Hot water bottles

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Prinzessilein wrote: »

I much prefer the wheat-bag type...they don't stay quite as warm as the rubber type...but they heat up in the microwave and are generally speaking much safer (for children...and for disabled people like myself who redefine 'klutz'!)

Which is OK, until there's a power cut.

Slinky

I've had plastic hot water bottles for years. The oldest one must be over 20 years old, it only has occasional use, but is in very good nick. Have lasted way longer than any rubber ones ever did.

JIL

I love my rubber hotwater bottles the smell brings back lovely memories of bed time as a little girl with a hotwater bottle, hot chocolate and half a slice of toast.
There's always been something comforting about them since.

I was fortunate to buy about ten hot water bottles from super drug a couple of years ago for 20p each, so any signs of wear I have a replacement. I did give some away, but at night I like nothing better than watching TV curled up on the sofa with a throw, the dog and a hotwater bottle. So much so that at about 8pm husband will make his cup of tea and come back with a filled hot water bottle for me!

I do like the smell of the wheat filled ones, but not such pleasant thoughts, the girls at work use them and over the past few days there have been quite a few in the queue for the microwave, when I wanted to warm up my soup.:rotfl:

JIL

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Which is OK, until there's a power cut.

Most kettles are electric?

Unless you have gas, everyone would be in the same boat.

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JIL wrote: »

Most kettles are electric?

Unless you have gas, everyone would be in the same boat.

In the absence of a stove top kettle, you can heat water in a pan, on an open fire, or a camping stove.

LameWolf

JIL wrote: »

I was fortunate to buy about ten hot water bottles from super drug a couple of years ago for 20p each, so any signs of wear I have a replacement. I did give some away, but at night I like nothing better than watching TV curled up on the sofa with a throw, the dog and a hotwater bottle. So much so that at about 8pm husband will make his cup of tea and come back with a filled hot water bottle for me!

This has reminded me of a tale my grandmother told - my aunt, years ago, started dating a chap, and one day he invited her round to his place for a cup of tea. She was aghast when he tipped water out of his hot water bottle into the kettle and switched it on to make the tea. I'm told she was out of there like a dose of salts, and that was the end of that would-be romance! :rotfl:

JIL wrote: »

Most kettles are electric?

Unless you have gas, everyone would be in the same boat.

That's why, when we had the kitchen refitted, Mr LW insisted on a gas cooker. Three years later and I'm still scared of the darn thing!

Prinzessilein

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

In the absence of a stove top kettle, you can heat water in a pan, on an open fire, or a camping stove.

I started using wheat bags because disabilities mean that pouring from a boiling kettle can be dangerous for me....I doubt anyone is going to let me near a fire or camping stove! :rotfl:

LameWolf

Prinzessilein wrote: »

I started using wheat bags because disabilities mean that pouring from a boiling kettle can be dangerous for me....I doubt anyone is going to let me near a fire or camping stove! :rotfl:

Same here; I'm not even allowed near the kitchen knives on bad days when I have what we call "The Dropsies".

Prinzessilein

LameWolf wrote: »

Same here; I'm not even allowed near the kitchen knives on bad days when I have what we call "The Dropsies".

Knives!!!!....I have a butter-knife...and one small sharper knife.

Other than that I need help!...I bake bread and then have to phone Mum (who lives next door) to come and pay a visit with 'Stabby' (the bread-knife!)

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LameWolf wrote: »

That's why, when we had the kitchen refitted, Mr LW insisted on a gas cooker. Three years later and I'm still scared of the darn thing!

When their estate was converted to Natural Gas (aka "North Sea Gas"), my Aunt insisted they got rid of the gas stove, and bought an electric one instead.

The reason?

Someone where she worked, had convinced her that a Natural/North Sea Gas oven wouldn't brown food properly. :rotfl: