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Stay away from home. Personal circumstances mean I have to be available 24/7.

Well I could live with that too TBQH!

This is what the good lord gave us chocolate covered coffee beans for.

Had a very similar one myself, bought in the souvenir shop at a forest park in the early 80s. No idea where it ended up.

Polycotton I'm afraid, but I'm still using an M65. Have had one (not the same one unfortunately) for nigh in 40 years. Also have a couple of pairs of the trousers and their respective liners.

Rather hoping they're going to be at the Magnus Barelegs festival this weekend.

Long story short, nothing of a chemical nature, including bleach appears to bother it much. Certainly nothing's making it a "wipe away" affair. Plastic scraper in combination with wet and dry is shifting it slowly and what's underneath is unstained plastic. It's just going to take care and elbow...

Around here they'll smash your knees/elbows and eventually head, if you're a recidivist, with a sledge hammer or shotgun. So only the real gluebags get into petty theft, their number is pretty constant.

I have Bar Keeper's Friend that I use for my copper pots! Might be my next port of call.

Just to give you an idea of the level of gunk, I've just had a go at it with a plastic paint scraper and it lifted off a few 'chips'.

Thanks all, a few more things to try!

I was hoping to avoid bleach, but needs must.

New one on me! Just googling it.

There isn't a problem. At least not in Finland.

Vinegar hot, cold and otherwise isn't bothering it in the slightest. It's really odd because the rest of the interior is pristine. It's just the inner lid. You could almost think someone had painted it beige emulsion.

And in this case, no requirement to.

I have one here that's near to perfect. Except for a heavily stained inside lid. When I say heavily, I mean it. Like a limescale but made of cofftea. Tried various acid/baking soda pastes, kitchen cleaners, scourers but nothing's shifting it. Any "magic" formulae?

I get the whole sisu thing believe it or not. But it's not really relevent, in terms of building back better, great resetting, being new normal, whatever you want to call it, Finland rural and urban is already where most of the developed world is going.

Finland is also approaching being a poster child for the model new society.

Perhaps the era of Joe Public having a reasonable expectation of owning a house before middle age, if at all, is over?