Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Out of interest, who has got their heating on? I'm trying to hold out until November before putting mine on for no better reason than I'm bloody-minded. We still had heating on in May and I don't like the thought of using it for so many months, it just seems wrong. However I've just checked the thermostat and its 17 degrees in here and I'm wearing fleece. Not good.

Haven't read any responses yet.

we're tough, really tough. And of course, my thyroid packing in means I'm very likely to feel the cold. I try and work on the principle that if I'm cold I'm not doing enough.

I lit the burner for guests yesterday and because there would be lots of sitting and talking, and it was lit before the cold spell, mainly to test it was working (dh and I re ropesealed it in August) and because it was cold.

I'm hoping to tough it out another month at least: unless I get a cold or something.

Its 14 degrees in the house atm....I got a new gizmo from british gas for free that tells me the electricity we are using and the temperature. And it says 14 degrees. I've just come in so I'm wearing a vest top and a blanket...and, um...thats it! (I'd been gardening so my clothes are filthy and got left at the door.)

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Lydia you and I are the same on this one - also grew up with ice on the inside of the windows on cold mornings and also now choose to keep house warm - strangely (imo) my sister's at least also have cold houses. .

I was brought up between London and hot places. I dislike extremes of temperature in general, but prefer cold, because you can do stuff to get warm, but there is not much you can do to cool down.

michaels

Have now turned off the electric radiator as reading lir's soft pawn postings is quite enough to keep me warm.

lostinrates wrote: »

Haven't read any responses yet.
we're tough, really tough. And of course, my thyroid packing in means I'm very likely to feel the cold. I try and work on the principle that if I'm cold I'm not doing enough.

I lit the burner for guests yesterday and because there would be lots of sitting and talking, and it was lit before the cold spell, mainly to test it was working (dh and I re ropesealed it in August) and because it was cold.

I'm hoping to tough it out another month at least: unless I get a cold or something.

Its 14 degrees in the house atm....I got a new gizmo from british gas for free that tells me the electricity we are using and the temperature. And it says 14 degrees. I've just come in so I'm wearing a vest top and a blanket...and, um...thats it! (I'd been gardening so my clothes are filthy and got left at the door.)

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Have now turned off the electric radiator as reading lir's soft pawn postings is quite enough to keep me warm.

its a bit more hard core here when its really cold and dh is home but trying to do everything under the covers for fear of a draught (that doesn't look right...) getting in and freezing us is horrid.

I have to go and wash hair to go out but I keep putting it off because I am toasty in my blanket.

vivatifosi

Happy birthday misskool!

What, you thought I wouldn't come over here and say something?

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Happy birthday misskool!

What, you thought I wouldn't come over here and say something?

It is?

Happy Birthday DEAR MISSKOOL! May the next year be happy and full of joy.

tomterm8

Happy birthday Miss Kool! Have a good one!

GDB2222

:bdaycake:

:easter: (Funny that there's Easter but no birthday)


:beer:

LydiaJ

Happy Birthday Misskool. Hope you are out having a wonderful evening.

News here is that weird stuff has been appearing in the hamster cage for the last week or so - looks like grains of rice stuck together with tomato puree and then dried out. So today we took advantage of the pet shop's policy that you can take the hamster back for help and advice if you feel for any reason that you need it. We took the hamster herself, and a sample of the weird rice-and-tomato-looking-stuff. Several members of staff looked at it and all said they had never seen anything like it, but the only thing they could think of was that it could possibly be worm eggs. So they have taken the hamster in for safe-keeping, will see how she gets on over the rest of the weekend, and take her to the vet on Monday. (So far, she seems quite bright-eyed, active and happy.)

DD is very anxious and tearful. Am hoping the vet will be able to diagnose it and treat it and we can have the hamster back home safely soon.

vivatifosi

Well she's out sort of, as in out of Debating House Prices and instead over at the Arms discussing Strictly!