Can you ask someone in their own home..

balletshoes

Dunroamin wrote: »

Since when have electric blankets been a luxury?

erm a long time? and they still are - they cost more than a hot water bottle don't they?

pollypenny

It's one thing having no heating, or indeed very low heating, when you are busy adnd moving about.

However, sitting and chatting in a cold room can be very unpleasant.

I wear layers all the time, as I feel the cold and find it very difficult to warm up after being cold.

I'm afraid I'd accidentally let out to those friends that I was very uncomfortable .

paulineb_2

I personally hate hot water bottles. You wake up and the water has gone lukewarm. My mum has a ceramic one, they dont make them anymore, she got it in a charity shop, its about 100 years old, shes always going on about how great it was.

I used to stay with my gran a lot after my grandpa died and she had an electric blanket, it was pure bliss, she had a teasmade as well.

I used to ask my mum to get me one all the time (blanket), answer was always no, dangerous, but Im 44 and I live on my own and seeing as they are so cheap to run, I might just get myself one.

In the absence of a hot man, sorry for derailing the thread.

balletshoes

Better_Days wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:re the continental quilt.

Ohh and I can still remember the first time I got into a bed that had been warmed up by an electric blanket.....bliss

i feel like i'm slowly cooking to a sludge in a bed heated with an electric blanket :rotfl:.

supersaver2

balletshoes wrote: »

erm a long time? and they still are - they cost more than a hot water bottle don't they?

Probably not much much, you have to boil the kettle and use water to fill your bottle!

Person_one

paulineb wrote: »

I personally hate hot water bottles. You wake up and the water has gone lukewarm. My mum has a ceramic one, they dont make them anymore, she got it in a charity shop, its about 100 years old, shes always going on about how great it was.

I used to stay with my gran a lot after my grandpa died and she had an electric blanket, it was pure bliss, she had a teasmade as well.

I used to ask my mum to get me one all the time (blanket), answer was always no, dangerous, but Im 44 and I live on my own and seeing as they are so cheap to run, I might just get myself one.

In the absence of a hot man, sorry for derailing the thread.

This is why I have dogs, they never lose their heat, and they don't leave the toilet seat up.

balletshoes

supersaver2 wrote: »

Probably not much much, you have to boil the kettle and use water to fill your bottle!

true (although I usually fill my hot water bottle when i'm having my last hot drink of the evening) - but you can buy a hot water bottle for a fiver or less, can you get an electric blanket for that?

supersaver2

balletshoes wrote: »

true (although I usually fill my hot water bottle when i'm having my last hot drink of the evening) - but you can buy a hot water bottle for a fiver or less, can you get an electric blanket for that?

Probably not a very good one for a fiver, they aren't that pricey though, me and my wife bought our first last year and its been a revelation!

paulineb_2

About 15 quid plus, Im definitely going to buy myself one before it gets much colder.

Gigervamp

The trouble with layering clothes is that you can only wear so many layers before you can't put your arms down!

I feel the cold and although I layer my clothes in the winter, once my hands get cold, it seeps into my bones and I end up with blue lips. I tried to keep the heating off for as long as possible as we're on oil and it's really expensive, but now that I'm ill, the heating goes on as soon as I'm cold.