Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

I never thought I would say this, but on this I sort of agree with pn. I had au pairs as a kid too, I know it's because they are cheapest childcare but it is also a mind set needed to opt for this, where opening your home is a logical return. I have it too, i'd have an au pair if we had kids, i would need the help realistically, it's not a critique, but, i do think it's a bit of a mind set that could be conflated with 'posh alert' just not the same way pastures normally uses the phrase ( I think, but I am not in her head! )

I agree. I couldn't adjust to having an au pair living in our home.

vivatifosi

LydiaJ wrote: »

viva, once you've sorted out your insulation problems in the kitchen, if you still want to get more of a heat source in there, then just light a gas ring (if you have a gas hob) or turn the oven on and leave the door open (if your hob is electric). Works for me every time (although my kitchen is well insulated).

Thanks DH suggested that. Kitchen is all electric, but I was a bit worried about leaving the oven on. If you do it, then that kind of validates his suggestion. I don't know why I wouldn't listen to him, considering he works in safety, but you've somehow made his suggestion a good one:o.

Speaking of DH and safety, he's off to Seattle for a meeting next week with a certain company about a certain airliner. Methinks it could be a l-o-n-g meeting.

silvercar

vivatifosi wrote: »

Having had the heat on for a day now, the living room is a decent temperature, but the kitchen has still only risen from 6 degrees to 15. It is always the coldest room in the house as it is north facing and doesn't have its own heater (save a pitiful fan heater on the wall). We're trying to work out what other measures we can take to heat up that area of the house as there's not room to add another heater. Looking at stuff like a door curtain for the front door. If anyone has any ideas for retaining heat rather than warming up - as that's where in reality my options will come from - please let me know...

Its a kitchen and has an oven? Open the oven door!

You can get heaters that fit where your kick boards are, so don't take up any useful room.

Is the front door in the kitchen?

vivatifosi

Silver, I know you like jewellery. I saw this (which I readily accept you may not like so don't worry about hurting my feelings) and thought you might find it interesting. It is a Star of David necklace, but it converts into a different necklace for a different look. I quite like it conceptually. Diamonds are expensive, so having something that converts to something else is a good idea. I quite like it in engineering terms too, how you would design somethiing like this:

http://www.effyjewelry.com/collections/diversa/diversa-diamond-pendant-25-tcw.html

I treated myself to a different necklace from the same store, this one:
http://www.effyjewelry.com/collections/balissima/balissima-blue-sapphire-starfish-pendant-2-82-tcw.html
I love starfish. I've got the Tiffany (plain silver) one too.

vivatifosi

silvercar wrote: »

Its a kitchen and has an oven? Open the oven door!

You can get heaters that fit where your kick boards are, so don't take up any useful room.

Is the front door in the kitchen?

Thanks, I should look at the kickboard heaters.

The front door isn't in the kitchen, but it is right next door and we don't have a door to the kitchen. I've fitted a draught excluder (one of the brush ones) to the front door. When we moved in all you could hear was the inner cover knocking and we went to answer the door about 20 times before we realised there was never anyone there. That had to go..

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Thanks DH suggested that. Kitchen is all electric, but I was a bit worried about leaving the oven on. If you do it, then that kind of validates his suggestion. I don't know why I wouldn't listen to him, considering he works in safety, but you've somehow made his suggestion a good one:o.

Speaking of DH and safety, he's off to Seattle for a meeting next week with a certain company about a certain airliner. Methinks it could be a l-o-n-g meeting.

Cook something, Then leave oven door open. That's what I do!

silvercar

vivatifosi wrote: »

Silver, I know you like jewellery. I saw this (which I readily accept you may not like so don't worry about hurting my feelings) and thought you might find it interesting. It is a Star of David necklace, but it converts into a different necklace for a different look. I quite like it conceptually. Diamonds are expensive, so having something that converts to something else is a good idea. I quite like it in engineering terms too, how you would design somethiing like this:

http://www.effyjewelry.com/collections/diversa/diversa-diamond-pendant-25-tcw.html

I treated myself to a different necklace from the same store, this one:
http://www.effyjewelry.com/collections/balissima/balissima-blue-sapphire-starfish-pendant-2-82-tcw.html
I love starfish. I've got the Tiffany (plain silver) one too.

I like both.

That first is really clever. If it wasn't in America and expensive for something you are buying online without seeing in the flesh, I may have thought of buying it.

silvercar

vivatifosi wrote: »

Thanks, I should look at the kickboard heaters.

The front door isn't in the kitchen, but it is right next door and we don't have a door to the kitchen. I've fitted a draught excluder (one of the brush ones) to the front door. When we moved in all you could hear was the inner cover knocking and we went to answer the door about 20 times before we realised there was never anyone there. That had to go..

We bought one of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Awe29kRtUo

last year and it really works, in terms of door banging, draughts and noise.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

The one thing my mother didn't love about dh when we first met was that no body dis liked him. (he is not every bodies favourite person or friend, but he is hard to dislike, just peoe accept he is not their 'cup of tea' ) She felt it meant he must either be insincere or untrustworthy. Now sadistic boss hates him so he feels he has covered that base too.

:rotfl:
Being liked by everyone in the world except sadistic boss sounds like the perfect balance to me. Certainly my impression of foundinrates is that one would have to be unreasonable to dislike him.

vivatifosi wrote: »

Thanks DH suggested that. Kitchen is all electric, but I was a bit worried about leaving the oven on. If you do it, then that kind of validates his suggestion. I don't know why I wouldn't listen to him, considering he works in safety, but you've somehow made his suggestion a good one:o.

I have a gas hob, and energy from gas is cheaper than energy from electricity, so I always do it with the hob rather than the oven. There was also a time last winter when I was teaching in an uncomfortably cold lab, so I got the students to get out lots of Bunsen burners and light them all round the lab, and it warmed up beautifully by part way through the lesson.

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

...just light a gas ring (if you have a gas hob) or turn the oven on and leave the door open (if your hob is electric).

Why is it OK to leave an electric oven on, but not an electric hob?