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The Weather

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Zear0

Zear0

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48 minutes ago, Raj said:

What was wrong with it out of interest?

 

You want to know these things at my age...

@Bellend Sebastian @Trav Le Bleu @Izzy and other saddos will await with anticipation too!! (Dont pretend your not!)

The hot water outlet was a ****ing rubber hose. Split and pissed water over the whole unit. By some miracle the electrics seem OK and a new outlet pipe (not rubber this time), pump and valve seems to have got it all in order. 

 

Now it's working, time to flick it straight off. 

 

Oh I spent half the time gassing to the bloke about systems. Self declared sad git. 

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Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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1 hour ago, Samilktray said:

My missus was adamant our boiler had broke a few weeks before Christmas, so she called an emergency plumber out whilst I was at work

She'd knocked the off switch with the toaster.

How much did that cost?

Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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2 hours ago, Raj said:

What was wrong with it out of interest?

 

You want to know these things at my age...

@Bellend Sebastian @Trav Le Bleu @Izzy and other saddos will await with anticipation too!! (Dont pretend your not!)

I don't feel the cold (I think Bellend said same recently) so I'd be quite happy to leave the heating off and wear a jumper indoors.

 

Ours goes on start of November and is off early March, barring the odd out of season cold snap, and never more than 20°C. Timed to come on half hour before get up and a couple of hours in the evening - might manually adjust if needed.

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Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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On 03/01/2026 at 18:50, Unabomber said:

I love crisp cold days when dry 

I'd quite happily put on a coat, grab a hot drink and sit outside with a good book for an hour on a day like today.

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Finnegan

Finnegan

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4 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I'd quite happily put on a coat, grab a hot drink and sit outside with a good book for an hour on a day like today.

 

Try doing that living on a hill in Yorkshire.

 

Every tree outside is pretty much sideways.

 

Bitter.

 

Raj

Raj

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17 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I don't feel the cold (I think Bellend said same recently) so I'd be quite happy to leave the heating off and wear a jumper indoors.

 

Ours goes on start of November and is off early March, barring the odd out of season cold snap, and never more than 20°C. Timed to come on half hour before get up and a couple of hours in the evening - might manually adjust if needed.

Ive got a Mrs, a teenage daughter and 12 year old son.

The girls have blankets, electric blankets, electric heaters and STILL want the heating on.:dry:

 

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Bellend Sebastian

Bellend Sebastian

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2 hours ago, Zear0 said:

The hot water outlet was a ****ing rubber hose. Split and pissed water over the whole unit. By some miracle the electrics seem OK and a new outlet pipe (not rubber this time), pump and valve seems to have got it all in order. 

 

Now it's working, time to flick it straight off. 

 

Oh I spent half the time gassing to the bloke about systems. Self declared sad git. 

Having had two rubber components fail on my boiler (neither catastrophically, thankfully) I feel your pain.

 

And yes, Raj is right, I've been looking out for your response

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whoareyaaa

whoareyaaa

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Looks like we are in for a bad couple of days from tomorrow evening

 

Was black ice on the road to work this morning van went sliding luckily didn't hit anything some bloke had gone into the verge

Parafox

Parafox

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8 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I don't feel the cold (I think Bellend said same recently) so I'd be quite happy to leave the heating off and wear a jumper indoors.

 

Ours goes on start of November and is off early March, barring the odd out of season cold snap, and never more than 20°C. Timed to come on half hour before get up and a couple of hours in the evening - might manually adjust if needed.

All posties wear shorts all year round. A thing I don't understand.

 

I need thermal leggings and vest under my jeans and top plus decent weatherproof jacket, scarf, gloves and LCFC hat just to take the dog for an hour's walk. :colder:

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AyewJoking

AyewJoking

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1 hour ago, whoareyaaa said:

Looks like we are in for a bad couple of days from tomorrow evening

 

Was black ice on the road to work this morning van went sliding luckily didn't hit anything some bloke had gone into the verge

dam good alibi:schmike:

Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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1 hour ago, Parafox said:

All posties wear shorts all year round. A thing I don't understand.

 

I need thermal leggings and vest under my jeans and top plus decent weatherproof jacket, scarf, gloves and LCFC hat just to take the dog for an hour's walk. :colder:

I don't.

 

Not because they'd be cold, but because I find RM uniform shorts really uncomfortable. Very restrictive.

Tommy G

Tommy G

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3 minutes ago, CornwallFox said:

South west weather warning has just been upgraded to red with hurricane wind speeds expected 😬

High wind coming in from the left?

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Parafox

Parafox

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20 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I don't.

 

Not because they'd be cold, but because I find RM uniform shorts really uncomfortable. Very restrictive.

Like Trump's Whitehouse, you need (a) bigger ballroom

Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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6 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Like Trump's Whitehouse, you need (a) bigger ballroom

I fear the problem might be more the overhanging eaves.

NAKC20

NAKC20

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47 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

All fingers and thumbs crossed for enough snow to stop me getting to work tomorrow 

Hope you dont drive a gritting lorry 

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Samilktray

Samilktray

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4 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Seems to be absolutely no gritting in Leicester, even the ring road is covered in snow.

Personally don’t think the taxpayer should be forking out to have sand chucked about every now and again

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