Have you put your heating on yet?
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Nope. That's because I am in Mijas in Andalusia.
In fact, I was trying to work out how to turn the air conditioning on this morning.
Yesterday we drove up the A397 Carretera de Ronda, which is quite a road if you ever find yourself in this part of the world. We had lunch in a restaurant clinging to the cliff side in the middle of town, 300 feet up over the gorge next to the Puente Nova.
Don't care what it's doing at home. Enjoy!
In fact, I was trying to work out how to turn the air conditioning on this morning.
Yesterday we drove up the A397 Carretera de Ronda, which is quite a road if you ever find yourself in this part of the world. We had lunch in a restaurant clinging to the cliff side in the middle of town, 300 feet up over the gorge next to the Puente Nova.
Don't care what it's doing at home. Enjoy!
moanthebairns said:
TheLordJohn said:
BoRED S2upid said:
Electric blanket? In October even in the bitter cold of Yorkshire surely that's a bit OTT. What happens when it gets proper cold?
She's a 78 year old in a 33 year olds body...Not yet. I am waiting to win the lottery first with this weird electric ceiling we have. Basically, the whole ceiling of every room is an electric element. Can you imagine the bills?
Also, to be fair it isn't cold. I am currently typing this sitting in the garden in just jeans and a tee shirt with a very cold Guinness.
Also, to be fair it isn't cold. I am currently typing this sitting in the garden in just jeans and a tee shirt with a very cold Guinness.
Yup. Thermostat is set to 16 and just left there so the heating comes on whenever the ground floor temp hits 16. It's basically more of an emergency system.
But, I have tidied up and organised the heavier jumper selection in preparation and turned the Aga back on.
Also bought a new log store in preparation for next month.
But, I have tidied up and organised the heavier jumper selection in preparation and turned the Aga back on.
Also bought a new log store in preparation for next month.
K50 DEL said:
zarjaz1991 said:
K50 DEL said:
Nope, nowhere near cold enough yet, still wearing shorts around the house and sleeping with the windows open.
Came into the office this morning and some muppet had put the heating on, must have been 80 degrees, needless to say it's now off and the windows are all open, a lovely breeze blowing through.
This is always the women I'm afraid.Came into the office this morning and some muppet had put the heating on, must have been 80 degrees, needless to say it's now off and the windows are all open, a lovely breeze blowing through.
Every office I've been in has always had the same type of women...usually three or four of them....who insist the office is "freezing cold" even at the height of summer. AirCon has to go off, heating has to be turned up, windows closed, etc. Any dissent and they are off to HR claiming they are so cold they can't feel their fingers, etc etc. Meanwhile everyone else is close to fainting with the heat. It's pathetic. And it is ALWAYS women.
Thankfully the CEO (another woman) actually has no time for it and tells them to buy a jumper if they're cold!
TheLordJohn said:
Wife has turned it on (and the heated blanket...) but I just knock it down to 10 degrees whenever I'm in.
I'm not averse to having it on, when necessary, but her 'control' of it is absurd.
2 winters ago (North Yorks) we were £500 in credit going into the winter, paying £80 a month, and owed £500 in spring...
You southern softies! I'm not averse to having it on, when necessary, but her 'control' of it is absurd.
2 winters ago (North Yorks) we were £500 in credit going into the winter, paying £80 a month, and owed £500 in spring...
Douglas Quaid said:
Thermostats are a great invention. They turn your heating on when the temperature drops below a user defined level. I never ‘turn my heating on’. If it gets cold, it automatically turns on.
Which is how it should be but the ladies in our office yank it up to 35c because it will warm up quicker.What really pisses me off is we had been asking for aircon for years in the office and management decided to install it, do you know how many days we had it on last year? 2, two sodding days because it makes poppets nose tingly or gives another poppet a poorly cough, yet another poppet got cold fingers and toeses.....
Guess which three f
kers keep yanking the heating up?Office heating/cooling is a nightmare. For the reasons stated above. It's amazing how 99% of any office will freely accept that with a large mix of fellow workers that the general temperature needs to be a sensible average that will suit as many people as possible. But there is always a Janet. Janet is always an unproductive worker. She is a complainer. Janet is always riddled with diseases. Janet cannot stop talking incessantly to as many people as possible about her legion of diseases and complaints. Janet is also one of those low functioners who when not using her voice box to complain about something or explain the intricacies of her latest rash will use it to recount dull and pointless tales based around a previous conversation that no one was interested in them either: 'she said this and then I said that and then she said this.
When a 'Janet' is able to reach a thermostat then everyone else in the office is fked because the world revolves around a Janet and Janets need to inconvenience as many people as possible so that they feel better.
The key to a happy office environment is to ensure that the thermostat is located in the office of the lady who has a serious hard on for her career and who has a natural contempt for 'Janets'. Failing that the only solution is to tip the Janet out of the window that the moron has opened due to the aircon making the working environment bearable for everyone else. But there are health and safety issues when it comes to defenistrating Janets and it's important to follow the lifting instructions on that laminated workplace poster as Janets are always heavy units.
Luckily most offices in London now have windows that don't open and centralised temperature controls meaning that Janets can do nothing other than ramping up the tales of skin issues and 'he said, she said' banal drivlings.
