Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

They're handy in a studio..... with heating being a luxury it's easy just to open the fridge door to warm the room up

If only I thought you were joking!!

Having been lucky enough to have been brought up in double glazed houses (and in the student houses I lived in people always had the heating on quite liberally), it was the first time I experienced ice inside the windows. Single glazing with 2/4 sides being exterior walls and one crappy storage heater is not something I wish to live with again!

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

The sole of my foot is one area currently being treated - and it's taken a serious hammering due to all the walking I've been doing.... so it's red/raw and open... not weeping, but definitely it's shiny/gooey in places... so been having to try to keep all of that moist, uninfected... but by f*** it's crucifying me with pain right now. Non stop burning/itching. Evil, evil ... and no way to get relief from that pain. I just have to put up with it .... and sob inside.

Can you put it in cold water for a bit? (sneak) an icecube and wrap it in something? That might help.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

The sole of my foot is one area currently being treated - and it's taken a serious hammering due to all the walking I've been doing.... so it's red/raw and open... not weeping, but definitely it's shiny/gooey in places... so been having to try to keep all of that moist, uninfected... but by f*** it's crucifying me with pain right now. Non stop burning/itching. Evil, evil ... and no way to get relief from that pain. I just have to put up with it .... and sob inside.

Might it be worth getting some gauze-type stuff to put over your foot whilst you are treating it? Not going to help with the itching, but might make it easier to keep clean and protected, and keep the cream from rubbing off etc?

JonnyBravo

Spirit wrote: »

On the old style board there are threads given over to preparing for the apocalypse/when SHTF/winter/etc. Good homely stuff in the main - with a frisson of hunkering down. I get the idea that you will need fleece blankets, door curtains and a wind uptorch.

The old style board?
Pah!
Sounds like you missed out on our version.
Pull up a chair. It's great!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1377795

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Spirit, what about soup? Less fun than pork sandwiches or sweeties though.

I have done soup - honest.

Today I have had:

Hummus and bread
Tomato & Mayo sandwich
Hummus & Tomato sandwich
Yoghurt
Oaty biscuits
Box of M&S cheese straws and a whole goats cheese
a large bowl of HM vegetable and barley soup ( I made the stock at the weekend)
Smoked Haddock and new potatoes
A large bottle of fizzy water
Can of diet coke (diet!!!!)

I didn't even wake up until almost 11.30.

michaels

I grew up in a 3 quilt ice on the inside of the windows house and I now make sure everything is double glazed, insulated and warm day and night but the two of my siblings I know about (how warm they have their houses) have cold houses

PasturesNew

JonnyBravo wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1377795

Some good old names on there ....

Just noticed on there..... that Spirit is in the adjoining county to where I am now. I'd have thought that LIR was closest to me, but maybe Spirit's only 10 miles away and staying VERY quiet about it

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I grew up in a 3 quilt ice on the inside of the windows house and I now make sure everything is double glazed, insulated and warm day and night but the two of my siblings I know about (how warm they have their houses) have cold houses

Quilts??? I had scratchy blankets. Definitely ice on the inside of the window - and no heating in the house (coal fire in the living room only, although we did have a [dangerous location] small portable fire at the bottom of the stairs called a paraffin heater, that was on sometimes in deepest winter).

I've never been able to afford to heat anywhere for more than 2 hours/day, so most of the winter is spent under blankets ... which isn't productive as you don't do anything except stay warm for months. Had a real treat last winter as my rental included heating - and oh boy was that place heated!! It was on for an hour in the morning and FIVE hours every evening!! Best/warmest winter I've ever had!

Spirit_2

JonnyBravo wrote: »

The old style board?
Pah!
Sounds like you missed out on our version.
Pull up a chair. It's great!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1377795

I had forgotten. I had even posted on it. LIR and I were extolling the necessity of loo rolls, it was an unmissable opportunity to mention my pantry and PN in keeping had little. May be we should reprise it as I like LIR's recommendation of a crate of champagne.

lostinrates

A crate or two. By crate i mean garage full.