Cold Weather Is Coming & Heating Bills Are Rising, What Are Your Tips To Help Cope With The Cold This Winter?
[b][c=BF0000]Any Useful Tips To Make It Easier To Cope?[/c][/b]
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[b][c=BF0000]Any Useful Tips To Make It Easier To Cope?[/c][/b]
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4meAndyou · F
The English, typically, have lived in some very old drafty homes, and over the centuries have developed methods to cope with very little heat. Their philosophy was to heat the body, not the room.
Primarily, they wear jumpers, (or sweaters as we say in the USA), and layers. Gone are the days of long dresses for women, and wearing layers of petticoats to warm our legs and feet, but we do have long underwear. In the distant past, ladies wore warm woolen shawls draped about their shoulders to stay warm. Today we have afghans and throws.
I used to rent a room in an ancient and uninsulated house in Plymouth, with single pane windows and no insulation, and the wind and ice from the harbor blew straight up the street to my bedroom. At one point, I was so cold I ordered a ski suit online. I also ordered battery operated socks, because I could warm my upper body, but my feet would freeze as I sat at my desk working on my laptop.
When sleeping, if there is NO heat, wear a hat to bed or a hoodie. I survived four days of no heat or electricity in that same uninsulated house by piling every article of clothing I owned on my bed under the duvet, and covering my head. I was as warm as a hibernating squirrel!
Primarily, warm yourself from the inside. Mugs of warm soup, hot tea, cocoa, and so on, warm your internal organs so you don't require all of your energy to warm your insides.
Primarily, they wear jumpers, (or sweaters as we say in the USA), and layers. Gone are the days of long dresses for women, and wearing layers of petticoats to warm our legs and feet, but we do have long underwear. In the distant past, ladies wore warm woolen shawls draped about their shoulders to stay warm. Today we have afghans and throws.
I used to rent a room in an ancient and uninsulated house in Plymouth, with single pane windows and no insulation, and the wind and ice from the harbor blew straight up the street to my bedroom. At one point, I was so cold I ordered a ski suit online. I also ordered battery operated socks, because I could warm my upper body, but my feet would freeze as I sat at my desk working on my laptop.
When sleeping, if there is NO heat, wear a hat to bed or a hoodie. I survived four days of no heat or electricity in that same uninsulated house by piling every article of clothing I owned on my bed under the duvet, and covering my head. I was as warm as a hibernating squirrel!
Primarily, warm yourself from the inside. Mugs of warm soup, hot tea, cocoa, and so on, warm your internal organs so you don't require all of your energy to warm your insides.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou How did you keep your water inside the house from freezing if you didn’t use heat? They even give warnings to people here about opening their cabinet doors under all the sinks and having the heat on warm enough to keep it from freezing. My heat vents are running underneath the sinks so it stays toasty even with the cabinet doors closed.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@4meAndyou Oklahoma is bad because we get so much changes of weather here, gust fronts and even if the temperature only falls 10 degrees the swelling starts about 2 days before. Rain or snow headed this way will do it too even in the summer. I have wondered what it would be like to move to Kauai island where the temperature is always moderate and doesn’t change much from summer to winter. How that would affect arthritis.