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BorisTheAnimal said:

whs said:

Oh yukk - that looks like snow. It must be cold there - brrr

Oh ye be lucky, in Finland there is always snow and cold weather, like a week ago around -25 Celsius.. Right now around -13, next tuesday it might hit -17..

You can keep it Boris. Our just above freezing is too much for me.

BorisTheAnimal said:

whs said:

Oh yukk - that looks like snow. It must be cold there - brrr

Oh ye be lucky, in Finland there is always snow and cold weather, like a week ago around -25 Celsius.. Right now around -13, next tuesday it might hit -17..

Do you folks really roll in the snow ? ....... Naked ????

whs said:

Joan, I hope you have a warm garage for the car.

No garage here it just has to sit outside on the drive and this is in a coastal location.

kado897 said:

Joan Archer said:

It's cold here and we've had hail, the kind that turns to mush on the car and the back door. Thank goodness for central heating and a more than half full tank of oil to run it.

Mine packed up on Monday. Fortunately it's fixed now.

Oh I'm so glad you got it fixed you don't want broken heating at this time of year, we had this a couple of years ago when it was bitterly cold it made hubby ill.

Joan Archer said:

kado897 said:

Joan Archer said:

It's cold here and we've had hail, the kind that turns to mush on the car and the back door. Thank goodness for central heating and a more than half full tank of oil to run it.

Mine packed up on Monday. Fortunately it's fixed now.

Oh I'm so glad you got it fixed you don't want broken heating at this time of year, we had this a couple of years ago when it was bitterly cold it made hubby ill.

Me too. I was only without it for 18 hours but it got really cold outside the living area which was all I could heat with portable heaters.

kado897 said:

Joan Archer said:

kado897 said:

Mine packed up on Monday. Fortunately it's fixed now.

Oh I'm so glad you got it fixed you don't want broken heating at this time of year, we had this a couple of years ago when it was bitterly cold it made hubby ill.

Me too. I was only without it for 18 hours but it got really cold outside the living area which was all I could heat with portable heaters.

I know that feeling, where we live the first 10 years was without heating, well apart from an open fire in the living room. What made matters worse was that it's not standard construction just concrete slabs for the outside walls and plaster board interior, so it was very cold wet and mouldy, single glazed windows as well.
Things are much better now since double glazing and central heating was installed.

Joan Archer said:

kado897 said:

Joan Archer said:

Oh I'm so glad you got it fixed you don't want broken heating at this time of year, we had this a couple of years ago when it was bitterly cold it made hubby ill.

Me too. I was only without it for 18 hours but it got really cold outside the living area which was all I could heat with portable heaters.

I know that feeling, where we live the first 10 years was without heating, well apart from an open fire in the living room. What made matters worse was that it's not standard construction just concrete slabs for the outside walls and plaster board interior, so it was very cold wet and mouldy, single glazed windows as well.
Things are much better now since double glazing and central heating was installed.

for central heating.

I'll second that Keith, mind you when you think of what it was like when I grew up I've definitely gone nesh over the years.

Me too. I can remember ice on the inside of my bedroom window as a child. No double glazing or any insulation then and central heating was for posh people.

As a child I was sleeping under a slanted roof. In the winter I often had ice over my bed. Only the kitchen was heated and that was away from the bedroom.