Preparing for winter II

Confuzzled

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Also, can you get fleecy wellie liners?

I must admit to not wearing wellies that often as find it's often easier to walk with my "proper" walking boots on, but not great once the snow gets past ankle height!

you can actually, well they aren't specifically for wellies, these are cut and trim, just got some myself for £1 a pair! unfortunately i just checked and priceless doesn't have anymore in stock, however a quick search on amazon came up not only with fleece liners but wool socks made especially for wellies if you scroll down about half way you'll find the fleece liners for between £2-6 per pair


i also wanted to let you all know about a folding shovel i saw listed on the grabbit board (if someone has already posted this i apologise, i skim over the car related stuff as i don't have a car) it's got good reviews and the first one says it's .8 metres when fully extended if you're wondering about the size.

mumoffour77

I have never ever had a good idea......
I may never have a good idea.....
To some this may not apply...


BUT

Batteries for your Key fobs....

My car has been saying low battery key...

So I went to my dealership, who wanted £20, to change the battery....

I youtubed how to change a battery of a key fob...and hey ho found a tutorial

I ordered the battery of ebay costing £2.69 for 2

and replaced it myself.....And IT WORKS!!!!


(they key battery was so low it wouldnt even lock the car!!)

Confuzzled

grn.w.nv wrote: »

I'm just waiting for my glow plugs to arrive for my ZS, shame they won't arrive before the weekend but nevermind.

Don't worry - I'm 25 and I'm the same LOL! :rotfl:

BTW got my Yaktrax through this morning, they're a small, and I wear size 6 shoes - they will be going on my Doc Martins and my muckers. They are extremely difficult to put on, and I've not actually managed to get them on properly, so I assume they need to be bigger. Anyone else experienced this? I imagine they would be ok for normal shoes - but who goes out in the snow in anything other than boots?! Ah well off to the post office I go to send them back.

i had problems with mine last year, one stayed on fine the other just refused to stay on regardless of which foot i put it on. so i simply strapped them to my boots with black shoelaces (you can't really see them as my boots are black too) that should solve the problem. i will say i don't think mine were too small though, they are a bit difficult to get over the heel but only a bit so yours may be a little too small. if you get the next size up though and find they keep slipping off just use shoelaces, a cheap but effective fix

Confuzzled

grn.w.nv wrote: »

Ooh just discovered by accident that if I position my laptop's charger transformer right, I can put my feet on it, and it keeps them lovely and warm! Normally work up in the office (I work from home) but have had it on my lap in the lounge recently due to getting chickens - I can keep an eye on them in the garden all day

is it sad that despite loathing laptops (i can't stand the flat, small keyboards, track pads and tiny screens) i actually nearly bought a laptop vs a desktop computer because of the lap warming capabilities

Rainy-Days

lrb wrote: »

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but what do you do to prepare your interior plants for winter? I'm at work all day so the heating only goes on for a bit in the evenings ( unless I'm at home then it goes on for most of the day!!!). I am concerned is going to be a bit too cold for a lovely orchid I have now. It was really cold last year and I would hate it if it died as it is a present from one of my friends' mum.
Thanks,
Lx

I too have a three beautiful orchids that I have been able to bring on for a second year, my home thankfully though is warm enough so I don't have to worry. Orchids like the same warm and moist conditions as us humans and that is another reason why they do so well in a home environment. The main thing is that they do not get frost on them - for any houseplant this is a killer. If you can leave it in your bedroom where it is the warmest that would be the safest and best place to keep it. Orchids do well in an east facing position with moderate morning sunlight. I have mine on my window sill in the bedroom and it is happy there!

Rainy-Days

I am so pleased to tell you that the guttering and fascia boards have been done this afternoon. Got back from work and just ploughed into it. There was quite a bit of silt, like dark dried sand grains and odd bits of dried moss. It got everywhere went down my tee shirt, in my hair on my face. I look horrendous when I came in. Needless to say it looks all gleaming and white out there now so thats a bonus. I used stardrops on it gave it quite a bit in the bucket then filled with hot water and it made light work of the green algae on the guttering. Came in had a shower and was watching black bits dropping off all regions of my body onto the shower floor :rotfl:I feel so flipping happy that, that horrendous job is done and crossed off the list

GreyQueen

Hi, there was a reference to someone asking this one page back but I haven't been able to find the original question to use the quote button.

If the edge won't stay put there is one option which we used fairly often in theatre; Velcro.

Most of us think of it as being both halves on fabric but you can put one half (the hooky one is best) on wood and the fuzzy half of the Velcro stitched along the curtain edge. You would't need to do it in a solid strip, you could do it in lengths of about 3 inches, gap of similar, and then on. Sew the fuzzy bit to the curtain then mark on the door-jamb where you want it to go with a pencil and stick it on with something like UHU.

I appreciate that bits of Velcro might be unacceptable to many people as part of the house rather than on a theatrical set but thought I'd offer it to the threaad on the off-chance it might be of interest to somebody. You can get white Velcro so if you have white gloss woodwork it shouldn't leap out at you.

Oh, and Velcro is very strong and will usually outlast whatever you attach it to, so I always salvage it and keep it in my sewing trove for re-use. It's surprisingly handy stuff to have around. HTH.

Poly,put_the_kettle_on

Argh- just wrote a long post then lost it! Anyway, I've been a lurker and have picked up loads of tips here, so I thought I'd give you a head start before posting on Grabbit.

I found two of these
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-8673.aspx

Little beauties in Mr T's, Whitstable earlier for the princely sum of....£2.50 each! No idea if it's nationwide, but I hope some of you strike lucky! Three year guarantee, washable, and with three heat settings.

Bitsy_Beans

mumoffour77 wrote: »

I have never ever had a good idea......
I may never have a good idea.....
To some this may not apply...


BUT

Batteries for your Key fobs....

My car has been saying low battery key...

So I went to my dealership, who wanted £20, to change the battery....

I youtubed how to change a battery of a key fob...and hey ho found a tutorial

I ordered the battery of ebay costing £2.69 for 2

and replaced it myself.....And IT WORKS!!!!


(they key battery was so low it wouldnt even lock the car!!)

I did this too with my key fob that does the remote central locking. I think you have to change the battery within 5 mins of taking the old one out otherwise the key fob will have to be reprogrammed. I figured I'd got nothing to lose as mine wasn't working properly and it's now working perfectly. I can't be sure for all key fobs but my battery was the type you could buy at Halfords or indeed the large stores at Sainsburys

Gigervamp

You can actually buy stick and stitch velcro. One side is meant to be stitched onto fabric, the otherside is self adhesive for sticking onto hard surfaces.