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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Sir Tigger KC on 08 December 2022, 19:59:54
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THere's been predictions that Britain will run out of electricity at times this winter for various reasons. :-\
This morning I got up and thought Effing hell it's cold, didn't think too much about it as it was cold last night and jumped in the shower only to find the water was lukewarm! :o >:(
After a very brief shower, I checked the central heating controller to find that there had been a power cut just when the heating and water were due to come on. ::)
So that's the first outage. Anyone else had a power cut? ???
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. Anyone else had a power cut? ???
No ... but the caravan is on stand-by ;)
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Next village where my mates farm is was out this morning for a few hours, taste of things to come perhaps?
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Blackouts
Kids dying from Strep A
Lots of scarlet fever and chickenpox in schools round here
A&E's crowded 24 hours a day with 12 hour waits
Strikes by.....everyone, so no post, no trains, no ambulances, etc.
People freezing in their homes
Apart from these things, Christmas should be great :y
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No but my UPS has just packed up, so sod's law says they can't be far away. ::)
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Never mind as long as there’s enough to charge all the electric cars let the tinkers freeze👀🙁
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Blackouts
Kids dying from Strep A
Lots of scarlet fever and chickenpox in schools round here
A&E's crowded 24 hours a day with 12 hour waits
Strikes by.....everyone, so no post, no trains, no ambulances, etc.
People freezing in their homes
Apart from these things, Christmas should be great :y
Sounds like an episode of That 70's show...
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Never mind as long as there’s enough to charge all the electric cars let the tinkers freeze👀🙁
Did you see that Switzerland are considering bringing in restrictions on charging electric cars to save energy? ;D
True story btw! :)
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Blackouts
Kids dying from Strep A
Lots of scarlet fever and chickenpox in schools round here
A&E's crowded 24 hours a day with 12 hour waits
Strikes by.....everyone, so no post, no trains, no ambulances, etc.
People freezing in their homes
Apart from these things, Christmas should be great :y
I was thinking about going away somewhere warm and sunny for the Christmas week, but now apparently Border Farce staff are on strike which will cause travel chaos especially on the return flight. :-\
So looks like I'll stay and shiver like everyone else.... ::)
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Nice and warm in Blean. :y
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Nice and warm in Blean. :y
Not today it wasn't! :o ;D
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Blackouts
Kids dying from Strep A
Lots of scarlet fever and chickenpox in schools round here
A&E's crowded 24 hours a day with 12 hour waits
Strikes by.....everyone, so no post, no trains, no ambulances, etc.
People freezing in their homes
Apart from these things, Christmas should be great :y
I was thinking about going away somewhere warm and sunny for the Christmas week, but now apparently Border Farce staff are on strike which will cause travel chaos especially on the return flight. :-\
So looks like I'll stay and shiver like everyone else.... ::)
I could stick you on my staff Travel... 24 hrs in Miami and back on Christmas morning :D
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Nice and warm in Blean. :y
Not today it wasn't! :o ;D
🤣😂🤣
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Looks like I will have to dig out my old Honda generator which I bought years ago cheap on ebay and hid under the workbench just in case.
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Blackouts
Kids dying from Strep A
Lots of scarlet fever and chickenpox in schools round here
A&E's crowded 24 hours a day with 12 hour waits
Strikes by.....everyone, so no post, no trains, no ambulances, etc.
People freezing in their homes
Apart from these things, Christmas should be great :y
Thats nowt, useta lickt road clean wi our tongues when we wos little. People today don’t know how lucky they are.
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Now is the winter of our discontent.
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Just had a chat with the bearded jolly who delivered our heating oil.
It's all going up again in January, he smiled. :)
I gave him a bottle of scotch because I am so nice.
He smiled some more. :)
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Just had a chat with the bearded jolly who delivered our heating oil.
It's all going up again in January, he smiled. :)
I gave him a bottle of scotch because I am so nice.
He smiled some more. :)
Probably cheaper to run the scotch through the boiler M'lud! ;D
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Just had a chat with the bearded jolly who delivered our heating oil.
It's all going up again in January, he smiled. :)
I gave him a bottle of scotch because I am so nice.
He smiled some more. :)
Probably cheaper to run the scotch through the boiler M'lud! ;D
The boiler is very prone to not working when the weather gets cold. Works perfectly in 40C heat.... :-X :-\
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Quite honestly I couldn't give a monkeys , survived a lot worse & in far worse conditions got no time for doom & gloom .
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Just had a chat with the bearded jolly who delivered our heating oil.
It's all going up again in January, he smiled. :)
I gave him a bottle of scotch because I am so nice.
He smiled some more. :)
Brent Crude oil is currently trading at $77.51 a barrel, down from it's high of $136.84 in March, so I'd query that if they do hike the cost of your heating oil.
I guess they have you over a barrel though.... :-\ Pun intended! ;D
Likewise wholesale natural gas is cheaper now than it was in the summer, and I'd have thought this would start to translate to cheaper bills soon..... But... ::)
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/uk-natural-gas
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Robbing cheating filthy cowardly dirty fu🥴i@ng bastards. And that’s their good points.
