What is hacking you off today?

[ESG]

She's put the central heating on....................Arggggh!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Same here but to be fair it was 28 degrees when we departed Majorca a couple of hours earlier. Still got shorts on though.

 

[Holy Joe]

Was going to resurrect the "Who's got the heating on" thread to see who has blinked first this year but felt the recent weather didn't even warrant thinking about the heating.

It was -2 this morning so I stuck heating on, thermostat on 17 so just taking the chill off

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

It was -2 this morning so I stuck heating on, thermostat on 17 so just taking the chill off

Just +3c in Westcliff this morning at 7am.
First frost and windscreen scrape.

But no heating on yet.

 

[londonblue]

It was -2 this morning so I stuck heating on, thermostat on 17 so just taking the chill off

I never touch our thermostat. It stays at 18.5° all year round. Yesterday was the 1st time it came on since early/mid May.

It came on again today, which isn't a surprise given it was -2° this morning. Its gone off again now though.

 

[GNH]

I never touch our thermostat. It stays at 18.5° all year round. Yesterday was the 1st time it came on since early/mid May.

It came on again today, which isn't a surprise given it was -2° this morning. Its gone off again now though.

We do the same, keep it on the same setting and if it gets cold enough it comes on. Yesterday it kicked into action to take the chill off the house.

I'm not one for sitting in a cold house having a competition to see how long we can cope without the heating on.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Roadworks. Everywhere.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Roadworks. Everywhere.

Yes, Hockley, Hawkwell, Rochford seemed designed to isolate and grid lock the area.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

We do the same, keep it on the same setting and if it gets cold enough it comes on. Yesterday it kicked into action to take the chill off the house.

I'm not one for sitting in a cold house having a competition to see how long we can cope without the heating on

What keeps couples warm in winter? The battle over the thermostat | Zoe Williams

The UK has suddenly gone from summer heat to shivering cold and across the land the annual arguments have begun, writes Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com

Thought this was an interesting artticle in today's Graniad on this paritular topic.

 

[Napster]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/17/what-keeps-couples-warm-in-winter-the-battle-over-the-thermosta

Thought this was an interesting artticle in today's Graniad on this paritular topic.

Is your keyboard OK?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Is your keyboard OK?

It is now.See above.

 

[Supershrimper]

Delivery driver parked 5 metres up from a zebra crossing (still on the markings) getting annoyed that no-one was letting him across the road.

If he walked 5 or 6 steps to the crossing the cars would have had to have stopped. Some people really are dense.

 

[RHB]

Big £8m revamp of the Cliffs Pavilion about to begin with no changes to the auditorium. I'm presuming that means no new seating, which, if true, is an absolute disgrace. Those that frequent the Cliffs will know that the seating is bordering on appalling and you can pay an awful lot of money for a seat which is less comfortable than the average park bench.

 

[kaymac]

Cliffs Pavilion has been appalling since the day it was built!

 

[The Original Tribal Chief]

Parked next to a Bentley Bentayga at Sainsburys at Rayleigh Weir this morning. It seems they start at £153k and go up to £215k. The cheeky sod driving it parked in a 'Mother and Child bay when she was the only occupant. I'm not sure what hacked me off, but I was, jealousy probably

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That is a really ugly vehicle. My Grand Highlander is less than half the price but looks four times as good.

 

[Mad Cyril]

That is a really ugly vehicle. My Grand Highlander is less than half the price but looks four times as good.

There can be only one.

 

[The Original Tribal Chief]

There can be only one.

I call it the Kurgan

 

[londonblue]

I call it the Kurgan

Not Blossom?

 

[pottster]

Not Blossom?

But do you feel the stag?

 

[RHB]

The price of Nestle Coffee Mate. Less than a year ago it was on sale in kilogram drums for £4.50. Then the 'large' size was changed from 1 kilo to 800g and the price rose to £5 and then £5.50. Recently the 800g size has been discontinued and now the largest size available is 550g, and guess what - the price for that is £4.85 at Iceland, 35p more than a 1kilo drum was less than a year ago. Nice work if you can get it!

We popped into Farm Foods on Eastern Ave today and discovered they were selling the 550g drums as 3 for £8, slight difference in price.

 

[Target man]

Getting home from work to find this, without warning, on my lawn.

So now we have:

1. LARGE Black bin - for black bags (I use about 1 a week)
2. LARGE green bin - for garden waste (that we now pay additionally for)
3. A bin for glass
4. A green bin - for food - (with new green bags to put inside them)
5. A new LARGE blue bag - for paper and cardboard
6. A new LARGE white bag - for cans and plastic

Not everyone has a garden the size of the Tory MPs to store this imposed recycling centre!