@MikeOxgreen why do you moan so about the Forum? The potting shed is for all sorts of chats and discussions.
I thought it was clear in my post. Because doom and gloom is everywhere these days and it's hard to escape it. Turn the radio on, the TV, the internet, look at a newspaper. There is no respite from it and it's actually damaging to many people as it amplifies a problem which there is nothing you can do about. I'm fed up with hearing about it, that's all.
In that case, avoid reading any clearly titled threads if the subject is likely to upset you. I doubt you are alone in being fed up with doom and gloom. Some feel better by discussing it, others don't. If you are of the latter persuasion then no problem - just ignore anything which worries you but don't expect others to do the same. I doubt whether the usual trite warning " some scenes may be distressing" which accompanies practically every news item these days would actually work on this forum so up to the individual member
@MikeOxgreen why do you moan so about the Forum? The potting shed is for all sorts of chats and discussions.
I thought it was clear in my post. Because doom and gloom is everywhere these days and it's hard to escape it. Turn the radio on, the TV, the internet, look at a newspaper. There is no respite from it and it's actually damaging to many people as it amplifies a problem which there is nothing you can do about. I'm fed up with hearing about it, that's all.
In that case, avoid reading any clearly titled threads if the subject is likely to upset you. I doubt you are alone in being fed up with doom and gloom. Some feel better by discussing it, others don't. If you are of the latter persuasion then no problem - just ignore anything which worries you but don't expect others to do the same. I doubt whether the usual trite warning " some scenes may be distressing" which accompanies practically every news item these days would actually work on this forum so up to the individual member
No, I will carry on posting up what I want, when I want because that is what a forum is for. If you don't like it, don't read it.
Think of the coming winter. Think of past winters. How many people here remember sleeping under a heavy, draughty eiderdown in a room with no central heating or fire, waking up to find a good thick layer of ice on the draughty, non-doubled glazed windows (thick enough to have icy fronds decorating the glass), getting up to run a small bath of not very hot water in a bathroom with no heat source other than the bath, running across cold lino in bare feet to get dressed in clothes that were not insulated with fancy fabrics or particularly warm and going downstairs to light a coal fire in order to get one room in the house warm for the day?
I remember single glazing running with condensation, heating with one night store heater in the house and a coal fire in the living room so one bedroom was warm in the morning and the living room was warm in the evening. That was the 1970s in my case - not so long ago, really. Not too much ice on the windows - growing up in Cornwall it was rarely that cold - just always damp/wet all winter. I did have a hot water bottle to go to bed when it was especially chilly. Mum and Dad had an electric blanket. Now I'm all grown up, I have my own electric blanket
You're right though, @pansyface. We've been living beyond our collective means for years. For most of human history, fuel always was a far bigger part of the cost of living than it has been in recent decades. It could be argued that we're still quite a long way below the long term average
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Mike, if you moan about threads existing and then post in them you just create strife. How is that helpful to anyone? The community aims to support each other. That's why we are here.
Mine is cut too @Busy-Lizzie to a size of between 50 - 70cm I have an open fire place. Mixture of beech and oak. I haven't priced wood this year, as I have some left over from a delivery last year (big load - good price -wait for it - 60euros/stere) so hopefully can burn that off this winter as it's getting dry. I also burn vine trunks when I can get them as they burn hot and clean. It won't be that price now with transport costs.
A stere is a cubic metre @Lyn which is between 500kg and 700kg in weight.
My main source of heat is the diesel run boiler which still has a bit of diesel from a fill up last September - so I'll see how we go - I paid .89c/litre then and it's now doubled in price. So I'll wait a bit. I only heat the lounge. The kitchen is not insulated so it's short and sharp in winter and eaten in the lounge. Main meal is at lunchtime so soup or leftovers in the evening. Once you are in the shower, the bathroom is warm enough but it's a quick dash to the bedroom!!
I have a conservatory which opens onto the lounge. On sunny winter afternoons, I can get some sort of heat in the lounge so I usually turn the boiler on at the last minute - mid November if we have a "golden" autumn. The fire is open 3 sides, and once the bricks are hot, it gives out a good heat and gets lit during October as the days shorten. I find it is still warmish at 6pm, so don't light the fire, then regret it at 8pm when the cold hits!! I have cooked on the open fire - bbq mainly, but my sister-in-law of Spanish origin, has cooked paella. I have a tripod to put a pot on - but of course there is no thermostat!! And a very black pot!
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I doubt whether the usual trite warning " some scenes may be distressing" which accompanies practically every news item these days would actually work on this forum so up to the individual member
You're right though, @pansyface. We've been living beyond our collective means for years. For most of human history, fuel always was a far bigger part of the cost of living than it has been in recent decades. It could be argued that we're still quite a long way below the long term average
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
A stere is a cubic metre @Lyn which is between 500kg and 700kg in weight.
My main source of heat is the diesel run boiler which still has a bit of diesel from a fill up last September - so I'll see how we go - I paid .89c/litre then and it's now doubled in price. So I'll wait a bit. I only heat the lounge. The kitchen is not insulated so it's short and sharp in winter and eaten in the lounge. Main meal is at lunchtime so soup or leftovers in the evening. Once you are in the shower, the bathroom is warm enough but it's a quick dash to the bedroom!!
I have a conservatory which opens onto the lounge. On sunny winter afternoons, I can get some sort of heat in the lounge so I usually turn the boiler on at the last minute - mid November if we have a "golden" autumn. The fire is open 3 sides, and once the bricks are hot, it gives out a good heat and gets lit during October as the days shorten. I find it is still warmish at 6pm, so don't light the fire, then regret it at 8pm when the cold hits!! I have cooked on the open fire - bbq mainly, but my sister-in-law of Spanish origin, has cooked paella. I have a tripod to put a pot on - but of course there is no thermostat!! And a very black pot!