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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 90,299 Ambassador
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    Help please.
    When we were talikng about You Gov someone mentioned doing wee surveys on the site to boost your chances of bigger surveys~~what were they again? :o:o
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 90,299 Ambassador
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    Also more help please.
    I have one of those silly wee litttle side things next to my sink for doing whatever. It is really hard to clean because of the angle.
    Any tips gratefully received.
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    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • ZTD
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    beanielou wrote: »
    The money Mr z. the money.

    For one night, it would be pennies - and it would be an exceptional night. The problem lies over a longer time. If you need your heating on for long periods in more normal times (with associated cost) then you may need to do things differently.

    It's a bit like "the treat doesn't make you fat, it's the treats" scenario.
    beanielou wrote: »
    Still cold & more snow lying than thought would be.

    It's a tale of wind here. Snow up to the kerbs, yet on the roof of my car (a more exposed area) it has been scoured clean.

    Somewhere, downwind of me, in a more sheltered area, they have all my snow...
    beanielou wrote: »
    Anyway great way to have a PJ day & not feel bad about it:D

    Exactly!
    beanielou wrote: »
    Also more help please.
    I have one of those silly wee litttle side things next to my sink for doing whatever. It is really hard to clean because of the angle.
    Any tips gratefully received.

    What's one of those? Like a sink-and-a-half thing, or something different?
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  • Karmacat
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    I just put something on my thread about the cleaning, beanie, but I'm not sure now what you mean about the angle?

    Overnight heating, I haven't had it on yet, but if I feel the need, I will - as Z says, it's so few nights - I kept it on recently on a very low thermostat a couple of times, 14C in my living room, and it did come on a few times over those nights. Thats as much to safeguard the pipes in the loft as anything else. I feel comfortable with that level of heating - all told, the boiler must have been on for maybe 4 additional hours? Compared to the horrors of frozen/burst pipes, its nothing.
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  • elantan
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    my heating hasn't been off since the end of November, the bills are horrific but it's nice to finally have hot water on tap whenever I need it
  • beanielou
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    elantan wrote: »
    my heating hasn't been off since the end of November, the bills are horrific but it's nice to finally have hot water on tap whenever I need it

    I can understand that el
    Sadly I cannot afford to do that..
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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 90,299 Ambassador
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    A thing next to main sink so the same stainless steel but about a quarter of the size.
    I find cleaning the sides hard as it is quite narrow.
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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • ZTD
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    beanielou wrote: »
    A thing next to main sink so the same stainless steel but about a quarter of the size.
    I find cleaning the sides hard as it is quite narrow.

    Mines a composite sink, rather than stainless steel, but I turn the little sink into a mini hot-tub and Mr Bleach lays in there and has a good long hard conversation with the dirt in it...
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  • beanielou
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Mines a composite sink, rather than stainless steel, but I turn the little sink into a mini hot-tub and Mr Bleach lays in there and has a good long hard conversation with the dirt in it...

    Love it.Sadly have no idea where the plug is.:rotfl:
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    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • ZTD
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Love it.Sadly have no idea where the plug is.:rotfl:

    Mine leaks. I lay a bit of plastic from a sandwich bag over the hole. The hydrostatic pressure keeps it in place.
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