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Just getting ready to watch Netherlands v Argentina, power cut! Grrrrrrr >:(
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Just getting ready to watch Netherlands v Argentina, power cut! Grrrrrrr >:(
Goal!!!
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Just getting ready to watch Netherlands v Argentina, power cut! Grrrrrrr >:(
Goal!!!
It keeps trying to come on, which I'm guessing is not good for the boiler and the like. Quick half a second flash and off again ;D
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Goal!!!!
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Goal!!!!
That really was a goal btw. :y
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Just come back on, feel like I've been through it, going to make a hot drink ;D
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Just come back on, feel like I've been through it, going to make a hot drink ;D
I predict the Argies will win on penalties following 2-2 after extra time.
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Just come back on, feel like I've been through it, going to make a hot drink ;D
I predict the Argies will win on penalties following 2-2 after extra time.
Wow that's good! :o :y
What are your predictions for tonight's games M'lud? ???
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Just come back on, feel like I've been through it, going to make a hot drink ;D
I predict the Argies will win on penalties following 2-2 after extra time.
Wow that's good! :o :y
What are your predictions for tonight's games M'lud? ???
I predict that England will take the knee as they stand with Harry and Meghan against racism. Ginge and Whinge won an award you know. :)
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Those two need to be careful , after what happened to his mother one minute you're here & then you're gone, just have to reach out to the right people.
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Just come back on, feel like I've been through it, going to make a hot drink ;D
I predict the Argies will win on penalties following 2-2 after extra time.
Wow that's good! :o :y
What are your predictions for tonight's games M'lud? ???
I predict that England will take the knee as they stand with Harry and Meghan against racism. Ginge and Whinge won an award you know. :)
Taking the knee before your opponents seems kinda submissive to me and I propose that they perform an English style Haka instead to intimidate the Frogs! :y
Maybe an aggressive Morris dance? :)
This is more like it! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66rU0tesqNU) :y
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Just give the French the same sign we did at Agincourt For them as don't know that is where the 2 finger sign came from showing that our archers could pull a longbow)
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Just come back on, feel like I've been through it, going to make a hot drink ;D
I predict the Argies will win on penalties following 2-2 after extra time.
Wow that's good! :o :y
What are your predictions for tonight's games M'lud? ???
I predict that England will take the knee as they stand with Harry and Meghan against racism. Ginge and Whinge won an award you know. :)
Taking the knee before your opponents seems kinda submissive to me and I propose that they perform an English style Haka instead to intimidate the Frogs! :y
Maybe an aggressive Morris dance? :)
This is more like it! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66rU0tesqNU) :y
It is.
Imagine if Tyson Fury dropped to his knees just before the start of the fight.
They don't even know why they do it now. Linked to the armed robber George Floyd probably. :-\
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I think tonights ref will be awarded the Legion of Honour by Macron.
11 against 12. ::)
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In the orange sector! And look at the contribution of wind. Net zero is a fantasy.
Click link to enlarge.
(https://i.postimg.cc/R60GQjNX/Gridwatch-12-Dec22-1836.png) (https://postimg.cc/R60GQjNX)
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I heard on the tellybox this morning that wind has produced 2% of our electricity this week.
When you consider the amount of taxpayer money it has had in subsidies its a scandal.
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It’s all a corrupt jobs for the boys sort of scamming scheme that we’re having to pay the crooked bastards for🤬
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Wind power is virtually useless, too spasmodic.
Solar power is no good as when you need it most in cold winter weather there is no sign of the sun.
We are an island surrounded by sea so wave and tidal power is the way to go but no numbnut politician is interested.
I really fear for the future and am seriously considering moving to The Gambia where freezing to death is not an option.
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Wind power is virtually useless, too spasmodic.
Solar power is no good as when you need it most in cold winter weather there is no sign of the sun.
We are an island surrounded by sea so wave and tidal power is the way to go but no numbnut politician is interested.
I really fear for the future and am seriously considering moving to The Gambia where freezing to death is not an option.
Power cuts , water outages ,terrible drivers ,poor street lighting, corrupt police ,toll stops/road blocks "10 dalasi please ,nice to be nice"
so, just like the UK ;D
only one set of traffic lights to negotiate , not that any of the locals know how to use them :D
the several £5 road building taxes i've paid don't seem to have done much good ,so also much like the UK ,though UK road tax is £360 :(
have you visited Banjul meat and fish markets ? :-X
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We have been going to The Gambia for over 20 years and 6 years ago bought a compound and built a couple of houses, one for adopted Gambian family and one for us for less than the price of a garage here in the South of England.
We have lived there from January to April for the last 4 years and absolutely love it.
Power cuts are no problem as we have a generator and all cooking is done with bottled gas or charcoal.
We also have a bore hole so no water problem.
I love the Gambian driving, just bully your way through or use the local bush taxis, great fun.
Everything is so cheap as we use the local markets, even the bribes are cheap so you can live like a millionaire on a UK pension.
We have used the Serekunda markets which are closer to us with all the sights and smells they have.
Wall to wall sunshine and virtually zero humidity, absolutely perfect.
The only downside is the 5am mosque call but you get used to it fairly quickly.