It's gonna be a hard winter
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nannymaroon
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SoBoris has warned us all about the coming winter being hard due to high fuel bills, food shortages in shops, more petrol supply problems and power cuts.
Am I being over dramatic by admitting that I'm worried??
How should we prepare??
Am I being over dramatic by admitting that I'm worried??
How should we prepare??
It's easier to be nice🙂
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Power cuts! Really?
ill start burning the furniture I guess. ??? unless there’s a shortage of matches!“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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I don't have a fire place so I will not be able to keep warm, unless i just make a big fire in the middle of my sitting room.
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I think our winters are milder then what they used be. At least we don't get ice on wooden window frames any more and little snow. Unless we're having a severe snow storm I've not heard of.
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Best thing I ever bought was my multi stove, I use solid fuel, never wood. I buy a quarter ton of fuel and it lasts me through winter, no need for radiators at all. If it does come to power cuts I can always bake potatoes in the ashes
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I still have a lot of my lockdown food stored away I was lucky to think ahead in Feb 2020.
I only have electricity at my home so a power cut will knock out heating, cooking and hot water. I have a camping stove that runs on blue gas canisters. I've bought a couple of extra cans of gas's from Amazon. If I can boil a kettle for a hot water bottle and a cuppa life might be bearable during a power cut.
I've also stocked up on batteries for torches etc.
I didn't panic buy I just got an extra product each time I did a grocery shopIt's easier to be nice🙂 -
I do need a ? could also buy disposable bbq it won't do a 3 course meal but chuck some marinated chicken breast on it. If worse came to worse. I do have gas tho for cooking.
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I need slippers too ?
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Where’s the link to the source of expected power cuts?
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A single malt for me.
In all seriousness I try not to worry about what is "threatened" to happen, and just get on with things.
I admit I did say the same thing when some virus was knocking about, then a pandemic happened , but generally the mindset has worked for me.
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It does look like this is going to be a very difficult winter for all of us, as for power cuts they do seem to be a possibility, but to get to the reasons for that you will have to do your own research.
But one thing I know for certain is that those of us of a certain age will take it as it comes, having lived through the dark and dismal says of the 1970's, I do wonder how well younger people will deal with it.
2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡 -
I'm already feeling it I have no heating my thermostat and control panel is dead
Reported it early Sept they came out within 3 days but needed new one ordering
Now not coming out till next week to fit and as weather turned cold recently I'm managing by lots layers and blanket
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woodbine said:It does look like this is going to be a very difficult winter for all of us, as for power cuts they do seem to be a possibility, but to get to the reasons for that you will have to do your own research.
But one thing I know for certain is that those of us of a certain age will take it as it comes, having lived through the dark and dismal says of the 1970's, I do wonder how well younger people will deal with it.
Not quite Dickensian but grim and cold.It's easier to be nice🙂 -
MarkN88 said:Where’s the link to the source of expected power cuts?It's easier to be nice🙂
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nannymaroon said:It's been all over the media for the past month. A simple Google search should be enough.
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Where I live in my village we have already had 12 power cuts over last few months Internet goes down frequently and we are always haveing floods lol
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woodbine said:.. those of us of a certain age will take it as it comes, having lived through the dark and dismal says of the 1970's, I do wonder how well younger people will deal with it.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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calcotti said:woodbine said:.. those of us of a certain age will take it as it comes, having lived through the dark and dismal says of the 1970's, I do wonder how well younger people will deal with it.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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Its not just technology that a power cut now would impact, in the 70s most people had a coal fire, some with a back boiler for hot water very few houses had central heating, and we didn't rely on freezers as much for storing food either.
I'll be keeping my mobile tech fully charged just in case. If we do have power cuts I'll be left with no heating, not hot water and no means of cooking. Plus I live in a cold damp council flat. -
153 my electric is going up or gone up and I don't know about gas eek
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@Sandy_123 wow that's a lot but if you insist on living in a castle lol
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