Preparing for winter II

Confuzzled

Mamzie wrote: »

(((((((((()))))))))) thank you huni, unfortunately I get it really badly, and never fully recovered after last time - ended up with misalighed hip and spine damage. This time I 've been wheelchair bound since July, and am even worse - so am thinking we are going to be in for a very difficult winter

aww bless you poor thing! well one thing i can suggest that helped me was only sitting on a warm (not hot) rice sock, or you can use a wheat bag or possibly a partially filled hot water bottle (be careful with that one) the heat helped me so much when it was really bad

also sleeping with a pillow between my knees which i still have to do but i may be preaching to the choir here.

best advice i can give, do NOT go out when it's icy unless you have to and if you haven't already start getting your groceries delivered... i know asda specifically are supposed to take them straight into your kitchen if you ask them too

best of luck and i hope it goes away once the baby is born, that would make a nice bonus to the christmas baby

parsonswife8

mardatha wrote: »

I think we passed the same people ! I was talking about snow tyres, dont know winter tyres. I suppose people down south arent familiar with lots of snow any more and so have never learned how to drive in it.

We had our fair share last winter, Mar, but it froze to solid black ice and we had no gritters around where we live.:eek:

It was awful. Slid all over the place and not used to it.

adelight

Has anyone bought thermal leggings/tops from asda? Recommend them? What's the fit like? The only sizes in stock are two sizes too big for me but they're half the price of any others I can find.
Just spoke to the neighbours and they've already got their heating on and they're electric bill has £600 for the winter quarter last year!! They had single glazing and ancient plug in electric heaters. Good news is, they say our storage heaters are only two years old, despite looking twenty so maybe they're more energy efficient than I thought.

mardatha

I'm in Cara, have replied on the thread

rosieben

Mamzie wrote: »

Found the news stories that had me worried again ...

linkie

another

both those links refer to Positive Weather Solutions - also mentioned in this article which says they forecast this summer to be one of the hottest on record! the sun says exactly the opposite, so I think we have to be wary of taking these stories at face value. The Met office says that long-range forecasting is very difficult

mind you, if the worst happens we'll be well prepared; I've tried to get various members of my family to make some sort of winter preps but not had much luck!

fedupandskint

Stocked up on tins today when out shopping, so, have pasta, tins of toms, beans etc and some spare stock cubes and few bottles of water. Just need to update my list now. Popped them into the bag in the spare room for storage

Also have a new bathroom door on at last ready for when the heating goes on to keep some heat in there

Preps going well, not much left to do now - must remember to get some more candles after a long powercut last winter

Sylvan

mardatha wrote: »

I think we passed the same people ! I was talking about snow tyres, dont know winter tyres. I suppose people down south arent familiar with lots of snow any more and so have never learned how to drive in it.

Yes. If you only have snow occasionally, or if you have the option of public transport, you can choose not to drive in it. I used to work for the council. If we didn't make it into work we had to lose a day's holiday (and if we had used all our holiday entitlement we didn't get paid) but if we managed to get in, even if we were 3 or 4 hours late, we were paid. I eventually learned to lurk till the snowplough went past and then follow it for 20 miles (far enough behind for the grit not to hit the windscreen:rotfl:) and get out and dig every so often...
once hit a blockage we couldn't shift, after about 13 miles, turned round but couldn't make it further than 6 or 7 miles back, so the kids and I had to abandon the car and spend the day in a random person's kitchen. We were taken home in the evening by a gamekeeper following a farmer with a snowplough attachment on his tractor and couldn't get back to dig out the car for another week.:snow_grin The kids loved it. :snow_laug

That was when I first started keeping a winter box, full of food that didn't need electricity to stay fresh and could be cooked on a tiny camping gaz stove. Think I should start calling that box "Topsy", 'cos over the decades it seems to have just growed and growed.:o

Sylvan

mardatha wrote: »

I'm the same Shegar, coal costs us £30 a week but I dont grudge a penny of it and I would cut down my food bill if I had to. It's very miserable being cold!

I begrudge EVERY penny of it, but I can't afford to get cold. When we had a rayburn I used to open the firebox door and sit in front of it.:oLast year I discovered the delights of sitting in a thick sleeping bag with a hot water bottle at the foot end and another on my lap. I'm sure the Housebound Library ladies thought I was mad.
It'll be worse this year - I'm planning to wear my honcho as well.:D

grandmasam

lutzi1 wrote: »

In Germany they are thinking of making winter tyres compulsory in winter, and anybody who has an accident who is not using winter tyres will be held partly responsible. As far as he is concerned they do not wear out any faster than standard tyres.

x

Spoke to Ds3 in germany today, he paid 400 euro :eek: yesterday for his winter tyres as he was told at the garage it was law. He was horrified at the price, but as he works 30 miles away , dare'nt risk not having them!
Iagree with your dh, drove to germany last year on my own, and was never so thankful to arrive back here where i could tootle [safely!] along at 70 instead of over 100 in the slow lane! nightmare in the rain :eek:
[ back to lurking ]
caz

Sylvan

Mamzie wrote: »

(((((((((()))))))))) thank you huni, unfortunately I get it really badly, and never fully recovered after last time - ended up with misalighed hip and spine damage. This time I 've been wheelchair bound since July, and am even worse - so am thinking we are going to be in for a very difficult winter

It might be worth asking your GP about surgery to have your pelvis wired together. I don't think it's terribly well known. Mine only knew about it because one of his other patients had had it done.

EDIT: Just realised you're still pregnant. (((()))). Hope it gets better afterwards.
Have they given you a corset yet? If not ask for one.

I also begged for an epidural when I was having DS5 - it made all the difference (Didn't have any pain relief for the first four - hadn't needed it for 1-3 and just screamed a lot with #4:o. They hadn't bothered to tell me till afterwards that spd makes giving birth much more painful:mad:). Wonderful things, epidurals:D