The saving grace of this time of year (one of many); otherwise, the electric heaters would be on, ramped up to maximum output.
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The saving grace of this time of year (one of many); otherwise, the electric heaters would be on, ramped up to maximum output.
I can remember being in that situation not too many weeks ago. Nice and toasty now.
Even though the heating (when working) has been reduced to a few hours a day, (early morning and late evening - it is still only April, after all), it is nice to have it - and have it working - at those times.
Just put ours on as it’s a bit chilly this evening. We still have a fire to install at some point. But that will probably wait until next year me thinks.
Well, mine is running (for now), and hopefully will stumble though the week-end.
The plumber will service it and repair what needs repairing next week.
Best not to tax it too much. Just keep it on low I’d have thought. Enjoy your hot shower.
On my mind is staff furlough. We are going to have to furlough some more next week.
So the internet was out all night. I hope people start screaming from the rooftops. Our ISP providers are really screwing people. With little to no competition, you'd think they would spend money to ensure proper infrastructure but nope!
I don't envy the people working or doing schooling from home.
I don't envy the people working or doing schooling from home.
No, I shall try not to; upstairs is set to 16C (64F), while downstairs is set to 20C (68F), both a few degrees lower than I would normally have it set at/to.
However, as the plumber and I agreed, Mother is no longer with us - hence, no need for the heating to be on (and at a high heat - my mother and I both have a tremendous tolerance for heat) upstairs all the time.
For now, the key thing is to ensure that I have hot water; the plumber stressed that he is pretty certain that it will fail within the next week, so his task today (Friday evening) was to diagnose what was wrong, attempt a temporary remedy to give me some sort of relief over the week-end, determine what he needed, discuss options, and return early next week with the necessary parts and carry out the repair (and service the boiler while he is at it).
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Ugh. It's not THAT warm yet, is it... or at least not here, not after nightfall.
Hope you can have someone take a look and fix it. Furnace techs certainly count as an essential service around here! We're still getting overnight snowfalls...
Who is your provider? I’m with Suddenlink and I wish Texas would go with open market internet, like they did with electric service providers.
Spectrum, formerly Time Warner. Our only other option is AT&T at this point since we can't have a satellite without paying the apartment a monthly fee for it.
I saved a bee that got in my home without having to kill it. That feels nice. I really abhor killing the little guys. It feels wrong to me.
Am I weird?
The best people are the unusual ones. I’m a bit unwell. 🤪
No, not at all.
Why kill something such as a bee?
Why kill without just cause? Why kill except as a last resort and then only when threatened and no other alternative presents itself?
Personally, I always try to trap them and release them; damn it, I even trap (with a coffee cup and saucer, or, preferably, an open window) and release spiders.
It all comes down to who thinks you're weird or unusual.
Good: people who know you well, random
Bad: psychiatric review board, parole board, driver of the bus you want to board.
I'm a mix of good and bad, does that make neutral?
I gave you a Like, so that makes you net positive. Or maybe a chaotic elf. I'm not sure which reference to look it up in.
No you're not weird. I take bees, wasps and spiders outside too if they'll let me. Spiders I take out to the kitchen in wintertime; they're welcome to any gnats or fruit flies they might find out there. I draw the line short of mosquitoes and houseflies though. No mercy there.
On the internet issues: I preferentially stick w/ DSL from Frontier over switching to Spectrum after hearing the tales of woe from some near neighbors who switched. My download speed isn't great but it's stable and high enough so I can at least stream regular video without a problem most of the time. I'll take that over erratic speeds and unexplained outages..
Wasps are a different story. Wasps and kale got no reason to live.
OK i just threw your quilt in the recycle bin. That's like "hold my beer".
Okay.
Wasps, yes, agreed.
That is where temporary suspension of the Fifth Commandment may well be in order, even though they do have the sense to be ruled by a Queen.
Kale?
Steam it. And then.....add loads of butter and lashings of garlic.....
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No, not neutral.
Merely complex. Complicated. Convoluted.
Wasps eat aphids. Now aphids I have no use for. Wasps just need to be taken outside where the aphids live... I admit I've given up and killed one once in awhile since they can become increasingly annoyed about efforts to shove them into a yogurt cup or something with an index card or the like to keep them in there long enough for a trip to the back door...
Kale is my frequent answer to "What's missing from this soup / salad / rice / potato dish / veggie burger?" I haven't tried it in pancakes yet, won't say it will never happen since I do like savory pancakes once in awhile. Love kale steamed and dressed with olive oil and then add a splash of red wine vinegar or lemon and some crumbled feta cheese , serve warm or cold.
Kale is my frequent answer to "What's missing from this soup / salad / rice / potato dish / veggie burger?" I haven't tried it in pancakes yet, won't say it will never happen since I do like savory pancakes once in awhile. Love kale steamed and dressed with olive oil and then add a splash of red wine vinegar or lemon and some crumbled feta cheese , serve warm or cold.
And, @Gutwrench & @LizKat: Kale, shredded, (not steamed) but stir-fried at a high heat in oil......with (er, yes, lashings of garlic and this time, also with ginger and chilli), is also delicious.
Sounds good! I think @Gutwrench has maybe gone shopping to get some kale, just to see whether it has evolved since he last sampled it.
No, I go out of my way to save little critters. spiders, lizards in the house get saved. Usually if I find a cockroach, it's dead having crossed the Home Defense barrier. If I find one alive it suffers a quick death, before unceremoniously being pitched out the door. Sometimes I find half drowned if not all the way drowned little creatures in the pool scuppers. A week ago, found a little snake, it might have been a copper head, but it was hard to tell. I tossed him over the back wall. Today escorted a little frog and skink off the deck over to the garden area. Got a little wave from the skink...the frog just hopped off like I was bothering him.
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I catch most things and take out if I can. But wasps are only let out if it’s easier than trying to catch them. Wasps kill bees and are evil little creatures. Bees are lovely.
Along with the birds they are the highlight in the garden.
Along with the birds they are the highlight in the garden.