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Snow -- or No
This is not about central heating.
I don't have it, and I don't want it. Taking the wife to hospital today for her Warfrin clinic I was supprised to see just how much snow there was on the hills/mountains around us, just a few of miles inland from Swansea Bay. We are free of the stuff though it's cold, but above freezing. Wd did have small grains falling almost all day yesterday, but they were so few you could almost count them and they melted as they hit the Mud. David @ the wet end of Swansea Bay. |
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Snow -- or No
"Dave Hill" wrote in message ... This is not about central heating. I don't have it, and I don't want it. Taking the wife to hospital today for her Warfrin clinic I was supprised to see just how much snow there was on the hills/mountains around us, just a few of miles inland from Swansea Bay. We are free of the stuff though it's cold, but above freezing. Wd did have small grains falling almost all day yesterday, but they were so few you could almost count them and they melted as they hit the Mud. David @ the wet end of Swansea Bay. Little flurry of snow here in Leics, but if you'd have blinked you'd have missed it. We're having -2 ish overnight frosts atm and will all week, apparently. I'm interested that you have no central heating - I haven't and I don't want it either. How do you heat your house? I have a woodburner in the lounge & a gas fire in the kitchen. 'Tis a bit nippy upstairs during the winter, it was 3C on my landing when I got up this morning :-) I've never lived in a house with central heating and when I was staying for several weeks with relatives recently who have, I nearly boiled; it was most unpleasant - I was literally wringing with sweat all the time. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Dave Hill" wrote in message ... This is not about central heating. I don't have it, and I don't want it. Taking the wife to hospital today for her Warfrin clinic I was supprised to see just how much snow there was on the hills/mountains around us, just a few of miles inland from Swansea Bay. We are free of the stuff though it's cold, but above freezing. Wd did have small grains falling almost all day yesterday, but they were so few you could almost count them and they melted as they hit the Mud. David @ the wet end of Swansea Bay. Little flurry of snow here in Leics, but if you'd have blinked you'd have missed it. We're having -2 ish overnight frosts atm and will all week, apparently. I'm interested that you have no central heating - I haven't and I don't want it either. How do you heat your house? I have a woodburner in the lounge & a gas fire in the kitchen. 'Tis a bit nippy upstairs during the winter, it was 3C on my landing when I got up this morning :-) I've never lived in a house with central heating and when I was staying for several weeks with relatives recently who have, I nearly boiled; it was most unpleasant - I was literally wringing with sweat all the time. For some years, I rented a flat in Greenich. The bed had 2 legs and 2 beer crates. There was a gas fire in the front room....thats it! All the windows had to be scraped of ice in the morning. You know.....I loved living there. Pete C |
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:11:36 -0000, "Pete C"
wrote: I've never lived in a house with central heating and when I was staying for several weeks with relatives recently who have, I nearly boiled; it was most unpleasant - I was literally wringing with sweat all the time. For some years, I rented a flat in Greenich. The bed had 2 legs and 2 beer crates. There was a gas fire in the front room....thats it! All the windows had to be scraped of ice in the morning. You know.....I loved living there. Pete C Is that because the beer crates were full? I was fortunate to work for a Brewery in my late teens and early twenties. Got an allowance of 4 dozen cans a month and more occasionally. Didn't actually drink that much at home so the packs of cans were used as a TV stand. The TV rose up and down indicating consumption by visitors and myself , similar to a gasholder in a way and like a one of those would frequently be at it's lowest after a good Sunday Lunch and afternoon. G.Harman |
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"Pete C" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Dave Hill" wrote in message ... This is not about central heating. I don't have it, and I don't want it. Taking the wife to hospital today for her Warfrin clinic I was supprised to see just how much snow there was on the hills/mountains around us, just a few of miles inland from Swansea Bay. We are free of the stuff though it's cold, but above freezing. Wd did have small grains falling almost all day yesterday, but they were so few you could almost count them and they melted as they hit the Mud. David @ the wet end of Swansea Bay. Little flurry of snow here in Leics, but if you'd have blinked you'd have missed it. We're having -2 ish overnight frosts atm and will all week, apparently. I'm interested that you have no central heating - I haven't and I don't want it either. How do you heat your house? I have a woodburner in the lounge & a gas fire in the kitchen. 'Tis a bit nippy upstairs during the winter, it was 3C on my landing when I got up this morning :-) I've never lived in a house with central heating and when I was staying for several weeks with relatives recently who have, I nearly boiled; it was most unpleasant - I was literally wringing with sweat all the time. For some years, I rented a flat in Greenich. The bed had 2 legs and 2 beer crates. There was a gas fire in the front room....thats it! All the windows had to be scraped of ice in the morning. You know.....I loved living there. Pete C You did not die of cold and we never did with no central heating/ |
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At the end of the day, if you have access to a cheap/free solid fuel, that will be an economic method of keeping warm. For most of us, gas central heating is the economic method of heating. I recently put in a wood burner, mainly for the enjoyment of it, but also as a back-up for if there are power cuts, since my gas cH doesn't work without electricity. The boiler isn't so reliable either. |
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Snow -- or No
"Dave Hill" wrote in message ... This is not about central heating. I don't have it, and I don't want it. Taking the wife to hospital today for her Warfrin clinic I was supprised to see just how much snow there was on the hills/mountains around us, just a few of miles inland from Swansea Bay. We are free of the stuff though it's cold, but above freezing. Wd did have small grains falling almost all day yesterday, but they were so few you could almost count them and they melted as they hit the Mud. David @ the wet end of Swansea Bay. Qutie right about the snow David. The hills around Clydach have a dusting of snow on their summits.. Seems to be worse, the further up the valley to the Beacons. The Brecon Mountain Rescue Team will be pracising their winter/snow skills this evening. Bill |
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