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have you got your central heating on yet?
i mean, not right at this moment but in the evening. some people see it as some kind of badge of honour not to have it on until like December or something. are you one of those people?
i mean, not right at this moment but in the evening. some people see it as some kind of badge of honour not to have it on until like December or something. are you one of those people?
My housemates had it on for the first time last night.
House was like a bloody sauna when I got home. Turned my radiator down though and my room was comfortable.
i kicked it on on Wednesday
would be toasty but all the radiators need a good bleeding
Yes I am
No, my wife's not.
Our place is incredibly well insulatef so the battle won't commence for a couple of weeks yet.
refusing to put it on until November
my flat's ceilings are really high and it's really draughty so it doesn't make a massive amount of difference anyway. I've discovered that sitting under blankets is a much more effective way of staying warm...
Love this thread
I usually try to hold out til the clocks go back, but I could see my breath in my sitting room last night so had to give it a quick blast.
Stupid lovely bay windows :(
It doesn't seem right to do it before the clocks change, earliest.
No real logic behind that though. Luckily my flat's pretty well insulated so I don't need it much anyway.
my house has no cavity walls (so no cavity wall insulation) and single-glazed windows at the front (silly conservation area)
so there's no way we could do without the heating now.
at my old flat: its nowhere near time.
at my mums house: OF COURSE. its the coldest house in the world. none of the rooms have curtains, and the front door is constantly wide open.
None of the rooms have curtains?
Your mother is a MONSTER.
cheers
she's insane.
actually HER bedroom has curtains and is the warmest room in the house. i have the choice between the room with decent heating but the massive unprotected window, or the cold room with the two small velux windows.
ignore my post below...
MONSTER!
Having said that alot of rooms in my folks place didn't have curtains for YEARS. But not the bedrooms though.
she also insists that the cats should stay outside all day and night, in case they do something in the house.
and the house does not have a bin in the kitchen. and...oh christ.
Soooooooo
I'm getting a **vague** idea now as to why you are a whincey bit keen to find a place.
to be fair to her, it is A house and she's letting me stay there for free.
oh and theres a traffic cone in the bedroom i'm sleeping in. you couldnt make it up.
unless of course
she's not lived there long or can't afford them or something. **shrinks into chair and feels potentially stupid**
nope. she's just mad.
actually the front room has curtains, but she thinks they look crap when their closed. THATS WHAT THEY'RE FOR MUM.
doesn't she wake up really early in the morning in the summer?
I'd struggle to sleep in if the sun was shining in at 4am on a June morning.
she has curtains, so she's ok.
hnnnggh...
your mum has very thick curtains
beef curtains
*shudders*
My housemates turned the heating on about three weeks ago.
I came home to find it sweltering, so I turned it off and left a note on the boiler to keep the heating off until it’s actually cold.
I came home the next day to find two of them sat in the lounge in their coats, hats and scarves, while I’d been walking around outside in a t-shirt.
I wore a suit jacket to work for the first time yesterday. I’ll admit that it was a bit too chilly for just a shirt.
Dear marckee
Your housemates all hate you
Cheers
Anon
I allowed them to put it on as they were cold.
Dear marckee
Thankyou for the kind note allowing us to put the heating on in our home. We have changed our mind about you
Cheers
Anon
P.S. Not really
Remember how three weeks ago it was 30 degrees?
Yeah. They had the heating on then.
are they the guys in charge of the bus heaters?
those guys havent got a fucking clue.
Someone should leave them a note
Bus heaters are the main reason I can’t sit upstairs on a bus in the winter,
and why I make myself look rude on a train by always picking the aisle seat.
They make me feel physically sick.
they're needed when its cold in decemeber/january tho.
when they are usually off. the only seem to be on in september, october, march and april.
fuck off buses.
If it's cold, I'll be wearing a coat anyway,
and the heat of other passengers and the engine should be enough.
are you the guy that can swim in the arctic?
If Lucien had made this thread
it would've been called ''Central Heating Warriors''.
You could learn a thing or two from him you know. Actually, you couldn't.
this is true
i wouldn't like to cramp his style though.
ahahahhahahaha
''style''
Good one!
People who say you can't put the heating on/dig out your winter coat yet because it's only October are obviously idiots
it baffles me that some people actually have to consult the calendar before making these decisions
my heating's not on yet as it's not been cold enough indoors, have had 'the big coat' on the last few days though
I did this thread last year!
