The totally off-topic thread

[drron]

I could have used a fire down here this morning.Gas ran out and a cold shower,now that is OK back home in QLD but tasmania in May I would have been happy if a masochis_:shock:

 

[anat0l]

I could have used a fire down here this morning.Gas ran out and a cold shower,now that is OK back home in QLD but tasmania in May I would have been happy if a masochis_:shock:

Isn't it about this time you consider finding some dry wood and some matches?


I'm sure most of us have been caught in the cold with no hot water before...

 

[drron]

Isn't it about this time you consider finding some dry wood and some matches?


I'm sure most of us have been caught in the cold with no hot water before...

Yes every other house in Tassie has a wood fire except the one I'm in.Also drizzle for last 24 hours,snowing on the plateau and tomorrow snow down to 500metres.
I could break up the furniture.i do have some matches

 

[anat0l]

I could break up the furniture.

I was just about to suggest that. :mrgreen:

I guess more seriously I hope you can get another source of gas in the midst of that kind of cold. (Access might be a problem with that kind of weather....)

 

[Mal]

I could break up the furniture.i do have some matches

Hahaha. Yeah, that always is an option! Not sure the owner of the place (unless it's yours!) would appreciate that though... Also being in Tasmania, you'd have to watch out for Greenies. ("Save the furniture man!")

 

[jsd]

Yes every other house in Tassie has a wood fire except the one I'm in.

Not quite, before we moved in our fireplace was closed in with plaster, some days we have considered knocking that wall out and lighting it just to warm up the house

F.Y.I: A heat pump does not cut the mustard in TAS

Also drizzle for last 24 hours,snowing on the plateau and tomorrow snow down to 500metres.
I could break up the furniture.i do have some matches

And a Max of 13 degrees, aren't we lucky drron


Josh

 

[drron]

I was just about to suggest that. :mrgreen:

I guess more seriously I hope you can get another source of gas in the midst of that kind of cold. (Access might be a problem with that kind of weather....)

No fortunately i am near sea level.If snow blocks access here then we are truly in for Global Cooling.
Gas has been restored so i can cook dinner.Hot water also back.
Mal funny about the greenies here-invariably those that have green stickers on their letterboxes have the biggest stack of timber and of course the large,old 4WD.:shock:

 

[anat0l]

F.Y.I: A heat pump does not cut the mustard in TAS

Neither does thinking about hot things? Such as a fire, the depths of Hell, the core of the Earth, the sun's surface, a beautiful woman ...:?:

It's a not so silly logic that when people talk about something they will start to feel that way (for example, talking about being itchy causes some people to scratch; or talking about water causes some people to run to the bathroom).

 

[Mal]

invariably those that have green stickers on their letterboxes have the biggest stack of timber and of course the large,old 4WD.:shock:

Not unusual !

"I do as I want, not what I say to do" applies to many people!

 

[serfty]

It actually quite amazing the number of chimneys showing the signs of active fires within as you travel around Taswegia ...

... I've hated household fireplaces in general for the last 40 years - ever since every day after school I had to chop wood and light up the kitchen's internal combustion stove - just so we'd have hot water for the night and somewhere to cook dinner (no matter what the weather).

 

[drron]

It actually quite amazing the number of chimneys showing the signs of active fires within as you travel around Taswegia ...

... I've hated household fireplaces in general for the last 40 years - ever since every day after school I had to chop wood and light up the kitchen's internal combustion stove - just so we'd have hot water for the night and somewhere to cook dinner (no matter what the weather).

That's nothing when i was young we lived in a shoebox

 

[serfty]

That's nothing when i was young we lived in a shoebox

At least your shoebox didn't have a fireplace ... or not for long anyway

 

[drron]

At least your shoebox didn't have a fireplace ... or not for long anyway

Well we couldn't afford the matches

 

[samh004]

F.Y.I: A heat pump does not cut the mustard in TAS

It did for me in Wanaka, NZ, during the winter. It’s not great, but it’s liveable.

 

[MissBurrill]

Nothing on nonews...so maybe it hasn't been reported...

Welccome back to SYD, karens...

Thanks.

Almost.... in CBR at the moment, driving home tomorrow I believe.

What he said.

 

[medhead]

Mal funny about the greenies here-invariably those that have green stickers on their letterboxes have the biggest stack of timber and of course the large,old 4WD.:shock:

Isn't that what they call sustainable - destroy the planet slowly.

 

[straitman]

It actually quite amazing the number of chimneys showing the signs of active fires within as you travel around Taswegia ...

We have a green inclined friend in Hobart who was horrified when I mentioned the amount of pollution from household fireplaces around Hobart. she had never thought about it from that perspective. She got rid of her wood heater the following year.

... I've hated household fireplaces in general for the last 40 years - ever since every day after school I had to chop wood and light up the kitchen's internal combustion stove - just so we'd have hot water for the night and somewhere to cook dinner (no matter what the weather).

I resemble that remark :!:

 

[whereishome]

Totally off topic - if anyone likes thumpy-go-bang-doofer-doofer-repetitive music, here's my most recent promo. And I will be DJing at a club in Tokyo this June - can I now call myself a jetsetting spin doctor?

biru - May 2010 House Mix - SoundCloud

 

[Dee Thom]

We have a green inclined friend in Hobart who was horrified when I mentioned the amount of pollution from household fireplaces around Hobart. she had never thought about it from that perspective. She got rid of her wood heater the following year.

And purchased what Bill With all the hydro power from up in the lakes district electric heaters may be the go. Half their luck, when we get a cold night on the Sunny Coast and turn on an electric heater, the meter spins faster than a Malaysian Top !

Cheers Dee

 

[anat0l]

when we get a cold night on the Sunny Coast

What the hell is a cold night on the Sunny Coast? Is there such a thing?