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Isisbridge club

Posted: 07 Jun 2013

Taken: 07 Jan 2010

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snow at the Perch

snow at the Perch
Perch Inn, Binsey - nice building in a great location, but the food's not worth it

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 Howard Somerville
Howard Somerville club
Ah that famous last time it snowed properly in Oxford, and I couldn't go because I was in Costa Rica.
16 months ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Howard Somerville club
It snowed again in December of that same year, and several times since.

six inches in one morning
16 months ago.
Howard Somerville club has replied to Isisbridge club
I like your plushly-upholstered patio furniture, especially the cushion on the coffee table. Must be very comfortable to sit on.
13 months ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Howard Somerville club
Especially with the thick pile carpet.
13 months ago. Edited 13 months ago.
Howard Somerville club has replied to Isisbridge club
I could be sitting out there right now. My central heating broke down on Wednesday, and the British Gas engineer spent 2 hours this morning trying (in vain) to fix it. Meanwhile the house is getting colder and colder and over the weekend and probably into next week it will continue to.
13 months ago. Edited 13 months ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Howard Somerville club
Get some more sausage dog draught excluders.
13 months ago.
Howard Somerville club has replied to Isisbridge club
I'd have to buy hundreds and pile them up like WWII sandbags against and completely blocking every door and window in the house. Even that might not keep out the icy draft round my legs and ankles. This afternoon, here, we had a hail shower.

The original sausage dog draught excluder, which I still have somewhere, is (like me) quite old now and I wouldn't subject it to the same indignities which (like me) it enjoyed in days gone by.
13 months ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Howard Somerville club
Then make yourself a footbag. Get an old square-ended sleeping bag, fold it inside itself and stitch it in place, so you end up with a double-thickness bag in which to stick your tootsies whilst sitting at your desk.
13 months ago.
Howard Somerville club has replied to Isisbridge club
I'll not mention this proposed bag in case I put my foot in it.
13 months ago. Edited 13 months ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Howard Somerville club
Then get some furry slippers. I don't know why you want central heating in this mild weather. Does Ealing have a different climate to the rest of Southern England?
13 months ago. Edited 13 months ago.
Howard Somerville club has replied to Isisbridge club
Come sit in this house for 5 minutes and you'll find out why. I'm wearing thick walking socks (as good as slippers) and a fleece jacket on top of my thermal onesie, and am still freezing.

Beautiful lighting and dramatic skies - ideal photographic conditions - all day yesterday, but I unfortunately was unable to take advantage of them.
13 months ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Howard Somerville club
Thank you for your kind invitation, but Ealing is not on my bucket list of places to go.

Thick socks won't work unless combined with a footbag to exclude the draughts.

A thermal onesie is probably insufficient unless combined with SEVERAL layers on top.
13 months ago.
Howard Somerville club has replied to Isisbridge club
Then I'll wear a twosie.

Another British Gas engineer came this morning and confirmed that there's a blockage in the system which can only be cleared by 'power flushing' it - a day's work - and the soonest they can do that is the 19th April. I'm going to have to buy an electric fan heater or even two, and expect a massive electricity bill in due course.
13 months ago. Edited 13 months ago.
Isisbridge club has replied to Howard Somerville club
Be thankful you're not forced to rely on a heat pump (yet).

But there are easier ways of keeping warm, as suggested.
13 months ago.

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