I'm not sure if it's changed now but the energy companies offered a better rate if you paid by DD, they certainly did when I took out my current contract. .
Quite.
Anyone who has ever had to deal with any large company that owes you money [or indeed - for anything at all] will know how frustrating and bloody difficult it can be. Been there, done that. Lucky you if you haven't had to do it. Everything in writing - no phone calls, is always better, then they can't dispute what you say [I've been in that position when phoning, so never again] and even then, they simply don't read what you write half the time. They're either totally thick, or it's deliberate -to fob you off. The latter is the conclusion I came to a long time ago. I had a reply to my email to the utility company. Needless to say - it's a load of bullocks. They've made it clear my DD will be the same next week, after a load of excuses about the reason for the previous email. People are held to ransom with those meters @WonkyWomble. It's beyond vile.
I usually have a cuppa before doing the Wordle. I doubt it makes much difference. Maybe coffee's different. I don't often drink it.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
There’ve been some postal strikes … hadn’t you heard? They were well publicised 😉
It was my son’s birthday on the 22nd December … I planned ahead and posted about ten days earlier than I normally would, paying a bit extra for Next Day Delivery and writing ‘Not to be opened until 22nd’ … it got there in plenty of time and he opened his card on the right day. Just a little forward planning needed. 👍
Yes I'd heard. The irony is that he lives in a flat in what was the office building for a Royal Mail sorting office.
A little forward planning? It's taken nearly 3 weeks! I'm simply making the point that there is a massive backlog. I've just ordered an item which is unfortunately to be delivered by Royal Mail. Notification received this morning from Royal Mail basically saying it has the item but don't hold your breath.
I've noticed the benefits of coffee mentioned regularly on the wordle thread. I don't drink coffee or tea - not keen on the taste and hot drinks make my nose ticklish. Am I missing out on something or does the coffee just get drinkers back to normal? Would a medicinal drink of coffee make me alert, bouncy, motivated and ready to face the day with optimism and enthusiasm?
I'm not a coffee drinker, but I do like tea. I have given it up now and then and never really noticed any difference to my alertness. OH used to drink coffee and had to give it up (migraines). He did notice a difference in that it would make his mind race and he'd come up with all sorts of bonkers ideas when he was 'high' that made little sense when it wore off. So possibly, with Wordle, it frees up the pathways to some of the less commonly used words
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Have just been to the opticians' for the first time in my life to get some glasses for driving as my long distance view now needs correction. Closed till Jan 3rd!
As for heating bills ad conserving energy, it seems that Belgian researchers at the university of Leuven have just entered the 3rd year of a project looking into living with lower ambient temperatures. The "victims" set their heating thermostat to 15C and then use local heat for where they are in the house of office and that can be clothes, exercise while seated or local heat so you're not heatng a whole building or even room.
Isn't that the system we all used prior to central heating? I can remember the days of ice on the inside of the bedroom windows, and piles of blankets to snuggle down under.
Yes, but if you have no memory of living in houses built before CH became standard then CH is normal and not a luxury. Many houses now have no alternative to CH with hearths and chimneys ripped out to make more space or not included in the first place in more modern buildings.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
My parents' house had only a small gas fire in the big through lounge when I was a child. They had central heating put in when I was in my early teens, so sometime around the late '70s or early '80s. The house was built in 1964 or 65, no chimney or fireplace. No double glazing either; they had some perspex sheets that stuck on with magnetic strips in the winter. The kitchen would get fairly warm while the oven was on.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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Anyone who has ever had to deal with any large company that owes you money [or indeed - for anything at all] will know how frustrating and bloody difficult it can be. Been there, done that. Lucky you if you haven't had to do it.
Everything in writing - no phone calls, is always better, then they can't dispute what you say [I've been in that position when phoning, so never again] and even then, they simply don't read what you write half the time. They're either totally thick, or it's deliberate -to fob you off. The latter is the conclusion I came to a long time ago.
I had a reply to my email to the utility company. Needless to say - it's a load of bullocks.
They've made it clear my DD will be the same next week, after a load of excuses about the reason for the previous email.
People are held to ransom with those meters @WonkyWomble. It's beyond vile.
I usually have a cuppa before doing the Wordle. I doubt it makes much difference.
Maybe coffee's different. I don't often drink it.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
As for heating bills ad conserving energy, it seems that Belgian researchers at the university of Leuven have just entered the 3rd year of a project looking into living with lower ambient temperatures. The "victims" set their heating thermostat to 15C and then use local heat for where they are in the house of office and that can be clothes, exercise while seated or local heat so you're not heatng a whole building or even room.
It seems to work and is gaining outside interest - https://www.france24.com/en/video/20221221-heat-the-body-and-not-the-room-belgian-researchers-look-for-answers-to-the-energy-crisis