Preparing for Winter

bertiebots

mardatha wrote: »

They could use us as film extras. "Scott of the Antartic" ..

I have a tent..but no balaclava...do I qualify.
I am going out now.....I may be some time:o

bertiebots

Just a thaught after thinking about my tent ....ok stick with me here lol!.... I have noticed a lot of reduced sleeping bags around in various shops. They would be great for keeping warm on the sofa or in bed (just imagine how cozy that would be under a duvet) and would be worth looking out for!

Gigervamp

bertiebots wrote: »

I am going out now.....I may be some time:o

That made me laugh! (tried to just write *lol* but it told me I needed to write more than 10 characters. I think I've qualified now!)

jcr16

i am freezing tonight. but i do have a cold so feel poorly which doesn't help. but no heating on. looking forward to sinking under my duvet in bed tonight.

mardatha

...mental picture of me falling asleep on the couch in a sleeping bag....the door goes, or the phone rings, or I urgently need the loo....I wake up, forgetting that I'm in a sleeping bag...
THUD.
ouch !

bertiebots

mardatha wrote: »

...mental picture of me falling asleep on the couch in a sleeping bag....the door goes, or the phone rings, or I urgently need the loo....I wake up, forgetting that I'm in a sleeping bag...
THUD.
ouch !

I now have visions of people dashing to the door/phone sack race fashion...lol!:rotfl:

Gigervamp

mardatha wrote: »

...mental picture of me falling asleep on the couch in a sleeping bag....the door goes, or the phone rings, or I urgently need the loo....I wake up, forgetting that I'm in a sleeping bag...
THUD.
ouch !

Yup, there is that problem!

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Oh, thank heavens, we are going to have a nice weekend by the look of it. We could all do with a bit of decent weather.

I think this acclimatising has really worked as I feel nice and warm most of the time now. Anyone ill should put the heating on for a little while if they can because you can feel so cold when the body is below par. It is amazing how bugs can take over your whole body so quickly. I remember having the real flu when the children were all small, it was terrible and you can`t put one foot in front of another. My dh and me were huddled in front of our parkray fire which gave out no heat and we had 3 children all over us. I have never ever called a cold `flu` since then

What I am saying is that the priority is to get better and if heating helps then blow the scrimping for a while

ceridwen

No central heating yet - am using odd blasts from fires as necessary.

Wasnt necessary yesterday - think a bit of "righteous indignation" was keeping me warm. I swopped energy supplier (again) recently from one firm to another - to get a fixed price deal. Have been awaiting final account from previous firm and got home yesterday to a letter from them telling me "Your bill is based on an actual meter reading - you owe us over £100 - which we will collect by direct debit on 22 September":eek:

Point being - thank goodness I rang them to say "You've given me a bit of a shock with that - now how much of a shock am I going to have when the final electric account from you comes?" - as, in the course of the phonecall it emerged that this WASNT an "actual" meter reading - it was an estimated one (how come? I told my new supplier the actual reading weeks ago) and they had overestimated my usage by hundreds of units (just goes to show how economical with fuel I am now being). So - I've told them to cancel the direct debits (I thought already had been by new supplier!) and not just go into my bank account and help themselves - I will send them a cheque when I know what the correct amount is. I will also contact my bank myself and stop those direct debits (double whammy - to be sure and certain - after a previous experience with a certain firm with a name reminiscent of food - when they helped themselves for several months before I realised - and I never could get my money back from them).

Have had a further thought overnight - must check that my unit price is the correct one as well (ie at the rate chargeable at the time I left them - as they have doubtless put the price up since).

So - for those swopping fuel suppliers - keep a watch on these points. If I'd not checked up they would have charged me loads I wasnt due to pay and I would never have known (now wondering if that might have happened during previous supplier swops:cool: ).

[Deleted User]

phone bills are bugging me. 2/3 the cost of my total quarterly energy bill and nothing I can do about it. Line rental alone is about £10.50/month. I signed up to together 3 and my bill this quarter was £62 and the actual cost of calls was <£4

If we didn`t need the internet I would just use a payg mobile or better still carrier pigeons