And I was thinking about it yesterday.
I haven't yet, which surprises me because I did it really early last year. In fact, I still have my bedroom window wide open. I have been wearing a bit more around the flat though. I can hold out a while yet I think.
I live in The World's Draftiest House™
so we will have to very soon, and watch the lovely warmth drift away through the massive gaps in the sash windows. tits.
I live in The World's Draftiest House?
haven't I seen this programme on C4?
yeah, they tried to interview me
but they couldn't hear my voice over the huge gusts of wind whipping round my kitchen
yep
I had to put my winter duvet in last night.
I reckon I can get away with it for another month. The first proper frost is the sign I usually go by.
I think we're holding out for the clocks to change.
A couple of my housemates were moaning it was cold in the mornings, but only because they spend so long faffing around. Pricks.
what's all this holding out for the clocks to change
or getting away with it for another month. It's not a challenge, you don't get rewarded for being a frost bitten catweazel. If it's cold put the heating on.
Man alive.
True.
But the people who reach for the thermostat at the slightest hint of a chill are probably the ones who waltz around in a t-shirt and no socks/slippers and whine about energy bills. Slipping into a jumper is free, y'all.
yep people who complain about the cold at the slightest hint of a chill
are indeed as annoying as the central heating warriors. If it gets to the stage where I have to put jumpers and thicker clothes on indoors just to stay warm then I'm putting the heating on.
i always like to wear a t-shirt only whenst indoors.
if i can't, it means its too cold.
and before you say, yes, naked from the waist down.
Because we can't agree.
Me and one of my housemates seem to be warmer than the other 3, and when we get cold we'll put a jumper or something on.
The clocks change thing was a compromise, but it was just an arbitrary date - if we get colder before then we'll stick it on.
My Dad has had it on since September time
ITS TOO HOT. My radiator is off.
I have two rules which revolve around November
Heating doesn't go on until November and neither does opaque hosiery. I have broken both of these this week. #fuckmeit'scold
you can tell it's cold when girls' legs suddenly go all shiny
My lets go black
My! Let's got black
meowington you massive racist.
Nope.
Flat: new and well insulated, with flats above, below and to the sides.
Doors: closed.
Jumper: being worn.
Comfort level: toasty.
T minus thermostat use: ~a fortnight?
Duvet: still on the single thickness spring/autumn one (or is it still the summer one?)
your neighbours: slightly miffed at having to passively heat your flat
Possibly.
Dog eat dog innit. My mate in Berlin lives in a block of flats where (apparently) the heating is controlled centrally (by who? a janitor?). And I think that was the case in my uni halls as well. So be it. But play to the rules, I say.
How would they know?
cold walls
i dunno
hmmm
i reckon Balonz could be onto something. it's the perfect victimless crime. muwahhahahaha...
Is it even cold down south? I slept on my friends floor without a blanket, with the heating off, with the window open only on Monday in London.
Basically you're all silly.
My flatmates put the heating on cos we could all see our breath and I'm a little bit irrationally annoyed. I wish they'd get some duvets for the living room or something.
our heating bill is already unaffordable
this winter better not be as cold as last or i am going to die.
Some
yea :(
I can't wait till November. I'm going back to Scotland for a week and my family can actually afford centreal heating. My room in Manchester is ground floor, non-carpeted, massive window, fairly high-ceilinged and drafty. I can see my breat.
nice typo
*I can see my breasts
It's too cold for any of that.
Put a jumper on.
I've started turning it on in the mornings
We've got tiled floors and it's fricking FREEZING walking around.
slippers?
Housemate turned it on for the first time last night.
Think its a bit early and house isn't cold enough yet, but don't really mind. Saying that today is the first time I've managed to get out of bed without laying in for an extra 20 min hiding from the cold.
Nope
I've gone up from DEFCON 4 (lounge around with the windows open) to DEFCON 3 (windows shut, pop a hoody on in the evening).
DEFCON 2 will trigger heating, hopefully won't get to DEFCON 1 (take a book into the airing cupboard) this year.
(paying leccy by direct debit, the longer I leave the heating off, the more I save EVERY MONTH)
economix.
I'm at stage 3 of winter prep
a jumper and TWO blankets