Preparing for winter II

Confuzzled

oldtractor wrote: »

redladyits a sheilamaid. i have 2. bought much more cheaply in a local hardwear store. they are great.
the cloths drying thing?

oh i have such envy of you both! i lived in a flat once that had one in it's miniscule kitchen (but with 12' high ceilings!) believe it or not despite the small space my clothes never smelled or felt of grease and they dried soooo quickly!

if i owned the flat i am in now i'd put on up in my hall at the top of the stairs, totally out of the way once pulled up and it gets the sun most of the day... *sighs*

Confuzzled

Mad4camping wrote: »

Hi
I know it may sound a bit daft but... I am having a humongous clear out :eek: as part of my winter prep and having a carboot on the bank holiday. If we raise anything this will go to fund some of our preparation expenses... so it might not cost us that much. DH thinks i have need for more storage for my tinned tommies .... Maybe he has a bit of a point Thought i would suggest it.

i don't think it's mad at all, i used purchasing my chest freezer as impetus to get me off my backside to sell a slew of dvds to Cex, just got my payment through paypal for it, £50 for me and £2.20 donated to the Pakistan Flood Relief charity. I figured clearing out those paid for more than a 1/3rd of the cost of the freezer. Now I'm going to work on lot 2 to send to them, this won't be as lucrative as I've already sent them my best stuff but I should get another £20 or so out of it!

The chest freezer is def good for my winter prep not only do i now have plenty of warm nourishing food for cold dark days but i'm using up my stuff i've had in the house for ages AND i'll have portion control so maybe i will lose some weight or at least not gain weight like i often do in winter. and it has the added benefit of possibly saving the life of some poor delivery person as i've no more excuses to order takeaway :rotfl:

i'm doing well on the cooking front, i've already half filled the the new freezer! :T

boultdj

kmiller4 wrote: »

Hi--
Kathy from America here. I am not familiar with the term "chuffing". Would one of you be so kind as to explain?

There's 2 meaning's,
1] the sound of the old steam train's use to make
2] Add Hell and use in place of shock/suprise or swearing....... or at least is in my family.

Ellidee

kmiller4 wrote: »

Hi--
Kathy from America here. I am not familiar with the term "chuffing". Would one of you be so kind as to explain?

If someone is really pleased about something they might say that they are 'chuffed' about it

'Chuffing' can also be used instead of an expletive i.e. instead of saying 'It was a 'bloody big' .... ' they might say 'It was a 'a chuffing big.....'

Hope this helps

Thriftkitten

nikki2804 wrote: »

Hmm someone is selling 90 drop curtains for £15 on Facebook. My french doors would probably only need a 72drop. How easy would it be to alter them? They are fully lined so I'm thinking they are a bargain lol.

Wonder web them, then no sewing just iron on the wonderweb on the desired hem length.

chirpychick

does anyone know where one might buy a cheap frozen turkey?

rising_from_the_ashes

blackandwhitebunny wrote: »

I was wondering if anyone here uses winter tyres. I absolutely dread having to drive on icey snowy roads and have 25 miles to work and back including a long rural section that is very open and always seems to get the worse of the weather. I've read sereval of the motoring journalists who say that winter tyres are actually better than a 4x4 with normal tyres. Has anyone done this and what was it like cost wise etc?

They are fantastic!

Have used them in the past - very frustratingly I can't get them for my car (tyres too small).

DM & DF had them on their V*olvo last winter and it handled/coped better than the 4x4 one they had when the car was in for a service!

grn.w.nv wrote: »

I would love to have winter tyres, however it would mean getting a second set of spare steel wheels as well. Reason for this is that unless you do tens of thousands of miles over the winter you'll never wear them out, then have to put all season tyres back on in the spring. Don't think tyres like being taken off and put back on rims repeatedly, I think they'll get damaged in the process. Much easier to get a set of steel wheels, have winter tyres fitted to those, then just jack the car up and put them on / take them off as needed. At the moment I just really need some decent all weather tyres, as the ones I have on now are shocking (sideways around roundabouts in the rain :eek: )

Yup agree you really need them on a spare set of wheels if you want them to last for a few winters (and it'll make your other ones last longer too as they'll not be used as much).

Try popping into/phoning around a few scrappies - they often have steel wheels off scrapped cars and let them go for a reasonable price.

Sunnyday wrote: »

Crikey thats expensive, my workmate was charged £10 for changing them over and fitting them (per wheel) thats what i`d budgeted for when mine need doing. I think that i`ll be ringing up soon to get a quote.

:eek: I pay £10 for all 4 of them to be swapped over!:eek: (I do this fairly frequently to even out the wear on the tyres).


If you've got quite a light car and the back slides around a lot, a bag of sand (or similar) in the boot helps keep it glued to the road a bit better.:D (obviously don't ride around with it in all the time as the extra weight will affect your fuel consumption slightly).


Now .... off to have a hunt and see if anyone's started making winter tyres for my car yet ....

Thriftkitten

Just back from Mr T's and have added to the stash in the bottom of my wardrobe,
Another 3 tins of beans
Porridge oats
kids cereal
2kg bag of sugar
all on sale.
the house is smelling soooo fresh as have the flannel sheet and new cs cardi hanging on the radiators.... had to have a short blast of heating on as i'm feeling a chill from being over tired.
For dinner we are having jacket spuds, chesse, beans and coleslaw and for dessert home made scones with jam and clotted cream, Oh and Im getting the best pink china off my welsh dresser and we will also have a pot of tea to share around the tv.
A nice cozy evening hopefully.

rising_from_the_ashes

This is quite a good site to get an idea of price for winter tyres

http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110&cart_id=38650146.110.14272&m_s=3&tyre_for=PKWWi&s_p=Winter_Tyres

(search around tho' as it's not always the cheapest) £600 seems a lot to me but depends on what you drive!

rising_from_the_ashes

chirpychick wrote: »

does anyone know where one might buy a cheap frozen turkey?

Ice*land or Farm*foods?

oldtractor wrote: »

redladyits a sheilamaid. i have 2. bought much more cheaply in a local hardwear store. they are great.
the cloths drying thing?

I had no idea what they were so a quick ggl search later and ...... I want one!

How difficult are they to put up (not the best @ DIY)?

I'm wondering if I could put one up in my ensuite bathroom - it's really warm in there as the hot water tank is in a cupboard (def designed by a man as the tank is at the front and loads of wasted space you can't get to - that would be great for drying - at the back).

(I don't use it as a bathroom as all so no damp issues).