Too soon?

[Blatman]

I've got a combi boiler. It cycles all the time anyway as it heats the small reservoir of hot water. I treated myself to a new boiler last year so at least now I can't hear the burner igniting like a Saturn 5... well at least that what it used to feel like when the old one sparked up every hour...  

[tolf]

No central heating on or log burner allowed until at least October. Us southern softies are not that soft!

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

12 hours ago, Blatman said:

I've got a combi boiler. It cycles all the time anyway as it heats the small reservoir of hot water. I treated myself to a new boiler last year so at least now I can't hear the burner igniting like a Saturn 5... well at least that what it used to feel like when the old one sparked up every hour...  

I didn't realise that combis do that. My son's 700sq.ft. flat in Tooting had a Vaillant combi when he moved there in 1997 and that delivered 'virtual' hot water. Flow rate was in inverse proportion to temperature, and you had to wait as long for it to arrivel through two metres of pipework as I do in a house where the hot water storage is several rooms away. Nice to know they've developed rather more instant response.

[TAFKARM]

My oil combi has a heated reservoir, but my gas one didnt. 

[TAFKARM]

9 hours ago, Ian Tolfree (tolf) - North London AO said:

No central heating on or log burner allowed until at least October. Us southern softies are not that soft!

I bet you buy all your wood too don't you? Shandy drinkers!

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

I have an unused fireplace and decided after much thought to avoid the wood burner trend. Here in sunny Bucks wood burners are almost as de rigeur as Agas so the price of well seasoned suitable wood is higher per calorie than gas and much less convenient. A gas fire might not look so romantic or appealing, but it is so much cleaner and easier to use so we shall probably go that way. All that being as it may, we've lived here in this house almost five years and not been cold yet despite the very cold winter of 2012-2013. Oh, and we've avoided Agas too... We are, of course, surrounded by woodland and can pick up wood free of charge if we're prepared to forage, but it can be two years before it's usable and still has the other problems associated with wood burners.

I expect there are avid fans of wood burners among us, and each to his/her own preferences, but I am not a convert currently. 

[John K]

On 9/10/2017 at 20:46, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

That's a scandalous rumour, now where's my long johns...

Long Johns..?

Guessing you are not a teenage lass out on the toon on a freezing December night, whose usual choice of garment wouldn't contain enough cloth to make a handkerchief.

And by the way, that's how you know you have officially become an old man - when you can drive through a town center on a freezing cold Christmas party night and when confronted with a sea of nubile barely covered teenage female flesh you no longer think "fwoar..." all you can think is "for heavens sake lass, cover up or you'll catch a cold"

[Kingster]

8 minutes ago, John K said:

Long Johns..?

Guessing you are not a teenage lass out on the toon on a freezing December night, whose usual choice of garment wouldn't contain enough cloth to make a handkerchief.

And by the way, that's how you know you have officially become an old man - when you can drive through a town center on a freezing cold Christmas party night and when confronted with a sea of nubile barely covered teenage female flesh you no longer think "fwoar..." all you can think is "for heavens sake lass, cover up or you'll catch a cold"

No - truth is I am actually not originally from round these parts and thus my DNA is not up to wearing a T-shirt at anything above -30ºC like "proper" Geordies do when "Oot on the Toon gannin doon the Bigg Market" 

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

To be fair, I did see a few ladies in quite flesh exposing, if still quite modest, dresses at the Revival on Saturday and it was peeing down! They were not in the same league as those though...

[CraigHew]

ahh the Bigg Market. now that takes me back to my mis-spent yoof.

A true Geordie rite of passage 

[Thrustyjust]

Must admit to walking the dogs on Seaburn Beach and being wrapped up like I was avoiding iceberg contact , to see Geordie ladies , scantily clad jumping into the sea............... absolutely bitter it was. I guess that was stage one of getting ready for their night out , as above 

[tolf]

12 hours ago, RussH said:

I bet you buy all your wood too don't you? Shandy drinkers!

Actually i get my wood from my tree surgery jobs!

[TAFKARM]

16 minutes ago, Ian Tolfree (tolf) - North London AO said:

Actually i get my wood from my tree surgery jobs!

I've always liked you Tolf, handsome,witty, charming, great guy. 

You Must have loads of spare wood, I could help!

[tolf]

30 minutes ago, RussH said:

I've always liked you Tolf, handsome,witty, charming, great guy. 

You Must have loads of spare wood, I could help!

Well you are only human, so i accept the compliments!! 

always happy to take logs 

[Kingster]

3 hours ago, Thrustyjust said:

Must admit to walking the dogs on Seaburn Beach and being wrapped up like I was avoiding iceberg contact , to see Geordie ladies , scantily clad jumping into the sea............... absolutely bitter it was. I guess that was stage one of getting ready for their night out , as above 

But Seaburn is in the south so positively tropical.

(Anything south of the Tyne is "The South" - unless your are in Clan McWesty)