This Winter

[DaveM]

This must be the worst winter we have had in years. We recording the highest rain fall on record. The temperature now is 4c outside and 5c in my house. We are not equipped in our houses to handle cold weather as the cold spell normally only last a few weeks but this one just will not break. It is so cold I cannot even work on the PC. The best place to be is in bed with the hot blanket on.

 

[shanered6]

5c 5c , oh sorry i feel for ya dave must be terrible

 

[Silli]

Not that bad up here Dave.

 

[Rocky]

Wow, 5C inside the house is very cold! In the winter I have my furnace set at 21C during the day and 15C during the night.
Of course we have "real" winter here - often at -15C, plus or minus a few degrees
But you have my sympathy. That's colder inside than I care to endure.

 

[DaveM]

I am just going to get into bed and eat worms

 

[devo]

I am just going to get into bed and eat worms

betterer still
have a cuddle with mrs M

 

[otherwise]

We are not equipped in our houses to handle cold weather

Wow I find that strange. The coldest we ever get is +10c but we still have two heating systems. A reverse cycle air conditioner that we only use in summer to cool but it heats very well just that electrical heating is more costly than gas. We also have gas outlets and a couple of heaters that can be used in various rooms and put away in summer.

 

[DaveM]

Well we can also get all that stuff installed but it really is not worth it as I say we normally only get a few weeks of cold weather where I am and it is normaly not even close to what it is now. When I was at school we had a coal cooker and an open coal fire to heat the house and a few of these fuel type heaters.

We actually do have an electric heater but it's packed away some place and we have only used it a few times over the years we have had it. Basilica it just means when the temps get like they have been now it's early to bed to watch TV with the electric blanked on then we toasties.

 

[CarlS]

5 C in the house is intolerable for me. Even here in Florida, we have heat. Like Kevin, we have a reverse cycle a/c with heat pump.

 

[DaveM]

Well I must admit this winter has really not been any fun at all, not that I think any winter is

 

[CarlS]

Time to buy a heating system!

 

[DaveM]

Nope not worth the cost for our normal few weeks of cold weather this winter has just been a bad one for us

 

[Rocky]

You have water in your pool all year around?
But then I suppose you don't get any freezing weather either.
Yeah, I know, 10C is "freezing weather" but I mean "real" freezing weather below 0C like -10C for weeks on end.

 

[DaveM]

Yes basically my pool looks the same in winter as it does in summer

 

[Rocky]

Yes basically my pool looks the same in winter as it does in summer

The "pool" down at my cottage is a couple of kilometers long and about a kilometer wide. It's a little hard to drain so I just let it freeze in the winter

 

[Rbeans]

At first I thought you were complaining because it was 5 degrees C outside, as it is often -30 or -40 here in the winter, and was going to laugh at you but 5 in the house wouldn't be to enjoyable. Hopefully it doesn't last to long!

 

[otherwise]

Nope not worth the cost for our normal few weeks of cold weather this winter has just been a bad one for us

Mate, I gotta disagree. I know we get some days at +10c and any of those days make the spending $$$ worthwhile.

 

[CarlS]

+1 I agree with Kevin.

 

[DaveM]

At first I thought you were complaining because it was 5 degrees C outside, as it is often -30 or -40 here in the winter, and was going to laugh at you but 5 in the house wouldn't be to enjoyable. Hopefully it doesn't last to long!

Well it was only that one nigh by the looks of it and it is now up to around 10c or so, I don't mind that too much as it is only for a few hours before we go to bed anyway. During the day it runs at around 15c being very cold to around 20c

Mate, I gotta disagree. I know we get some days at +10c and any of those days make the spending $$$ worthwhile.

Kev you Australians are just not as tough as us Africans we can take it mate, or is that as stupid as us Africans I never can remember

 

[otherwise]

Kev you Australians are just not as tough as us Africans we can take it mate, or is that as stupid as us Africans I never can remember

Yeah, I get confused about that also.
Tell ya wot, just now it's 3.05PM, mid winter, clear blue sky, no wind and +17c.
We're about to go out and do a spot of shopping, when we return, probably 5.00PM the first thing I'll do is shut the house up, put the gas heater on and set the heat to 20c.
Must be getting soft in my old age.