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[lonelybrit]

*sigh*

The boiler is dead. Cue no central heating and no hot water. And the weather forecast is saying we'll be about -2/-3 degrees C come Thursday night.

If all else fails, my plan is to go to the pub and get totally ratarsed so I can't feel the cold. It'd be good for the local economy so I could even feel virtuous about it.

Comments

[vampirefever.livejournal.com]

For the cold, I recommend a convector heater; they're very effective and relatively cheap. But agree, you're going to need pints of grog to cope with the cold water.

*sends you blankets*

[lonelybrit]

I think there is a small convection heater somewhere under the stairs, I'm trying to decide which room will become Sole Room of Warmth until the boiler is fixed, I'm leaning towards the room with the TV... :)

*snuggles under blankets*

[sweet-exile.livejournal.com]

Not good! Going to the pub sound like a plan and hopefully by the time you sober up your boiler will be fixed.

[lonelybrit]

Yes, it is looking like an increasingly solid plan - it's good for the local economy, it's good for me, it's all round made of win :)

[rivier.livejournal.com]

Yoinks! My advice - retreat to bed with extra throws, a hot water bottle and a pint of sloe gin!

[lonelybrit]

Throws *check* Hot water bottle *check* Sloe gin... bugger, will pick some up on the way home tomorrow... :)

[cerisaye.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! That is bad timing. Poor you- the pub sounds like a very good idea!

[lonelybrit]

It could have been worse, originally the sub-zero temperatures were meant to peak tonight but the forecast keeps pushing them back... may the trend continue! Until then, to the pub! :)

[thestormcellar.livejournal.com]

Does your stove or oven work? When I was without heat and hot water for a few days in this tiny apartment in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, I had the oven on for heat, and used the stove to heat water for dishes and a hand rag style bath.

[lonelybrit]

Good thinking! And yes, the kitchen is still in working order. Maybe it's time to start making rice pudding other such dishes that require hours of heating...

[princess-s.livejournal.com]

Bollocks!!

Have you called the British Gas man or equivalent?

Get out all the extra blankets and get as much tea in you as possible (read tea as booze!)

[lonelybrit]

Left a message on the appropriate answerphone, hopefully they'll call tomorrow. They're from the neighbouring valley so I'm hoping they really understand that no heating is really, really not a good thing out here!

Am already curled around a cider and preparing to boil up water for a hot water bottle. I have a small electric heater so I think until the boiler's fixed I'll be alternating between the bedroom and the TV room - ah the hardship...

[fairyd123.livejournal.com]

Aaaargh! Having been there myself not too long ago I feel your pain.

Do you have a hot water bottle? Fleecy pjs, hot water bottle in the bed and a few throws/blankets shoved on the top should see you through. I mean my heating died on the coldest night in London in years which was lovely! I ended up going to bed wearing a hoodie to keep my ears and head warm!

[lonelybrit]

On the coldest night?! Ouch, you poor thing! This is where I realise just why people had bedsocks and bedhats all those decades ago, ah, I dream of bedsocks...

Yep, have the hot water bottle and plenty of blankets so tonight should be fine. It'll be the getting up and getting dressed tomorrow morning that'll be painful. Ah well, I suppose it's character building if nothing else *tries stiff upper lip*

[fairyd123.livejournal.com]

Hell I wear fluffy socks in bed even when its warm! I'm a cold blooded little creature - I need something to keep my tootsies warm.

I would suggest you do what I did- pick out what you're going to wear and get dressed very very quickly - using the facilities with no heating is not pleasant!

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

Our heating died on Friday night. I was forced to retire to my bed with wine, it was awful. *cough*

I also suggest you bung your Angel/Torchwood/Merlin Dvds on in an attempt to raise your temperature.

[lonelybrit]

The boiler people came through in the end. Shame, I was all set up with firewood and wine, mine would have been a noble last stand against the sub-zero temperatures *g*

[lonelybrit]

*snuggles into blanket*

Touch wood it looks like the boiler folks have come through, still, I'm putting on the fire just in case... :)