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You should just see the picture, it isn't a link.
Indeed... I can see the image fine. Bazza, you need to stop using 'gas-powered' computers!:ner:;)
Marco.
No - all I get is "Vietnamese Keyboard Online". ?????????????????
View from my front door. Just been down the shop. Had to dig my jump boots out, trainers won't cut it today.
https://i.ibb.co/CnrXBpq/20201229-094826.jpg (https://ibb.co/XzwdXf9)
typewriter font copy and paste (https://usefulwebtool.com/)
All I see of the attachment is "typwriter font copy and paste", and if you click on it it comes up with "Vietnamese Keyboard Online".
Lol.... Who's laptop are you on, and which browser are you using?
Marco.
Lol.... Who's laptop are you on, and which browser are you using?
Marco.
Google Chrome.
Have you got Ad-block plus switched on (which is built into the Chrome browser)? If not, click on the settings on the top R/H corner of the screen and activate it. That should cure the issue.
Marco.
walpurgis
30-12-2020, 08:00
The temperature is hovering around 0C again. Looks to be a clear and bright day, but it's damn nippy!
2 below here.. no more snow that i can see tho. still pretty white
Clear skies here. And cold.
Pigmy Pony
30-12-2020, 09:16
Just been out to check the ice-ometer (bucket of water under the car port). Ice currently 6mm thick, so not nearly enough to skate on the canal. The cat might get away with it, but if I 'volunteer' her she'll properly fall out with me.
Zero ice here, or snow... Simply not cold enough! Currently dry and sunny..........and BOOOORRRINNGG!!:rolleyes:
Marco.
No more snow forecast in the next week. Long term forecast is for a colder than average January.
I suppose it was due, we got away with it the last few years.
Sure, however what this neatly highlights is how much more we're protected here from the elements than you, and why it's also cooler where you are during the summer months, when we're sweltering in 30+C heat!;)
Marco.
we get the cold weather from east and wet weather from west here in equal measure. not the best spot weather wise.
Sure, however what this neatly highlights is how much more we're protected here from the elements than you, and why it's also cooler where you are during the summer months, when we're sweltering in 30+C heat!;)
Marco.
Lol I said you want to move up into the hills. There was about a week or so this summer where I had to stop using the Krell amp as it was just making the room too warm, even for me. And only one night where the bedroom was just too warm and I had to put a fan on. And that was an exceptional summer.
We both have old houses though, I'd guess a modern insulated house would be cooler in the hot weather and warmer in the winter.
Yeah, sure. I also agree with the latter, although the issue here is that we're south facing, so get the sun all day, and with having such thick sandstone walls, once they've been baking for hours in 30+C temps, they retain the heat and the house turns into an oven, and which gets progressively worse the longer the heatwave lasts, coupled with the fact that our bedroom is upstairs!:doh:
At least this year, if it gets as hot, Del's got her new dressing room downstairs - she'll probably end up sleeping there, too!
Marco.
Your house is detached with no other building close so you're facing all directions!
My house is a terrace and the row is angled so it gets as little direct sun as is physically possible. I don't think that was intentional but there it is.
Fit an over bed fan...fabulous things. :D
Your house is detached with no other building close so you're facing all directions!
My house is a terrace and the row is angled so it gets as little direct sun as is physically possible. I don't think that was intentional but there it is.
Yup, and there's generally no shortage of light... It's fine, as long as the temp remains below 25C, but not when it's 30C+, and we had around 6 days this summer when that was the case, or not far off it, of such sustained heat, which gets a little wearing, especially when it prevents you from sleeping.
That's why I have no qualms about the winter months... Stick the log burner on, and it's nice and toasty/cosy, and *you* can control the temperature you're living in, rather than having it dictated by nature.
Nothing worse than when you're lying naked in a pool of sweat, and simply can't cool down!
Marco.
Fit an over bed fan...fabulous things. :D
Yesh, it would compliment our overhead mirror:eyebrows:
No, I like them, but Del doesn't like sleeping in a draught.
Marco.
