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Same here BB. This summer is just a joke.0
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its really cold , sitting with jumpers and socks on , i am NOT putting the heating on een though the kids are grumbling0
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I know i'm still using some electricity but I use my laptop to keep warm:DTry to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.0
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its really cold , sitting with jumpers and socks on , i am NOT putting the heating on een though the kids are grumbling
It's hammering with rain and cold here in the southwest,got a jumper on and have used some of my winter stock of candles to warm up the room,the temp has creepted up to 20 now.0 -
Pouring with rain and cold here in W. Wales.
I've just read through about half of this thread and have run round like a maniac switching things off at the wall - have been doing this with hob and dishwasher for a while, but suddenly struck me that there were a load of lamps, hardly ever used, plugged in and a few other things like my hairdryer.
Some great tips - am going to start keeping a flask by the kettle for all those warming hot beverages! Thanks everyone.0 -
i am constantly going round switching things off at the wall , unplugging things, its like a ritual now , we got a free energy monitor from eon and although i dont understand the ins and outs of it i can tell if things are on that shouldnt be
i also use a flask for tea when im in on my own , one flask will last me all day
im going to try the candle thing right now and see if it works , im frozen0 -
You're getting the weather we had yesterday. Today is drier but just as cold !0
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DH has lit the fire. I'm sat on the sofa with a blanket and furry slippers. Noon June 12th.0
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decidedly nippy isn't it. No heating. I won't allow it. I rule this house with an iron rod :rotfl:
My children are in their rooms under their covers, doodling, reading and listening to music (charged while PC is on
) as it is pouring down.
They don't want to play in the rain because it's too cold. I don't like having lacklustre children
The washing is on the arier, as soon as I have finished with the oven that airer will be thrust upon that open oven door to absorb as much of the heat as possible.0 -
Very cold and windy here, so sitting with 2 jumpers, flecce trackpants and bed socks with a hot water bottle at my feet.
I refuse to put heating on in June.DEALING WITH MY DEBTS ONE AT A TIME
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