ozzieeagle

I just bet no one really beleives this in the UK


I'll put it another way, My 21 year old daughter has just sailed through A M Keynes winter. When it got down to Zero a couple of days, the locals expected her to curl up in a ball, She explained that she "really had been colder", and that she "thought the houses were too hot" I was slightly suprised at her reaction myself.

After reading this though, maybe I shouldn't be.

walaj

All my relations that I have skyped (with video link) have asked why I was wearing a jumper

soapy©

did u tell them that its because u are a pussy

walaj

can you tell them?

soapy©

ha ha ha , mrs soapy had the heating on the othe rnight

it only got down to 6.................not minus six
i had to go outside and stand in the cool night air, just to prove it was warm

moneypenny20

Yes but you're from Scotland, recently moved up from Sydney and a bloke to boot - no sense, no feeling.

soapy©

got me down to a tee
but im warm

moneypenny20

That's what I like about you guys. Useful for warming cold tootsies on in the middle of the night

soapy©

yeh thats what i say, cant understand why pauline goes off her nut when she sees the lighter

mr mover

Nice and warm at my place ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, mm

ozzieeagle

I think you need to change your Airel, the reception looks crap

mr mover

Your right But the RADIATION is wonderful ........................ mm

paula 1

this sounds like my house!!!! its our 2nd winter here (feels much clouder now, than last year) our doors also have towells across the gaps
Paula

SCK2005

This is our 2nd winter in Australia (this time around) and both me & hubby can't remember ever being so cold, not in your house at any rate!

I grew up in Manchester, hubby in Nottinghamshire and we lived in Norwich for 9yrs but we always had lovely gas or coal central heating.

Where we are living at the moment it has got down to almost -5 at night on quite a few occasions (and winter has only just begun), and it is consistently below zero overnight.

We are renting at the moment and have just one gas heater in the lounge, we did go out and buy another heater, an 11 fin electric oil heater but that doesn't quite cover the rest of the 6 rooms of the house that need heating up!

I wouldn't mind so much if we were saving on fuel bills but our electric bill alone for this quarter is more than we paid for gas & electric in the UK and we just to have our central heating on 24hrs a day (just turned the thermostat up/down to suit)

However, its all a trade off, isn't it? We certainly wouldn't have got beautiful sunny clear blue skies during the day in winter in the UK. At least the days are brighter and warmer (outside) here.

We did come here for a more outdoor lifestyle ... we just didn't realise that meant going outside to warm ourselves up because our house is so cold!

Brrrr ...

Irish Guinness

Hi Pollyana, think you have got that so right.....I live in the Adelaide Hills and it's freezing here,when we first moved here we installed an electric split system,which we were told would be fine,but sorry to say as the tempature drops to 3 degs overnight the system starts to blow out cold air,therefore any heat that was in the room is lost.
Now we have installed a wood combustion fire and it's really great,would not be without it, mind you having said that it does not heat our bedrooms,so we just scuttle from warm rooms to cold bedrooms :scared: