MSE Parents Club Part 9

ladybirdintheuk

Go for it Scruffy.

We are paying £14 a month on electricity at the mo, but only because we built up a massive credit (or is it debit, I get them muddled) so they owed us loads. We had to put it up to £60 as we owed them loads, then forgot to decrease it again! I'm going to put it up to about £25 soon, and see if we can ballance it out a bit! No gas here. We tend to have lappy, tv and ps3/wii on the evenings, plus lappy daytimes when we are about. And fridge/cooker/microwave/lights/dehumidifiers/washing machine at least 5 times a week, water and the storage heaters. Oh, and the electric blanket is very important at the moment too

Speaking of which, night all!

Buttonmoons

CSH - Apparently it's a recent thing that they have stopped removing them,and it's upto the tennant or landlord to pay to get it removed, and I can't see Aberdeen Council doing that!

I don't think it works out super cheaper anyways? Like I say £10 a week isn't bad especially since, 1 load of washing tends to get washed twice because I forget it's in there and starts staaaaanking......

carlamagee

scruffy96uk wrote: »

TMI
Think I have a wee wee problem can't stop running but could be to do with how flippin cold it is!!!

me too. have been at least 8 times today. i think i usually average about 3. altho i have been drinking more water today so i was blaming that!

...i thought i quoted u again!? mmmm, cant remember wat it was now!

Buttonmoons wrote: »

I don't think it works out super cheaper anyways? Like I say £10 a week isn't bad especially since, 1 load of washing tends to get washed twice because I forget it's in there and starts staaaaanking......

thats pretty good.
we have the pp meter and we use about £15 a week. although we only have NIE over here, no choice!

money_maker_3

£15 is good carla, I am a set DD and get it reviewed every year and am on £65 a month

csh_2

Random Question Anyone know how to change the country on FB? I seem to be in a different time zone

ETA: Please excuse I am thick

scruffy96uk

Oh dear both of DH muffins have fallen into my tummy!!!!

MadDogWoman_2

I think I pay about £100 a month for electric and gas combined - heating is on constantly at the moment as my house gets cold very quickly despite being a double glazed terrace!

I've put a ban on the tumble dryer, and I try to use my oven as little as possible with it being electric, I've also swapped 90% of my bulbs to energy saving just waiting for the last 3 to blow then I'll change them.

When it's not this cold I also turn the thermostats on the radiators down to half - the house does get quite hot when they are all on full!

It's my phone bill that shocked me £140-£150 a quarter! We hardly use the blooming thing!#

In 2008 I suffered with sore hands and ankles - ended up off work for a couple of weeks! Ended up being referred to a rheumatologist (sp) several scans, x-rays and blood tests and a dose of steroids I get a diagnosis of Scacoidosis (sp) an auto-immune thing which thankfully the steroids knocked on the head.

I have found the perfect footwear for dealing with this weather - motorbike boots, waterproof with plenty of grip, I call them my 4 wheel drive footwear at work!

MDW

money_maker_3

wish I had muffins

money_maker_3

my house phone is £17 a month and my mobile including insurance is £35 a month
which I think are quite good !

Buttonmoons

Oh MDW - If you use an airer, can I ask something?

I have a clothes horse and use it to dry things that can't be washed - Dresses etc. Anyways I put it in my bedroom but I noticed my bedroom has a minging smell now and It's mould growing on the window! It's the only room with it, and I'm guessing its because of the clothes adding moisture to the air? The heater is directly beneath the window, and then my bed is in front of it.

It's double glazing too, is there anything I can do? Keep the window open when they are drying?