Preparing for winter III

Eenymeeny

Prepareathome, if you check out your local council website it should tell you if you are on their gritting route. They have to keep the roads open that are bus routes or emergency vehicle access. (I'm lucky that I only have a short walk to a main road, as long as I can get that far I'm ok... hopefully!)
Rising, it's worth asking at local electrical shops. Some of them will give you sale prices now although they don't advertise it. They need the business.;) Good Luck!:)

jamanda

Talking about gritting bus routes.... we live on a bus route. Did they grit? Did they heck - they changed the bus route

La-Cara

mardatha wrote: »

Nose bothering me now as to a sister of bawbag's name...

Greg Hemphill (comedian off Chewin the fat, Still Game etc) has suggested Hurricane Fannybaws :rotfl: can't wait to hear that one on the news!

x_Bunny_x

alex21 wrote: »

Just ordered 2 pairs. I had seen some in a magazine at £19.99 for 2 pairs so this is a great bargain. DS says ta as well:T

they had some at discountuk (owned by poundworld) for £2.99 a month back, but mine said they'd sold out. Also boyes have them

www.boyes.co.uk

i got mine from qvc, they also have them on amazon.

Never been on this thread before.

I really came to moan

I hate it when my neighbour says "it's a lovely day isn't it" to my other neighbour. Then procedes to get into his car wearing a thick puffa jacket coat!. It was because the sun was out, i went out and it was freezing!.

Also the ones who get out their car and run to their house wearing a skirt and high heels. or the ones who have the heating on full, then open the windows because it's too warm!. :eek:

You can tell the ones. they usually go shopping in winter wearing shorts .

Or the ones that see you walking in the same direction their car is travelling it but totally ignore you and pass you by, then send you a xmas card like everythings hunky dory!. Grrr!.

I think half the people don't need to prepare for winter, as they have cars, it's home to car, car to work, work to home, shopping in a car etc etc. its only the people without a car that have to prepare, the rest dont have to bother. then they moan they had to scrape the ice off the car windscreen. diddums!. how about walking in the snow!.

gloves, hats, coats, scarfs, and boots. and people with a car will just go to it in shorts and tshirt. you may disagree, but i have seen people wear very little in cold weather.

Thriftkitten

x_Bunny_x wrote: »

they had some at discountuk (owned by poundworld) for £2.99 a month back, but mine said they'd sold out. Also boyes have them

www.boyes.co.uk

i got mine from qvc, they also have them on amazon.

Never been on this thread before.

I really came to moan

I hate it when my neighbour says "it's a lovely day isn't it" to my other neighbour. Then procedes to get into his car wearing a thick puffa jacket coat!. It was because the sun was out, i went out and it was freezing!.

Also the ones who get out their car and run to their house wearing a skirt and high heels. or the ones who have the heating on full, then open the windows because it's too warm!. :eek:

You can tell the ones. they usually go shopping in winter wearing shorts .

Or the ones that see you walking in the same direction their car is travelling it but totally ignore you and pass you by, then send you a xmas card like everythings hunky dory!. Grrr!.

I think half the people don't need to prepare for winter, as they have cars, it's home to car, car to work, work to home, shopping in a car etc etc. its only the people without a car that have to prepare, the rest dont have to bother. then they moan they had to scrape the ice off the car windscreen. diddums!. how about walking in the snow!.

gloves, hats, coats, scarfs, and boots. and people with a car will just go to it in shorts and tshirt. you may disagree, but i have seen people wear very little in cold weather.

And exhale... Jen! Oh have you got plenty of loo roll in, most on this thread are not cash rich as have spent up on loo roll and tinned tomoatoes, welcome and yes I can relate to those people who drive straight past you when they live on the same street and wait in their car until you trudge past and go inside!!!! I was in that situation when my DD1 was about 9 months old and I lived in the Midlands, freezing cold, 2 miles from home waiting for a bus in the dark and neighbours driving by tooting!!! B_sta+ds!:eek:

rising_from_the_ashes

Eenymeeny wrote: »

Rising, it's worth asking at local electrical shops. Some of them will give you sale prices now although they don't advertise it. They need the business.;) Good Luck!:)

Thanks!:) .... going to visit a couple of shops tomorrow pm - thought I'd go and get a look at sizes etc (having trouble visualising what xxx cu ft or xxx L is!:doh:) and write down some models I like ready to get online as soon as the sales start but I may chance my luck and see if I can wangle some money off if I see something I like!:)

Luckily it's so bloomin' cold outside, I'm sure the stuff will be OK in the garage for now!

However it's not nice having to go out there when the weather's like this to get something! :eek:

Also going to pop to L*dl to get some of the fleecy fitted sheets .... providing "you lot" have left some for me!;)

rising_from_the_ashes

Thriftkitten wrote: »

I was in that situation when my DD1 was about 9 months old and I lived in the Midlands, freezing cold, 2 miles from home waiting for a bus in the dark and neighbours driving by tooting!!! B_sta+ds!:eek:

Ohhhhhh (((hugs)))) not like that round here .... it's about a mile trudge to the bus stop (I do not take the car when the weather's terrible) and we were waiting 1.5 hours + for a bus to come last year.

People were stopping at the bus stop as they were going by, opening their windows and saying "I'm going to xxx if you want a lift" and people were going.

Now, obviously you need to be careful but in a place this size, you know most people / know their faces / wives / husbands etc.

tugrin

Has anyone bought the fleecy sheets from lidls yet - Im just wondering what they are like - I have visions of 'Bri-Nylon' and getting burns on your elbows when you turn over - ony people past a certain age will understand this! I have £Nomoney until Monday and was hoping to get some then if any left - but would like a recommendation from one of you chaps before going (nearest store 13 miles away). I was cold in bed last night and this morning was distinctly chilly getting up so want to maximise bed heat if poss.

prepareathome

x_Bunny_x wrote: »

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I think half the people don't need to prepare for winter, as they have cars, it's home to car, car to work, work to home, shopping in a car etc etc. its only the people without a car that have to prepare, the rest dont have to bother. then they moan they had to scrape the ice off the car windscreen. diddums!. how about walking in the snow!.

I know so many who use their cars all the time are not prepared but usually they become unstuck in winter one day car breaks down or they are stuck in traffic due to roadworks or accident and they cannot keep the engine on all the time as they would use up their fuel then they wish they had prepared as they freeze. Even in summer - a couple of summers ago there was a crash I think it was on a motorway in NE England and people who were only about 6 miles from home were stuck in boiling hot weather in their cars for many, many hours. One woman said she was only taking her daughter somewhere and had only joined the motorway at the last exit and was getting off at the next and the journey should have only taken about 15mins and was stuck there I think 6 hrs. Emergency services had to take water to them to keep them from collapsing through dehydration, so winter or summer if you are going in your car even a short distance you should prepare as there is no garrantee (spl) your journey will be as short as you expect and anyone who doesn't is just daft.

Kids used to go mad when years ago we would be going somewhere and as we didn't have a car in those days we hired one when we needed one, and I would insist summer or winter on taking coats and maybe a blanket or two just in case, but who knew what might happen, ok never needed them but to me it was plain sense to make preparations for the worst.

I think people get a buzz out of going past others trudging along while they are in their cars, makes them feel better than that person, to me its selfishness if they have space - if we are at SM and we met a neighbour who is planning on getting the bus and we have room in car ( small car so shopping very often fills boot and back seat) we always give them a lift home.

prepareathome

I bought some of the sheets at Lidl yesterday, they do remind of those nylon sheets but thicker and far, far softer but not tried them yet, although planning if I can get the energy to change my bedding tonight ( my what was white duvet cover now has muddy paw marks all over it, managed to keep sheet clean thankfully . So if I do will try one of the sheets tonight and report back.