Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

mardatha wrote: »

Gorgeous warm sunny day here GQ, stupendous highs of 11C !

Don't rub it in, pet; I know where you live (to within 50 miles, anyroad).

OK, deffo going offline now. See ya termorrer. GQ xx

daz378

survived half a late shift , 6 ibu prufen later ... knee as eased somewhat, good to see my(posted) article as promoted such debate. in work tomorrow morning , managed to fill up another 10 1.25 litres bottles of water .... thats about 30 litres alltogether in my own shoebox topfloor flat(thanks GQ borrowing your terminolagy)

pineapple

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I'm in Lancashire, and we had heavy hail last night.

I'm just over the border and we had intermittent rain, hail and sunshine most of yesterday. I was caught in it when out with the dog. It was lovely and sunny when we went out and minutes later this huge wind whipped up out of nowhere and suddenly we had horizontal hail :eek:
On the clothes debate I have one big ticket item - a fake sheepskin Per Una coat which I bought years ago and which cost over £100 even then - a fortune! But it is still going strong, looks fabulous, keeps me warm as toast and washes/dries like a dream. Thankfully I know better now, but I've ended up paying as much on cheap jackets which need dry cleaning.
Most of the rest is supermarket cheapies or. charity shop buys. The latest was a brand new gift aided item which my younger trendier neighbour has been admiring. Didn't tell her it cost all of £3.50.
I honestly think I could replace everything, new for old, a lot less than £1000 - including the coat and even shoes.

pineapple

Daz378, I'll take your shoebox flat and raise you a shoebox cottage. It's so small - if you scratch your nose downstairs, you could easily knock over a bedside lamp upstairs . The 'kitchen' is an area of the lounge - but at least I can watch TV while cooking up a feast

mardatha

Pineapple - this is a mad question but... have you any idea where the cottages are that were in the film "The Railway Children" ? The people in the film all had Yorkshire accents (I'm not great on English accents so hoping like hell I don't cause a war here lol) I always liked the look of those cottages in the film.. And I liked the Yorkshire moors, the bit of them we saw anyway. Reminded me of home

nuatha

mardatha wrote: »

Pineapple - this is a mad question but... have you any idea where the cottages are that were in the film "The Railway Children" ? The people in the film all had Yorkshire accents (I'm not great on English accents so hoping like hell I don't cause a war here lol) I always liked the look of those cottages in the film.. And I liked the Yorkshire moors, the bit of them we saw anyway. Reminded me of home

I believe its just outside of Oxenhope (near Keighley) though double checking "The house 'Three Chimneys' is in Oxenhope just north of the station. Bronte Parsonage in Haworth was used as the location for Doctor Forrest's surgery. The scenes of the children sitting on a bridge were filmed at Wycoller near Colne. Mytholmes Tunnel and the railway line running through it was used extensively in the film," Source:
HTH

pineapple

mardatha wrote: »

Pineapple - this is a mad question but... have you any idea where the cottages are that were in the film "The Railway Children" ? The people in the film all had Yorkshire accents (I'm not great on English accents so hoping like hell I don't cause a war here lol) I always liked the look of those cottages in the film.. And I liked the Yorkshire moors, the bit of them we saw anyway. Reminded me of home

Here you go - not too far from me!
http://www.visitbradford.com/Bronte_Country/Oakworth.aspx
Ironically I've never been to any of the tourist meccas that are on my doorstep. Some visitors to Haworth asked me recently where to go. We get boatloads of Japanese tourists with a strange fascination for the Brontes (Haworth post office even does yen) but I've never been to a Bronte anything. :huh:. Anyhow I was at least able to direct them to Scar Top which imo is a great shopping experience in a stunning landscape (so a place close to my heart) :rotfl:
http://www.scartop.com/pinefurniture/

GreyQueen

pineapple wrote: »

Daz378, I'll take your shoebox flat and raise you a shoebox cottage. It's so small - if you scratch your nose downstairs, you could easily knock over a bedside lamp upstairs . The 'kitchen' is an area of the lounge - but at least I can watch TV while cooking up a feast

My kitchen's off my living room, too. The most annoying thing about it is that I can see the sink from anywhere in the living room, which leads to undone dishes 'shouting' at me when I'm trying to relax.

Found something interesting just now, seems to be an acknowledgement that the National Gred won't be able to deliver electricity-on-demand to our homes in the future and that they want our new appliances to be installed with a chip so that they can be switched off remotely. In theory, for mere seconds at a time, but who knows how far it could be taken?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315863/Big-brother-switch-fridge-Power-giants-make-millions--pay-sinister-technology.html

One wonders if, having been saddled with one of these chips, one could disable them, accidentally-on-purpose, as it were? Accidents do happen and all that. Amazing how often you need to dust inside appliances with a screwdriver sometimes (after having disconnected them from the supply, natch).

It could be the harbinger of the so-called rolling brownouts which have afflicted other parts of the developed world, especially California. Can you imagine the ructions if you were mid-souffle in your leccy oven and the juice went away? Would the electronic programmes in a modern washer react to having the power off for a few seconds and not pick up where they left off? Glad I cook on gas, just need to cook on a full set of pans..............

Interesting idea. Not in a particularly good way.

Just chilling this morning before heading to the lottie this afternoon. Have ironed (hence the need for a rest at the pooter ) and discovered some things with buttons coming off and a little worn out bit of cloth on one shirtsleeve. Grief, I paid £2.30 for that shirt and have only had several years' wear from it and a few warps have given up the ghost. Disgusting. I shall write to NoaNoa and complain...........:rotfl:

I like the challenge of invisible mending. But I am a bit odd. My philosphy is if you can't hide it, make it a design feature. Or remodel it, or dye it.

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We've been to a boot fair this morning, I found a salad spinner for £1, an old fashioned HotPot Style 4 pint dark brown glazed casserole for £1 and a nifty little 1 cup sized milk saucepan for £1 as well. The rest was tat, I think folks have reached the bottom of the pile and are trying to sell what is left, it was dire, but I think I found my treasures early in the day, we were there before 10 o clock, the people turning up later are going to be dissapointed. Worrying that TPTB are contemplating turning of appliances remotely, a bit big brotherish, or is that just me? I'm just old fashioned enough to prefer the manual versions of most things in the kitchen, but I'd not relish having to do all the washing by hand, specially heavy things like towels and bedding. Mind you could always do them in the bath and work them with your feet, a la grape crushing and in times past most housewives had a wringing post in the garden to wring out big things single handed, and later a mangle, we'll be OK!!! Cheers Lyn xxx.

GreyQueen

Mrs LW, I have been forced to interact with the Minions of Satan (aka the TV Licensing authority) yet again last week as they were threating me with court.

FGS, the weren't even saying they'd detected a TV operating, just that they were going to take me to court. I now have a letter which should cause them to leave me along for 2 years. That'll just whizz by and then we'll have to repeat this whole farrago. I've been TV-free for more than a quarter of a century and can't see that changing as I have less tolerance for carp with every passing year.

It reminds me of Orwell's 1984 with the tele screen on all the time and watching you sometimes.

I know what you mean about the bootsales, they are sadly not what they were and you do wonder if what is offered would, even if 100% of it sold, cover the pitch fee and the fuel to get there. A lot of people are clearly getting desperate, and that's not a nice thing to see.