The Evils of Heating!!

GreyPilgrim

Reading another thread about immersion heaters reminded me of something. One thing thats ALWAYS been ingrained in me is the evil (thumps bible!!!) of heating. I think I picked it up from my grandad. Icicles had to be hanging from the ceiling before he'd even say the word 'thermostat' - he'd tell us to put more clothes on. And it makes sense! I'm a bit of a nazi when it comes to heating in the house - pees me off when the girls are sitting there in vests and short pants complaining that they're cold.

We were watching a christmas carol yesterday, and it came to the bit where Bob Cratchitt asks Scrooge if he should put another lump of coal on the fire and Scrooge starts a long speech about "...man being intelligent enough to invent garments to keep himself warm..." and "..garments lasting longer than coal, which burns out quickly...".

I could FEEL my wife and daughter turn slowly to look at each other, then look at me and start grinning. This is what I have to put up with.

Bah Humbug

CosmoCat

thanks for this.

made me laugh my head off. because i'm sat here in a t-shirt just about to complain to hubby how cold it is!!

off to get sweater now!!

earwig

hi your story reminded me of my childhood i grew up in a house with no heating it had broke and my mum wouldnt call the council out to fix it as she thought she would have to pay for it in the winter there use to be ice on the insideof the windows and at night it was so cold we took the curtain out of the front room and used them for extra blankets when i got my own house with heating the heating was on all the time it was always a hot sunny day in my house now i have come to my sences and dont use it that much but will have it on if im still cold in a jumper

Ali-OK

I'm always cold and you won't see me in a t-shirt until it's about 25 degrees C!!

So, here we are on a chilly and wet spring evening and yes, I'm ashamed to say, my heating is on and I'm wearing a jumper!

Why is it that blokes are always hot and women are always cold? Is it hormones, genes, something else?!

GreyPilgrim

Originally came from Sunderland with that lovely north sea breeze coming in, so I don't actually feel the cold that much and my natural colour is blue - I have to sit in the sun for 12 hours to get this this lovely tippex-like complexion

GreyPilgrim

Ali-OK wrote:

Why is it that blokes are always hot and women are always cold? Is it hormones, genes, something else?!

Nah, its simply because girls are just big soft....erm, girls...

GreyPilgrim

earwig wrote:

hi your story reminded me of my childhood i grew up in a house with no heating it had broke and my mum wouldnt call the council out to fix it as she thought she would have to pay for it in the winter there use to be ice on the insideof the windows and at night it was so cold we took the curtain out of the front room and used them for extra blankets when i got my own house with heating the heating was on all the time it was always a hot sunny day in my house now i have come to my sences and dont use it that much but will have it on if im still cold in a jumper

Did your mum ever get you in the kitchen and stand you in front of the oven because the house was so cold?

Mine did.

CosmoCat

GreyPilgrim wrote:

Originally came from Sunderland with that lovely north sea breeze coming in, so I don't actually feel the cold that much and my natural colour is blue - I have to sit in the sun for 12 hours to get this this lovely tippex-like complexion

i originally come from a caribbean island just north of the equator...takes me a while to figure out the weather here! now have my sweater on and going to make meself a nice cup of tea! :coffee:

GreyPilgrim

In fact, this thread has compelled me to change my avatar...

Ali-OK

GreyPilgrim wrote:

Nah, its simply because girls are just big soft....erm, girls...

I've worked it out! Cold girls were invented along with hot boys so the girlies get more cuddles. All together now awwww :rotfl:

Yep, I'm a southern-softie!

QueenB.

It is the opposite in our house, i am the one who barely ever feels cold but my OH is always moaning.

However we have to keep out house at a certain temp, even at night because one of my children as physical problems which means he not only has very poor circulation but he can not control his own body temp very well. He gets cold very quickly, even in summer and then he suffers pain and swollen joints and depending on how severe it is he will have difficultly walking and using his body. All that even with extra clothes and thermal underwear.

Now he is at school i have the heating of for most of the day and just make sure it comes on about half an hour before he gets home so the house has warmed back up.

It does cost me a fortune but my only solution is to make sure i have the cheapest suppliers.