[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

and I will bet when he went, say, up the stairs and all the lights had been left one he said "Bloody hell it's like the Blackpool illuminations up here!"

He bloody did.

He also told us to "put wood in'th hole" and constantly asked if we were born in a barn

He's the same still now to be fair

[bots]

to be fair, i remember the time when i had my 100 watt lightbulbs on around the house and i could see the disc in the meter spinning

[Cherie]

Ours would normally come on but I whack it down too low so it doesn't

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

He bloody did.

He also told us to "put wood in'th hole" and constantly asked if we were born in a barn

He's the same still now to be fair

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Do you folks not have wood burning stoves in the Uk or are you misunderstanding what I'm talking about?


***Not my actual stove

we got one of those

Blooming criminal that new builds in Ireland are not allowed a chimney but I believe people get around it by putting in a pipe instead

[Maru]

It's 92 (33c) outside, so probably not anytime soon...?

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Do you folks not have wood burning stoves in the Uk or are you misunderstanding what I'm talking about?


***Not my actual stove

When we lived in the Northeast, we chopped wood because we had a fireplace that had the pipes for the water boiler/baseboard heating running through it. So when we ran the fire, it helped to also offset the boiler and help keep everything nice and toasty and smelling like Maple...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Maru

When we lived in the Northeast, we chopped wood because we had a fireplace that had the pipes for the water boiler/baseboard heating running through it. So when we ran the fire, it helped to also offset the boiler and help keep everything nice and toasty and smelling like Maple...

Nothing like the cosiness of it or the lovely smell

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Nothing like the cosiness of it or the lovely smell

Some of my favorite memories were tending the fire. My office setup was within walking distance as it was setup in a big room, so I would have a seat nearby and my cat was very comfortable laying on top of that to get as close to the heat as possible. She absolutely loved it. She was the runt of the litter under heaps of fur so after a bath she looked rather Egyptian. I miss her everyday but she did live a long time


If we have "fireplace" here, it's one of those fake "artistic" ones with a ceramic heater on the inside. Some homes do have them though, but they usually change them to inserts. We thought about putting a fire pit in our backyard, but it wouldn't be comfortable to use most of the time with our humidity.

[joeysteele]

Oh I like things cooler so am enjoying things more cool now.
I haven't had the heating on at all since March.

Probably sometime in October I will be using it again.