Not mentioning the T word at all

kidcat

Kaz - my Oh and I were discussing this at the weekend, I was trying to explain why my parents spend more on shopping for two of them for one week than I do in three weeks. I used mince as an example too, i used 500g packet of mince and turn it into a bolognese sauce which feeds all six of us, next day it gets converted into a lasagne for six. I will then have at least a couple of portions of bolognese to freeze and a couple of lasagne. Whereas my mum will buy 500gm packet of mince and turn it into mince and onion in gravy for two of them and that is all she will get for the same packet of mince as I buy.

Have just watched the panorama program and everything they said , my kids were saying you said this ages ago mum:rotfl: but its good that a wider group of people will have seen the programme and now know all that we have known for ages.

Kaz2904

I didn't see the programme, I hope to catch it tomorrow on catch up. It was probably very interesting.

grandma247

Kaz thanks for that. The cardi is lovely. I had visions of it being something from Hawaii with a name like that

bonnie_bumpkins

scottishminnie wrote: »

it's known in our household as "white sh*te" and isn't particularly welcome:D

:rotfl::rotfl:

This sums up my view exactly - can I borrow your phrase?! Though luckily nothing forecast here in the softie south, and long may it continue. I remember this time last year spending hours waiting at railway stations, wondering if any trains would turn up (and, even better, go where I wanted to go) and if I would get home again later! Then I took the car out one evening once the snow had gone, slid on black ice, hit various bits of kerb and a telegraph pole, bashed up my leg, broke/cracked a few ribs, wrote off the car and a section of a farmer's fence. So I am not a fan of white sh*te, or shiny, glassy slippery sh*te

On a positive note, my Mr T shop today contains 61 items for just under £37 :money:

mardatha

More snow for Scotland tonight, thaw and hellish gales on Thurs, then back to more snow on Fri. Thank god for sweeties !

Fruball

bonnie_bumpkins wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

This sums up my view exactly - can I borrow your phrase?! Though luckily nothing forecast here in the softie south, and long may it continue. I remember this time last year spending hours waiting at railway stations, wondering if any trains would turn up (and, even better, go where I wanted to go) and if I would get home again later! Then I took the car out one evening once the snow had gone, slid on black ice, hit various bits of kerb and a telegraph pole, bashed up my leg, broke/cracked a few ribs, wrote off the car and a section of a farmer's fence. So I am not a fan of white sh*te, or shiny, glassy slippery sh*te

On a positive note, my Mr T shop today contains 61 items for just under £37 :money:

:eek::eek::eek:

Get prepped for winter and stay in, anyone?!!!

Yikes, that sounds nasty. I hope the white stuff holds off until after the next 2 weeks as I am busy with work... after that it can do what it wants as I can stay at home!!!

bonnie_bumpkins

Frugal that's exactly what I do now, prep and stay home. The only upside of being unemployed this time of year is that I don't have the worry of travel to work, as after last year I'm not going anywhere near my car in ice, snow - or threats of - and obviously that wouldn't go down too well with most employers if I was working somewhere with no public transport.
This year I have discovered the delights of thermal underwear and fleece blankets-as-curtain linings so I'm making good use of my time when I'm not jobsearching by continuing with my OU study/retraining, which I can do from the comfort of my sofa under blankets
Keep warm and safe everyone!

Kaz2904

I'm not a fan of the white sh*te either! In fact, I hate it. We get stuck up on our hill in the bad weather which means I have to get the car down from the hill so that we have a way of getting around (providing it doesn't get smashed up that is :eek:). If we are able to get a car down to the flat, we are able to drive towards the beach and drive along the sea front. It takes 4 times as long to do the journey plus about 1/2 an hour to walk down the hill to the car so I end up leaving for work very early! Now that we are doing long shifts, I am a little concerned about the lack of sleep I may get with my getting home much later in the mornings. At least we are well stocked up in the cupboards and freezer. We may have some interesting meals but we won't starve.
It's freezing cold here today, so happy the heating has finally come on!

shegar

scottishminnie wrote: »

Do you want snow Shegar? I'll gladly send you mine - it's known in our household as "white sh*te" and isn't particularly welcome:D

On a serious note though it has panicked me into deciding I need to be pretty much finished my Christmas shopping this weekend in case things get out of hand. I feel a trip to Costco coming on.

I need to check our heating oil tomorrow as I'm concerned we may run low and we are still on the hunt for a generator for back up. We've already had 7 power cuts in the last few weeks so it's becoming urgent. The problem is that our £2000/£2500 budget seems to be a quarter of they cost:eek:



When I hear the weather forcast I always hear how, wet/cold/foggy or snow up north , and I dont know how you put up with it, I get one full day of rain and im climbing the walls.....:eek:.You lot are a hardier bunch and I take my hat of to you all.......As for heating oil, god thats dam expensive but youve got to have warmth, how the hell do you afford to pay that much dosh up front?. its a terrible price and I feel for all oil users. id be checking the blasted gauge everyday if I was oil heated........its such a worry just to be able to keep warm........Loads of people in East Anglia have had their oil in their tanks syphoned, its been on the news a lot this lately,abit of a job to hide a huge tank even if you lock it they break the padlocks...:mad:..

Kaz2904

Shegar, my BiL works somewhere in Gloucestershire at his bosses big country pile and he said that they have to be really careful about their heating oil tanks and their diesel tanks. Apparently thieves have been going on g**gle earth to check out which properties have fuel tanks (and lead on roofs in other cases) and then go and rob them. Cheeky beggars.
Wouldn't it be great if they accidently syphoned off your septic tank, karma at it's best