The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Basically in Lancashire it's raining. That's it!

Now on the energy front. Three nights in a row Mrs P has commented "Did you know the heating is still on?" The CH is a sensitive subject in our house largely because Mrs P touches a radiator and bases her remarks on this result. My requests she looks at the thermostat or even in the (friggin')** kitchen cupboard to see if the little red light is indicating on or off usually results in what we might call a "stressful marital exchange!" So my response is usually "I'll just go and check."

Anyway "Did you know the heating is till on?" suggests Mrs P thinks it should be off. This is good news. To help reduce our consumption I've turned the thermostat down by 1C and changed the programme to start 15 minutes later and switch off 15 minutes earlier - this should save 75 minutes/day. We shall see what happens..........................................

...........................and if any of you breathe a word of this I will be round to have a chat!


**(this is what I think as opposed to actually say)

Off with your head. That's a hanging offense

 

[PaulSB]

Yes!!!!!! I've wasted most of the morning on this So obvious when you see it.

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[PaulSB]

Close to snow now.....

 

[Chislenko]

Don't think I'll be able to carry on with my dwarf wall for a while!!

 

[Dave7]

Turned quite nasty about 11.30 as rain got heavier and wind got stronger. Seems to be easing off now but still gusting......I guess 25-30 mph.
Maybe spoke too soon. As I type the wind is picking up .

 

[PaulSB]

Shite...............Mrs P has just asked why the heating hasn't come on!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Getting very windy here - but the rain seems to have eased off

 

[Tenkaykev]

I've just been watching the live feed from a YouTube channel that monitors landings at Heathrow. It's a tad hairy,

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPQh1FrbOc0

 

[classic33]

Off with your head. That's a hanging offense

Make your mind up!
Do you want to beheah him or string him up?

 

[classic33]

Shite...............Mrs P has just asked why the heating hasn't come on!

Short power outage has knocked the timer, no longer called a clock, out. You're waiting to see if it goes again, rather than reset it only for it to go again.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I keep getting distracted by the passion fruit foliage getting blown away from the fence and tapping on the Patio door windows. It's a bit " Day of the Triffids ". Perhaps I should just open the door and accept my fate...

 

[mikeIow]

Although, I do think the Met Office maybe overdo the warnings these days after getting into hot water many years ago for not putting out an alert for something didn’t they?

Well.....record 122mph winds on the IOW might seem fair reason to have some warnings!!
DD was due to drive from Manchester to Northumberland later this evening...we have persuaded her that might be a bad idea, put it off until tomorrow morning!
I was driving from Northampton to Brighton for a wedding at the weekend on the Great Storm of 1987......the 3 hour journey took many hours more, with roads closed all over the place by fallen trees. The night Sevenoaks became Oneoak.....nightmare!

 

[Dirk]

Wind seems to be dropping off a bit now. Only around 60 mph at the moment.
Been down the village and picked up fish and chips from Squires, as the Aggi isn't open until 4 pm due to the weather.

 

[GM]

I see the 02 Dome has taken a battering, mind you it is 22 years old now.....

 

[Tenkaykev]

I see the 02 Dome has taken a battering, mind you it is 22 years old now.....

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I did wonder if any of the fabric had been replaced over the years or if it was the usual " never any money for maintenance " shortsightedness.