Yesh, it would compliment our overhead mirror:eyebrows:
No, I like them, but Del doesn't like sleeping in a draught.
Marco.
fair enough but when its hot like that its not so much a draught as a welcome waft. mine has 3 speeds.. slow speed just moves air about slightly.. you can set them to waft down or up as well. a switch on side just reverses the blade direction. mine has the lights too so its just fitted where the light rose was.
I'm with you all the way mate, but for Del it's a draught, and she feels the cold more than me. When she's at home, she cuddles her furry cat hot-water bottle 24/7 (which I have to keep topped up), and that's the case from the end of August until the end of May...
I know summer's officially arrived when Del ditches her hot-water bottle!:D
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
30-12-2020, 14:42
Yeah, sure. I also agree with the latter, although the issue here is that we're south facing, so get the sun all day, and with having such thick sandstone walls, once they've been baking for hours in 30+C temps, they retain the heat and the house turns into an oven, and which gets progressively worse the longer the heatwave lasts, coupled with the fact that our bedroom is upstairs!:doh:
At least this year, if it gets as hot, Del's got her new dressing room downstairs - she'll probably end up sleeping there, too!
Marco.
If your walls were really that thick you wouldn't have this problem. Have you ever entered an old church when abroad during the summer, and thought argh, it's stifling in here? No, me neither.
Get yourself a nice little air con unit for your bedroom, you don't have to have it wafting cold air at you, have it pointing away. It will still do the job, but no draughts. Or convert a downstairs room and sleep there. No rule says you have to sleep upstairs.
If you plan to live there for long you really should work towards 365 days a year comfort :)
If your walls were really that thick you wouldn't have this problem. Have you ever entered an old church when abroad during the summer, and thought argh, it's stifling in here? No, me neither.
Lol - yes, but they generally have high ceilings, we don't!
I know the walls are thick because I saw the size of the drill bit that the electrician used (looked about a foot long) when he was feeding the cable from the dedicated earth I have for my hi-fi (in the lawn from the earth rods) into the house - and listening to him heave and moan (with sweat pishing off him), as he pushed all his weight against the drill to get the necessary hole drilled!;)
Took him ages... Easy it wasn't.
Get yourself a nice little air con unit for your bedroom, you don't have to have it wafting cold air at you, have it pointing away. It will still do the job, but no draughts.
Yes, I think that may be the answer for next year, if it gets that hot again. As for converting another downstairs room, there isn't one now that Del's got her new dressing room, and which she really wants to keep for herself.
Marco.
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Nothing worse than when you're lying naked in a pool of sweat, and simply can't cool down!
Marco.
Oh I don't know - all depends on the circumstance :D
Ha - I was waiting for someone to come in with that!:D
Marco.
better than a pool of piss;)
You been there?:eyebrows:
Marco.
You been there?:eyebrows:
Marco.
no but ive a hell of an imagination ;)
Lol - that's what your 'elasticated friend' is for:eyebrows:
Marco.
some snow and sleet forecast here for tomorrow morning, then maybe a little rain as temps rise to a balmy 3c:doh::D
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 07:45
listening to him heave and moan (with sweat pishing off him), as he pushed all his weight against the drill to get the necessary hole drilled!;)
Marco.
Kinky, but I'm not really interested in how you "paid" for his services :eyebrows:
Your walls aren't a million miles from being normal thickness, which would be about 2x4 inches (inner and outer brick) + about 2" cavity, + maybe an inch for plasterwork = 11". If your house is really old it may not have a cavity, which wouldn't be good for insulating the inner wall from the outer.
So it looks like air con is your best option, but don't wait until the next heat wave when demand is high, you know it makes sense :)
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 07:53
A couple of inches of snow this morning.
Our road joins the main road at the bottom of a 1 in 4 gradient which has caught me out a couple of times, with my van sliding across the road into the path of traffic. I got away with it both times due to it being early and traffic moving slowly on the snow. But my luck will eventually run out so I won't be leaving the house today (except maybe to check the ice-ometer) :)
walpurgis
31-12-2020, 08:59
0C again. This is getting to be a habit!
walpurgis
31-12-2020, 09:13
I wonder how many folk still have a water tank in the loft? I remember pipes freezing and bursting when I was a lad, water running down walls and ceilings sagging.
