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[kbk]

Ohhhh my. It is cold. It is very cold. I just discovered I have ICE on the INSIDE of my front windows. Admittedly the heating has only just come on, but seriously. Ice. Inside. That's not fair.

Also not fair: I went out about nine this morning to go to Key, only to be told when I got there that they are not open. (Also, one of the staff called me 'petal', and I can think of very few women less petal-like than myself.) So then I came back via the shops, which is good because now I have money on the gas and more food. I did not fall over but there were a few slippy bits.

I have been out the last two days but that was in the afternoon, which was cold, but not quite as bitter as this morning, which was quite a shock to the system.

The drains are not working very well, so I emailed my landlord aka father and he as suggested I could go stay in their house until the weather improves. That would be warmer, but then so would the fiery pits of hell. Probably I will not tell him about the ice inside the windows as then he might try to insist and that could be unfortunate.

I am going to change my heating strategy. I have had it on full, only part of the time. I think it would be better to have it permanently on low, with more as and when. *nods*

I hope you are all warm.

Comments

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

You could try using a blow dryer on a low setting on the ice? Or that could crack the glass, I suppose, so...maybe that's not a good idea.

Stay warm! Find lots of blankets!

[kbk]

The ice is gone now. Apparently it does help when you switch the heating on. But I have a big jumper and a duvet on me, and a blanket standing by, so all is well.

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

And a lovely feeling it is too.

[clockworksaint.livejournal.com]

Do you have a fridge-freezer? We let it get too cold in our kitchen and the fridge-freezer stopped freezing. Apparently this happens if the room gets colder than the fridge should be inside. So keep an eye on it. A friend showed me a trick I didn't know: put an ice-cube in a cup in the freezer. If the freezer has thawed and refrozen you can tell because the your ice-cube is no longer a cube.

[kbk]

I only have a fridge. I asked for a freezer for christmas and it is not yet bought but now I am thinking I would rather have the money. Hmm.

That is a good trick but I would just check the ice-cream, you tend to get crystals on the top.

[fringelement.livejournal.com]

I'd be carefull...when I put the heaters on low all the time, I tend to get mold a lot more often than the turn-it-up-high-occasionally method.

[kbk]

Crap, I didn't think of that. Once the weather improves (i.e. goes above freezing some of the time) I will go back to the previous method, I think. This stuff is complicated...