When a 'Janet' is able to reach a thermostat then everyone else in the office is f
ked because the world revolves around a Janet and Janets need to inconvenience as many people as possible so that they feel better. The key to a happy office environment is to ensure that the thermostat is located in the office of the lady who has a serious hard on for her career and who has a natural contempt for 'Janets'. Failing that the only solution is to tip the Janet out of the window that the moron has opened due to the aircon making the working environment bearable for everyone else. But there are health and safety issues when it comes to defenistrating Janets and it's important to follow the lifting instructions on that laminated workplace poster as Janets are always heavy units.
Luckily most offices in London now have windows that don't open and centralised temperature controls meaning that Janets can do nothing other than ramping up the tales of skin issues and 'he said, she said' banal drivlings.
Douglas Quaid said:
Thermostats are a great invention. They turn your heating on when the temperature drops below a user defined level. I never ‘turn my heating on’. If it gets cold, it automatically turns on.
I always have my theomatat on at 20 degrees and end up turning the heating on to 23 manually, I like it totasty, then I sit in my pjs dressing gown and slipper and nap on the sofa like a big toasty marshmallow.I like to be able to see the heat haze
DonkeyApple said:
Office heating/cooling is a nightmare. For the reasons stated above. It's amazing how 99% of any office will freely accept that with a large mix of fellow workers that the general temperature needs to be a sensible average that will suit as many people as possible. But there is always a Janet. Janet is always an unproductive worker. She is a complainer. Janet is always riddled with diseases. Janet cannot stop talking incessantly to as many people as possible about her legion of diseases and complaints. Janet is also one of those low functioners who when not using her voice box to complain about something or explain the intricacies of her latest rash will use it to recount dull and pointless tales based around a previous conversation that no one was interested in them either: 'she said this and then I said that and then she said this.
When a 'Janet' is able to reach a thermostat then everyone else in the office is fked because the world revolves around a Janet and Janets need to inconvenience as many people as possible so that they feel better.
The key to a happy office environment is to ensure that the thermostat is located in the office of the lady who has a serious hard on for her career and who has a natural contempt for 'Janets'. Failing that the only solution is to tip the Janet out of the window that the moron has opened due to the aircon making the working environment bearable for everyone else. But there are health and safety issues when it comes to defenistrating Janets and it's important to follow the lifting instructions on that laminated workplace poster as Janets are always heavy units.
Luckily most offices in London now have windows that don't open and centralised temperature controls meaning that Janets can do nothing other than ramping up the tales of skin issues and 'he said, she said' banal drivlings.
Don't be like Janet? When a 'Janet' is able to reach a thermostat then everyone else in the office is f
ked because the world revolves around a Janet and Janets need to inconvenience as many people as possible so that they feel better. The key to a happy office environment is to ensure that the thermostat is located in the office of the lady who has a serious hard on for her career and who has a natural contempt for 'Janets'. Failing that the only solution is to tip the Janet out of the window that the moron has opened due to the aircon making the working environment bearable for everyone else. But there are health and safety issues when it comes to defenistrating Janets and it's important to follow the lifting instructions on that laminated workplace poster as Janets are always heavy units.
Luckily most offices in London now have windows that don't open and centralised temperature controls meaning that Janets can do nothing other than ramping up the tales of skin issues and 'he said, she said' banal drivlings.
DonkeyApple said:
Office heating/cooling is a nightmare. For the reasons stated above. It's amazing how 99% of any office will freely accept that with a large mix of fellow workers that the general temperature needs to be a sensible average that will suit as many people as possible. But there is always a Janet. Janet is always an unproductive worker. She is a complainer. Janet is always riddled with diseases. Janet cannot stop talking incessantly to as many people as possible about her legion of diseases and complaints. Janet is also one of those low functioners who when not using her voice box to complain about something or explain the intricacies of her latest rash will use it to recount dull and pointless tales based around a previous conversation that no one was interested in them either: 'she said this and then I said that and then she said this.
When a 'Janet' is able to reach a thermostat then everyone else in the office is fked because the world revolves around a Janet and Janets need to inconvenience as many people as possible so that they feel better.
The key to a happy office environment is to ensure that the thermostat is located in the office of the lady who has a serious hard on for her career and who has a natural contempt for 'Janets'. Failing that the only solution is to tip the Janet out of the window that the moron has opened due to the aircon making the working environment bearable for everyone else. But there are health and safety issues when it comes to defenistrating Janets and it's important to follow the lifting instructions on that laminated workplace poster as Janets are always heavy units.
Luckily most offices in London now have windows that don't open and centralised temperature controls meaning that Janets can do nothing other than ramping up the tales of skin issues and 'he said, she said' banal drivlings.
Just imagine the problem in a big office when you have Janet x 6. Each of them with different ailments, tolerance levels, temperature needs etc. When a 'Janet' is able to reach a thermostat then everyone else in the office is f
ked because the world revolves around a Janet and Janets need to inconvenience as many people as possible so that they feel better. The key to a happy office environment is to ensure that the thermostat is located in the office of the lady who has a serious hard on for her career and who has a natural contempt for 'Janets'. Failing that the only solution is to tip the Janet out of the window that the moron has opened due to the aircon making the working environment bearable for everyone else. But there are health and safety issues when it comes to defenistrating Janets and it's important to follow the lifting instructions on that laminated workplace poster as Janets are always heavy units.
Luckily most offices in London now have windows that don't open and centralised temperature controls meaning that Janets can do nothing other than ramping up the tales of skin issues and 'he said, she said' banal drivlings.
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