I wonder how many folk still have a water tank in the loft? I remember pipes freezing and bursting when I was a lad, water running down walls and ceilings sagging.
quite a few i'd imagine.. mine was taken out when new heating went in.
snow is belting down now.. on for a while judging by sky
walpurgis
31-12-2020, 09:24
quite a few i'd imagine.. mine was taken out when new heating went in.
Same here and that was over thirty years ago. The clutter free loft came in handy, it's full of Hi-Fi boxes now :).
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 09:26
I wonder how many folk still have a water tank in the loft? I remember pipes freezing and bursting when I was a lad, water running down walls and ceilings sagging.
Oh, was that your family in the old public information film? "Well done, an object lesson in how to deal with a burst pipe - what a pity you let it happen in the first place!" The crestfallen looks on their faces was great, if a little hammy :)
walpurgis
31-12-2020, 09:32
The pipes used to be lagged with sacking and the tank was galvanised steel. I wonder if you can even buy a galvanised tank still? Not seen one for ages, not even at the tip.
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 09:37
The pipes used to be lagged with sacking and the tank was galvanised steel. I wonder if you can even buy a galvanised tank still? Not seen one for ages, not even at the tip.
Scrap rats usually get them before they make it to the tip. I've took out one or two, absolutely minging inside :spew: Probably made of plastic these days. I have also taken out one or two really old ones, which were a wooden box lined with lead. Scrap rats didn't get their mitts on them, I weighed them in meself :)
think my one is still up there or bits of it.. it has a wood lid. ive birds in my loft.
Kinky, but I'm not really interested in how you "paid" for his services :eyebrows:
Yesh, and he even shlipped into the leather jodhpurs I'd left out, and squealed like a stallion:D
Your walls aren't a million miles from being normal thickness, which would be about 2x4 inches (inner and outer brick) + about 2" cavity, + maybe an inch for plasterwork = 11". If your house is really old it may not have a cavity, which wouldn't be good for insulating the inner wall from the outer.
If you mean "normal thickness", in terms of the shite that they throw up [literally] these days, it's far from that. I know next to nothing about DIY, so what's the biggest masonry drill-bit you can buy?
I'm crap at judging the lengths of things [haha, yes, go for it, lol]. The one I saw the guy use was flexing in the middle when he was pushing against it, it was that big! Drilling through multiple layers of solid sandstone isn't easy.
The house was built in 1887. Btw, I'm talking about outside walls here, just in case there's any confusion, but the walls are very thick and consequently retain the heat, which of course the draughty old windows subsequently let out:eyebrows:
So it looks like air con is your best option, but don't wait until the next heat wave when demand is high, you know it makes sense :)
Yeah, that's what we'll probably do:)
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 09:53
https://youtu.be/oMY0gbXcWwo
Oh, was that your family in the old public information film? "Well done, an object lesson in how to deal with a burst pipe - what a pity you let it happen in the first place!" The crestfallen looks on their faces was great, if a little hammy :)
Here it is complete with the 'Carry On' style incidental music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMY0gbXcWwo
Yesh, and he even shlipped into the leather jodhpurs and riding boots I'd left out, and screamed like a stallion:D
If you mean "normal thickness", in terms of the shite that they throw up [literally] these days, it's far from that. I know next to nothing about DIY, so what's the biggest masonry drill-bit you can buy?
I'm crap at judging the lengths of things [haha, yes, go for it, lol]. The one I saw the guy use was flexing in the middle when he was pushing against it, it was that big! Drilling through multiple layers of solid sandstone isn't easy.
The house was built in 1887. Btw, I'm talking about outside walls here, just in case there's any confusion, but the walls are very thick and consequently retain the heat, which of course the draughty old windows subsequently let out:eyebrows:
Yeah, that's what we'll probably do:)
Marco.
Actually your walls won't retain much of the heat generated inside the house although they will soak up heat from the sun (when there is some) and slowly release it.
Sandstone has an R value of between 1.8 and 2.9 per metre of thickness depending on the exact type of sandstone. By comparison just 1 inch of PIR insulation board has an R value of 5.
If you lined all your inside walls with that it would make the house a lot warmer in winter and a lot cooler in summer. You've got the worst of all worlds right now, as do I.
On the flip side our properties have 'character'. :)
Modern houses may be thrown up but they are a fuck of a sight warmer - a mate of mine heats his entire 4 bed house with his 60'' plasma telly.
Actually your walls won't retain much of the heat generated inside the house although they will soak up heat from the sun (when there is some) and slowly release it.
Yes, that's what I meant:)
If you lined all your inside walls with that it would make the house a lot warmer in winter and a lot cooler in summer. You've got the worst of all worlds right now, as do I.
On the flip side our properties have 'character'. :)
Lol, indeed, and in our case quite a bit! Despite some disadvantages, we wouldn't live in a modern house if you paid us.
It's the not just the houses themselves, but often the locations (who wants to live in a soulless 'housing estate'?) unless you're in a detached property somewhere rural, and being surrounded by oiks [immediate neighbours are a BIG no-no for us], plus having next to no garden space!:doh:
One of the nice things about our place, is although the house itself is quite small, there's loads of land - and that's something we'd always want anywhere we lived, as the sense of space provides peace, freedom and independence, all of which are priceless commodities these days!
Modern houses may be thrown up but they are a fuck of a sight warmer - a mate of mine heats his entire 4 bed house with his 60'' plasma telly.
Keeping the house warm isn't a problem, trust me (especially with the wood burner on, and central heating) - it's the opposite challenge during the summer!
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 10:38
What's the snow situation in Wrexham? Did you get what you wished for?
Nope - aside from a tiny bit of sleet, NOWT! Del is most disappointed, as even her snow dance didn't work.
Marco.
No snow. Sunshine, blue skies and the remains of a very heavy frost in shady areas - looks quite magical :)
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 10:57
It's the not just the houses themselves, but often the locations (who wants to live in a soulless 'housing estate'?) unless you're in a detached property somewhere rural, and being surrounded by oiks [immediate neighbours are a BIG no-no for us], plus having next to no garden space!:doh:
Marco.
I hear that the good people of Wrexham have regular meetings to discuss the thorny issue of how to get onto Marco's list of approved human beings. Many are of the opinion that it's just not worth the effort, and they should build you a private road from your front door to Lidl :)
:lolsign:
Best being as far away as possible from every fucker, especially these days!;)
TBH, I'd rather 'oiks' than vulgar social-climbing 'keeping up with the Joneses'/'Hyacinth Bouquet' types, often found in so-called 'posh' modern housing estates:wanker:
Been there and done that (in Glasgow), and NEVER again!:nono:
Marco.
Nope - aside from a tiny bit of sleet, NOWT! Del is most disappointed, as even her snow dance didn't work.
Marco.
still snowing here
Enjoy... We've got clear-blue skies, bright sunshine and frost!
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 11:57
Sunny here, and the snow's melting. Big slab just dropped off car windscreen.
Very sunny here now, should melt the last of the crap off the roads.
Filterlab
31-12-2020, 12:18
Was clear and -5° here earlier, now clouded over but still cold.
Not a single flake of snow this way, but it is a bit of a warm ‘lump’ on the edge of the UK here.
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 12:25
Was clear and -5° here earlier, now clouded over but still cold.
Not a single flake of snow this way, but it is a bit of a warm ‘lump’ on the edge of the UK here.
Can't beat a warm lump when the weather's bad. Even better if she can cook :)
...as long as she doesn't leave damp patches on the sheets. Fat birds tend to sweat a lot.
Marco.
Pigmy Pony
31-12-2020, 12:45
...as long as she doesn't leave damp patches on the sheets. Fat birds tend to sweat a lot.
Marco.
And they also smell of fish & chips. Oh wait, that was the fat birds from your past describing you :ner:
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