Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

Sun_Addict

I've got a bottle I bought from WW that I fill with water and put in the fridge. Similar bottles are quite cheap if you shop around. I also fill a big jug with water and lemon slices and keep in the fridge. No need for plastic bottles.

Butti

Karmacat wrote: »

Thats a really kind thing to do I went to my chosen airport half a dozen times to watch the planes taking off and landing, teaching myself the gut level knowledge as well as the intellectual knowledge.

I was ready to kill her by the end of today but I managed to keep it in. :j

The flight was okay and the people who came on crying seemed to help her really. It was the arguing for two days I struggled with. She's very black and white and catastophic thinking - her childhood makes mine look like something off Little House on the Prairie.

She was arguing that Narrowboats are quite well insulated. She once went out with a bloke who lived on one and I lived on one for a month and was cold by the end of August!

I rang a mutual friend this afternoon and said "I can't put this in an email anywhere....but ......I DESERVE A GEORGE CROSS"

beanielou

Butti wrote: »

I was ready to kill her by the end of today but I managed to keep it in. :j

The flight was okay and the people who came on crying seemed to help her really. It was the arguing for two days I struggled with. She's very black and white and catastophic thinking - her childhood makes mine look like something off Little House on the Prairie.

She was arguing that Narrowboats are quite well insulated. She once went out with a bloke who lived on one and I lived on one for a month.

I rang my friend this afternoon and said "I can't put this in an email anywhere....but ......I DESERVE A GEORGE CROSS"

& you put up with me moaning at the station:rotfl::rotfl:
Your friends are sent to try you:rotfl::rotfl:

beanielou

I am currently very very ratty as have dire indigestion after eating something with way too much onion in it:mad::mad:

Butti

beanielou wrote: »

I am currently very very ratty as have dire indigestion after eating something with way too much onion in it:mad::mad:

I'm generally very empathetic towards her because I have some understanding of her childhood. You are Mother Teresa compared to her (in spades!)

Karmacat

beanielou wrote: »

https://www.chillysbottles.com/bottles/

:eek::eek::eek: what are they made of, gold? No way! At home, use a glass bottle, buy any sort of water that comes in a glass bottle and keep on refilling it. If the weather's really hot, put some ice cubes in a bowl and rest the bottle in that.

If you're out of the house, then as Z implies, use a vacuum flask. Max £10, and £4 for little ones. The link was *really* slow to load, but they look like horrendous prices. Save your money, beanie!
/endrant, I was a bit shocked

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek: what are they made of, gold?

They're made from the finest virtue. Ready for you to signal like a little beacon.

Who cares if they're 5 times more than they need to be? Never mind the price, feel the virtue!

Karmacat wrote: »

No way!

_pale_

Karmacat wrote: »

At home, use a glass bottle, buy any sort of water that comes in a glass bottle and keep on refilling it.

That can cause the death heat of the universe - didn't you know? At least according to the manufacturers...

Karmacat wrote: »

If the weather's really hot, put some ice cubes in a bowl and rest the bottle in that.

Or a plant pot.

If you want to be fancy...

Karmacat wrote: »

If you're out of the house, then as Z implies, use a vacuum flask. Max £10, and £4 for little ones.

Well I got mine out of Boyes, because I iz really classy like.

Important thing to remember when buying out of cheap shops is to test it immediately you get home. Fill with boiling water, and if the outside gets hot, the insulation is shot - take it back.

It's important to do, as the suppliers to these cheap shops think quality is a distant relation to Yorkshire Tea.

Karmacat wrote: »

The link was *really* slow to load, but they look like horrendous prices. Save your money, beanie!
/endrant, I was a bit shocked

Well now I know that, I can "shock jock" with further pieces of overpriced tat... :rotfl:

ZTD

Butti wrote: »

She was arguing that Narrowboats are quite well insulated. She once went out with a bloke who lived on one and I lived on one for a month and was cold by the end of August!

Claiming narrowboats are, or are not well insulated, is like claiming that for houses in general.

Some are, some aren't and experiences will differ.

Narrowboats are usually going to be colder and more humid than most houses. Unless you live here of course.

maddiemay

Somewhere in the depths of the room of doom or the garage here we have these

They have gone a bit trendy since we got ours many years ago, only came in black or dark blue then:D

Pooky

Have a look in tkmaxx for bottles, they often have metal ones in or decent long lasting plastic ones with a core you can freeze to keep stuff cold. Similarly they do small metal thermos flasks which will do the job just as well, often all under a fiver.