Preparing for winter II

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skintbint wrote: »

Kazla - please be careful with the echinacea if you are still breast feeding as there is a belief that they can cause liver damage - my couins daughter ended up having to have tests and the consultant commented he had been seeing more and more people due to what they believed was the increased use of echinacea

TBh i dont find either that or Zinc has any effect anyway. best not to take it

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twiglet98 wrote: »

Wouldn't these be absolutely horrid if you had to go to the loo in the night, having to strip your top off to get the bottoms down...? Makes me shiver just thinking about it!

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See a previous post of mine. I had one years ago just after I left Uni... it is exactly as you thought.. we had no heating.. only a gas cylinder fire in each bedroom so you can imagine how cold the loo was:eek:

Red_Doe

rachbc wrote: »

The only reason i can think for keeping a few hundred quid about the place in winter is paying for the heating!! Seriously if the weather is so bad that banks can't fill their machines their ain't goin to be much in the shops to buy nor any chance of getting there to spend it. Lets keep this thread less end of the world and a bit more warm and fluffy!

It's a bit unfair to treat those of us who advocate things like that as all a bunch of end of the world scenarioists.
what about those of us who live in remote areas? Last couple of winters, the banks couldn't even get here due to the snow and ice on the roads (mobile banks here, obviously) but the local wee shop did still have stock in. They also prefer cash. So it makes sense to keep cash in the house.
Ditto water purifying tablets...last summer, we lost our water supply over a space of three weeks! I was reduced to hauling water indoors from the local burn. You can bet your !!! I purified it!
Please don't go from one extreme to the other here. There's room in this thread for all sorts of folks, and it doesn't take the end of the world to come, for some of us to actually need some of the things survivalists do suggest keeping.

Thriftkitten

dazedandconfused_123 wrote: »

Was one of the many hoping to get a couple of the "cute cat hot water bottles" from ChemistDirect (but let down :mad:)

Anyone know where I might get one similar? I've tried everywhere I can think o
I went out to the second hand vintage place yesterday and found an old fashioned bed/hotwater bottle made out of ceramic.... the kids were totally astounded, put it on the floor last night in living room and we all kept warming our feet on it lol!

lizzyb1812

littlecal - re your hooks, you need surgical spirit, it's a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and something else and will give you the ultra clean, no residue finish the hooks need.

Re: Echinacea - I think this is a personal thing, ie some people find it helpful and some don't. I'm quite sceptical about herbal remedies but echinacea definitely works for me, to the extent that if I'm not taking it (best not to take it permanently) and get the first signs of a cold, then I start taking it and either don't develop the cold or get a "cold in 24 hours" thing where I get all the yucky symptoms but it's all over by the next day. Brilliant stuff if you are someone who responds to it.

Spent the weekend putting up curtain poles and lining, ironing and hanging winterised curtains - in one of the hottest weekends of the year :rotfl::rotfl: All the big jobs are now done but lots of little ones, like a catch for the door to the stairs and a dozen similar things still to do. I've given myself a deadline of the end of this month to get everything done so best get cracking!

Thriftkitten

twiglet98 wrote: »

Wouldn't these be absolutely horrid if you had to go to the loo in the night, having to strip your top off to get the bottoms down...? Makes me shiver just thinking about it!

I use the all in ones from Primarni as a second layer to my pj's that way when I need to powder my nose in the middle of the night i stay warm and my toes do also x

broodylass_2

Still working on my winter prep and finally caught back up with this thread! This week I'm waiting on my Ikea delivery for fleeces and also a big rug for the cold kitchen floor. Even with the delivery charge it worked out cheaper than getting them from elsewhere.

Stick on Velcro question... where did you buy it from and how much did it cost? Would it attach to the metal frame for my blinds? I'm wondering if it'd be better to stick the fleeces to that rather than attach them to the actual curtains.

pinkmami

Well its was so cold this morning in the wind & rain & had to put my gloves on(allbeit I was standing on the side of a hill!) so I've started to line the curtains in DS's room. it can get a bit chilly int he winter but its such a small room with a radiator & carpet!

But I've run out of safety pins so waiting for DH to get in so I can run to the corner shop to get more supplies!!!

Please tell me I WILL notice a difference?!?!?!?

tessasmum

Red_Doe wrote: »

It's a bit unfair to treat those of us who advocate things like that as all a bunch of end of the world scenarioists.
what about those of us who live in remote areas? Last couple of winters, the banks couldn't even get here due to the snow and ice on the roads (mobile banks here, obviously) but the local wee shop did still have stock in. They also prefer cash. So it makes sense to keep cash in the house.

This is exactly why I would keep cash in the house - I can walk to the village shop, but the nearest cash machines are 8 miles away by car! If the weather was bad, I might want to buy things from the shop, if they had them in, and I wouldn't want to have to go out of the village to get the cash to buy them with!! I probably would only be looking at keeping about £50 about me though - I usually have only a couple of quid in my purse in cash, so it would be something I would have to make an effort to do.

bluebag

chocolatepennyfarthing wrote: »

Looking for a short wrapround, like a dressing gown but just below bottom length. Need about a size 22/24. Anyone seen anything like his? Would be great for an extra layer in doors.

Mr T's had some in today, lovely and soft and with a lovely wide satin belt for £12.50, thought of you today when I saw them.