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It's grim, raining and I'm cold but it's June. Should I light the fire?

mmmmikey
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edited 7 June at 2:50PM in Energy
Heavy rain has stopped gardening - it really is bucketing down. So I've come inside. My cat is logging on now so she can vote for option 1 - what do you think?

It's grim, raining and I'm cold but it's June. Should I light the fire? 55 votes

Yeah - if you're cold go for it
65%
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No - man up, stop complaining and put a jumper on
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  • tim_p
    tim_p Posts: 865 Forumite
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    Yeah - if you're cold go for it
    We’re in a holiday cottage with a log burner, it’s pouring down so guess what I’m about to do. Hint: it involves logs and combustion. 
  • The_Green_Hornet
    The_Green_Hornet Posts: 1,572 Forumite
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    Yeah - if you're cold go for it
    mmmmikey said:
    Heavy rain has stopped gardening - it really is bucketing down. So I've come inside. My cat is logging on now so she can vote for option 1 - what do you think?
    I leave these weighty decisions to my thermostat.
  • Ayr_Rage
    Ayr_Rage Posts: 2,540 Forumite
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    Yeah - if you're cold go for it
    I'm with @The_Green_Hornet, the thermostat is set and keeps me comfortable.
  • Spoonie_Turtle
    Spoonie_Turtle Posts: 10,160 Forumite
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    Yeah - if you're cold go for it
    Obviously put a jumper on first, that's just sensible, but if you've already done that and you're cold, go for it.  No sense in being cold if you don't have to.
  • QrizB
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    No - man up, stop complaining and put a jumper on
    I'm sitting here in a jumper replying, so you can guess what my vote was :D
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  • debitcardmayhem
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    No man up. We have been under a weather alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms,  I forgot to tell my panels, so they have pushed 11kWh to the grid at 1545 @23p. It’s 19° in the garden here, so I am happy.
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • mmmmikey
    mmmmikey Posts: 2,257 Forumite
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    Yeah - if you're cold go for it
    No man up. We have been under a weather alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms,  I forgot to tell my panels, so they have pushed 11kWh to the grid at 1545 @23p. It’s 19° in the garden here, so I am happy.

    I spent most of May hoping for rain to fill up the rainwater tank, but it's full and I've got plenty now to last well into July, thanks. I think I'll spend June hoping for the rain to give way to sunshine on the solar panels. By the way, spring really was a belter here - just got my FIT payment of £250ish, best ever :smile:
  • debitcardmayhem
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    mmmmikey said:
    No man up. We have been under a weather alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms,  I forgot to tell my panels, so they have pushed 11kWh to the grid at 1545 @23p. It’s 19° in the garden here, so I am happy.

    I spent most of May hoping for rain to fill up the rainwater tank, but it's full and I've got plenty now to last well into July, thanks. I think I'll spend June hoping for the rain to give way to sunshine on the solar panels. By the way, spring really was a belter here - just got my FIT payment of £250ish, best ever :smile:
    Buy a waterproof cardigan, with that and some premium cat food🤓
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  • Rosie1001
    Rosie1001 Posts: 490 Forumite
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    Yeah - if you're cold go for it
    My heating is on , I don’t do cold 🥶 
  • matelodave
    matelodave Posts: 9,057 Forumite
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    edited 8 June at 8:39AM
    No - man up, stop complaining and put a jumper on
    As our heating takes the best part of a day to get the house temp back up I've opted for the woolly jumpy option but SWMBO has resorted to the heated over blanket  ;)
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