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Did anyone use their lockdown time profitably?

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    #61
    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    I made a profit of around £50k during lockdown selling overpriced gloves, chalk, jigsaws and tat to idiots who spent too much time buying junk on Amazon Prime
    Glad to see you've carried your respect for your customer base from contracting to retail.

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      #62
      Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
      I made a profit of around £50k during lockdown selling overpriced gloves, chalk, jigsaws and tat to idiots who spent too much time buying junk on Amazon Prime


      We're proud of you, you filthy spekulant.

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        #63
        Originally posted by TwoWolves View Post
        Now, bake all our own bread, press our own burgers, kneed pizzas and use a lot more local produce than we did. Bins nearly half as full every fortnight.
        You need to stop that sort of thing right now.

        Imagine what state the economy will be in if everyone carried on consuming less.
        Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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          #64
          I've spent lockdown becoming better friends with Gove and Cummings - Firm with links to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender | Politics | The Guardian
          "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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            #65
            Originally posted by Pogle View Post
            Sure I use this one:-

            Recipes - BBC Food

            I always use 00 flour and I have a stand mixer to kneed it. The dough will last fine in the fridge for a couple of days - in fact it improves it.
            I also use a good yeast, I buy Fermipan and keep it in the freezer. It seems to work much quicker that the stuff you get in the supermarket.

            I roll mine out as thin as possible and I found having the oven as hot as possible (240 fan) helps.
            Also it cooks in 8 minutes.

            I top with passata, grated cheese, onion, peppers, mushroom, basil and anything else people want. I also found that too much cheese can be detrimental and I LOVE my cheese

            HTH
            This is the key to good pizza, thin base and a *really* hot oven.
            "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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              #66
              Originally posted by Pogle View Post
              Sure I use this one:-

              Recipes - BBC Food

              I always use 00 flour and I have a stand mixer to kneed it. The dough will last fine in the fridge for a couple of days - in fact it improves it.
              I also use a good yeast, I buy Fermipan and keep it in the freezer. It seems to work much quicker that the stuff you get in the supermarket.

              I roll mine out as thin as possible and I found having the oven as hot as possible (240 fan) helps.
              Also it cooks in 8 minutes.

              I top with passata, grated cheese, onion, peppers, mushroom, basil and anything else people want. I also found that too much cheese can be detrimental and I LOVE my cheese

              HTH
              That link isn’t working for me..
              Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !

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                #67
                Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
                That link isn’t working for me..
                MF ate it.
                'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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                  #68
                  Well the big things I planned to do never happened - more exercise / give up smoking

                  But I had a lot of crafting time which is nice so been making things

                  I also seem to have saved a bit of cash - so now I am contemplating a workshop of some sort !
                  Growing old is mandatory
                  Growing up is optional

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                    #69
                    Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
                    That link isn’t working for me..
                    Pizza dough recipe - BBC Food

                    slap this in your browser
                    I'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this

                    Pogle is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
                    CUK University Challenge Champions 2010
                    CUK University Challenge Champions 2012

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                      #70
                      Originally posted by DaveB View Post
                      Same here. Once it clicks it's like "how was this so difficult?". I found the key was to think of my hands moving in opposing circles catching and releasing the balls rather than going up and down and throwing them.

                      I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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