Gas prices to go up by 35%....

you cant put a price on being nice and warm.

Wool socks and bobble hat, long-johns, proper vest and thick cotton shirts, and nice double layer pullover!

That will be the only way for many in future. I have been doing this in the cold winter for years!

ATB from George

Heating off - valve amps on.

Everyone outside the living room will just have to wrap up!

M

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Wool socks and bobble hat, long-johns, proper vest and thick cotton shirts, and nice double layer pullover!

Fair enough, but what about when it's winter.

I cna't beleieve all the fuss made about the suggestion to "...put on a jumper !" Seems very sensible to me.

When working from home in the colder season it's standard practice for me to layer-up rather that turn on the (oil burning) heating. Just got to remember to remove the bobble hat and damp down the hat hair before starting the video conf camera!

Willy.

Yup, they need that price hike to increase their profits....

Luckily, my wife told me today she has fixed our gas prices until 2010. Clever girl.

Anyone want to buy some gas at 15% off list?!!

Man to wife: Get your jacket
Wife to man: Oh honey - where are we going? A nice dinner perhaps?
Man to wife: No I'm turning off the heat

PS

Southwestern Airlines is killing all the competition over here with their low prices for airfare. Seems they locked in their fuel prices in 2006 for the next 10 or 15 years. Smart, those..

Does anyone remember the coal shortage in the winter of 1984/5?

The only coal I could get was the brown open cast coal that came in from Poland at the time, and then only about 5 cwt - 250 kg in round terms. It would not burn in the Parkray back-boiler, and then the electricity failed for 48 hours as well. It was a proper winter with a good foot of snow about, and it was so cold that the plumbing required repairing after the freeze stopped. At one point all I had was the cold main riser in the kitchen sink.

Somehow everyone seemed to survive! Even my then very young sheep dog [1984-1997] simply took to sleeping on top of the end of my bed which kept my feet warmer, and him happy! You can treat a working dog as a pet, and get even more devotion to duty without cruelty if they adore the "boss!"

George

George

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Even my then very young sheep dog [1984-1997] simply took to sleeping on top of the end of my bed which kept my feet warmer, and him happy!

Just a One Dog Night then? Three Dog Nights are really cold....

Cheers

Jim

Dear Jim,

I only had the one dog! If I had had three of them, I would have let all three pile on!

In fact I would love to have a couple of dogs again. Living in town seems to exclude the possibility, which is a great shame.

I would have a Terrier [Jack Russel or Staffordshire], and possibly a Border Collie again! Their intelligence can be startling, and their good humour dissarming. They get their way by an extra-ordinary persistence and sense of the moment when to push the boundaries! And they do not argue, grouse, or take umbrage that lasts more than a day!

I do remember my old Collie being quite moody if I came home late, and he would not communicate till next day, when all was forgiven.

And you cannot be serious with a dog about, can you? Try it! They just wait for the right moment and you get a cold nose shoving itself into your hand and a command to "Play with me now!" - rather than be too thoughtful of the tiresomeness of the day, just lived!

ATB from George

GRRRREEEEEEEED.

ME ME ME ME ME......

I WANT MORE I WANT MORE....

(MONEY THAT IS)

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Originally posted by John M:
Man to wife: Get your jacket
Wife to man: Oh honey - where are we going? A nice dinner perhaps?
Man to wife: No I'm turning off the heat

Yeah, Get your coat, we're having a night in

Hey, that's a point. Maybe this will be the turning point for the pubs.

So does this mean we'll all be powering down after a listening session...

I always power down, as the reason the price of energy is so high is that we have already wasted so much of it.

George