crying with happiness that I had been able to guess. But the odd thing is that I WASN'T GUESSING: I just knew, that second when he indicated the dog's height with his ONE hand in the air. Wanna know what's even more odd? Where he held his hand wasn't Golden Retriever height AT ALL, regardless of whether you were to measure the distance between the floor and his hand or the table and his hand. It wasn't correct at all. And yet I just knew. I think we communicate with animals the same way that man and I were able to communicate in that moment, only, with animals it happens easier cos we're closer to each other's bodies as well.

[netibiza]

Oh Kit that is so nice of you to guess what he was saying, I'm not sure if I have the patience.

Anyone watching "Bouquet of Barbed wire" if so can you tell me how many episodes I have missed or has there only been one?