On 16/01/2012 05:57, Col wrote:
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Seriously though, you never get anybody coming on here in early
September saying they had to knock the heating on for a couple of
hours because it was a bit parky when they got up, no it's all a
macho competition as to who can survive the longest without central
heating.....

Col, it's not about a competition it's about comfort. I and my wife are
perfectly comfortable with a bedroom below 10C at night and the fresh air
we need too. I guess we talk about cooling rather than warming because we
live in a warm centrally heated country by and large, where you get
blasted with hot air in the chain stores in winter, the workplace is kept
at 21-23C minimum to meet somebody else's idea of comfort, hotels are
dreadfully hot normally. If one is too cold you can always put on another
layer, what if you are too warm - go naked?

I know it's not really a competition, it just seems that way as when
one person mentions how cold they like to keep their house, several
others come into the conversation, seemingly attempting to out-do
one another with tales of hardship and austerity

21-23C at work? Chance would be a fine thing. That's not due to
somebody's else's idea of comfort, it's due tothe antiquated
heating system. It regulary reaches 25C (or even higher).We have fans
going and windows open, even in winter. Burning fossil fuels to
heat the place up, then burning more to cool it down agaim.
Madness.


Hey Col, that sounds like my workplace, which is a NHS Hospital. I work
in the accounts office, the windows only open about an inch. The
heating system is always on, so in the summer we have windows open, and
fans blowing to keep us cool.

In article ,
David Allan writes:
The Met Office weather warnings, such as they, serve to remind us of just
how soft we have become. We didn't have people telling us to wrap up warm in
years gone by, no one to advise on filling a hot-water bottle, or how it
might be a good idea to put an extra overcoat on the bed. You have to wonder
just how we all coped!

My guess is that this is not something that the Met Office wanted to do,
but that the DHSS wanted it and so the government told them to do it.
Apparently the threshold for a Level 2 alert has been set at a forecast
mean temperature for the day of 2C or less. Given that over much of the
country the long-term mean is about 4C, only two degrees higher, that
seems crazy.
--
John Hall
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
by those who have not got it."
George Bernard Shaw

On Jan 16, 2:11*am, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Jan 15, 8:18*pm, Richard Dixon wrote:

"Tony Kenyon" wrote :

I guess what really annoys me is that we are paying for all this
ludicrous crap at a time when living standards are dropping back to
the levels last seen when we had, occasionally, genuinely severe
winters.

This is where the warnings service goes unfortunately into Nanny State
mode. I file it alongside the "Surfaces may be slippery" on stations
(especially those on the southeastern network) after frost/rain.

Richard

* * In the pedestrian subway at Oxted it says "Caution - steps" - at
the bottom! *But nowhere do I see "Do not urinate on the third rail"
and I think this negligent omission should be rectified, like the
voltage.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

I think you'd find a lot of resistance to that suggestion unless you
cleared it with the Ohm Office.

On Jan 16, 9:42*am, "Roger Smith" wrote:
Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Jan 15, 6:36 pm, "Col" wrote:
There is more than just a little but of 'The Four Yorkshiremen' about
all this, people vying with one another to see who is the toughest.

I sleeep with my window open all winter and the snow builds up on
my windowsill!

Window? You're lucky, I just have a hole in the wall and I use a
snowdrift as a pillow!

Seriously though, you never get anybody coming on here in early
September saying they had to knock the heating on for a couple of
hours because it was a bit parky when they got up, no it's all a
macho competition as to who can survive the longest without central
heating.....
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
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* * * * * I think the Red Rose trumps the White here. *As for other
matters, well, none of my business.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

So where does the Tudor Rose stand in this?

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Poor old Tudor is being sprayed with water as we speak to preserve his
Hull.

On Jan 16, 9:48*am, "Roger Smith" wrote:
Adam Lea wrote:

It is terrible sometimes in the bridge club, some of them wail in
protest if you dare open the window for a few minutes, and that is in
the summer as well.

Bridge clubs are another thing altogether. *It is difficult even to satisfy
some of the people some of the time.

An impossible lot to deal with, even off the table.

Roger

Sounds like a Club Too Far