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Preparing for winter IV

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  • [Deleted User]
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  • kboss2010
    kboss2010 Posts: 1,466 Forumite
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    Sorry to interrupt but if anyone is looking for a small, compact heated airer, Groupon is doing them for £27:

    http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/gg-groupon-goods-global-gmb-h-5-483/48923740
    “I want to be a glow worm, A glow worm's never glum'Coz how can you be grumpy, when the sun shines out your bum?" ~ Dr A. TappingI'm finding my way back to sanity again... but I don't really know what I'm gonna do when I get there~ LifehouseWhat’s fur ye will make go by ye… but also what’s not fur ye, ye can jist scroll on by!
  • Princess_kate
    Princess_kate Posts: 958 Forumite
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    Just to get an idea of extreme, was the winter of 2010 classes as a mini ice age? Or was that just snowmegeden?
  • bossymoo
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    No idea but I had to take my toddler to nursery on the sledge while carrying his baby sister in a sling... The snow broke my pushchair...

    Glad I was on mat leave tbh
    Bossymoo

    Away with the fairies :beer:
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  • Princess_kate
    Princess_kate Posts: 958 Forumite
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    Blimey, 2010 seemed like a never ending winter. How on earth do we prep for a mini ice age?! Heating I'm sure would be the biggest issue, especially if electric is out. We have large food socks in the freezers & store cupboard.

    May be time to go back through the thread to see if there is anything I have missed over the years.

    As always, thank you kittie for the nod & wink!
  • alice-mary
    alice-mary Posts: 249 Forumite
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30110807 Well, they're certainly struggling in the States at the moment... all 50 of them went below freezing at some point in the last couple of days!

    Alice
    xx
    Debts in March 2007:
    Loan £24,180 Argos Card £2000 C Card £2000 O/draft £2000 Mortgage £113,000
    Debts in Jan 2020:Loan £2900 Sister £0
    Argos Card £0 :j C Card £0 O/draft £0 :j
    Mortgage £96,000 (finally on a repayment mortgage :) )
    Getting there slowly .....
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    Alice-Mary, the winter of 2010 was just like the winters of my childhood. Up here we had four and a half feet of snow and it lay on the ground for 5 weeks. The coldest we've had here was -19C. I remember many winters like that in the 50s and 60s.
    I think personally a bad winter keeps down midges/rats/bugs/germs and I don't mind that at all. It's mild winters of constant rain and mist and murk that get me down. nice bright sunny days with blue skies are lovely :)
  • RevolvingDoor
    RevolvingDoor Posts: 1,108 Forumite
    I also would like a bit of snow this year as I feel I'm more prepared than I was in 2010.:A

    I want to buy some boots that I can wear inside but also run out to the recycling bins if I want to so I am going to look online for some today. They need to have a proper sole and not be like slippers if you see what I mean.

    I want to buy the LED Phillips candles that someone mentioned too. I can't remember where I read it as this forum seems confusing at times.:p
  • Lavandula_Rosemary
    Lavandula_Rosemary Posts: 35 Forumite
    Well we are all entitled to believe what we like. BUT

    PC has no qualifications related to climate change..sorry but a degree/MSc in Physics does not count and why does he call himself doctor? Does he have a doctorate..??? He's a fake who makes money from scare mongering about something he is not an expert in.
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