Potential power outages this winter

bjorkiii · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:31

People called me weird for saving my ear wax, whos laughing now !!

Diddums · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:39

adam cool dude said:
This whole scare mongering about old people dying in the winter is tosh. Our house never went to single digits.

These two words being the poerative ones. I've lived in a house myself where we needed the boiler running 24/7 in winter just to keep the place remotely comfortable, the windows had gaps in them big enough to stick your hand through. If that boiler failed, we would've dropped to single digits within an hour or two.

Hagar · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:41

adam cool dude said:
With a jar of pickled eggs on the counter.

... next to a brick filled with swan vestas...

DXP55 · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:42

I have 4 18v Stanley Fatmax batteries and one 2amp battery will run the Stanley torch for 24hrs -Just point it at ceiling and it lights up the room.
Failing that just plug genny in and turn the key

ron3003 · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:44

Had 100 pallets stored for winter heating on the log burner. Son in law rang to say he's been to the yard and someone's nicked the lot

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:45

ron3003 said:
Had 100 pallets stored for winter heating on the log burner. Son in law rang to say he's been to the yard and someone's nicked the lot

That will be for their winter heating.

bjorkiii · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:46

I have 24 cheap throwaway lighters and a broken dynamo off my old grifter.

Freefaller · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:46

I think this is indecency unnecessary scare mongering but it does highlight the myopic gouvernement with the lack of investment in alternative energy and nuclear etc..

When I was younger we used to get regular power cuts (not in the UK obviously) I believe they were scheduled. However the fact that it could happen now in this day and age is pretty poor.

aVdub · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:49

From overhearing the news early this morning, it has gone from a remote chance to IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND YOU WILL ALL DIE by this evenings news.

I'm staggered anyone listens and takes notice of these poor excesses for journos.

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:50

Remember - bad news sells.

robfosters · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:55

I’ll have to get a UPS and run my PC on a gaming benchmark loop, that will keep my room toasty.

bjorkiii · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:55

Google nightsoil and get creative.

bjorkiii · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:57

Going to be romantic candlenight whilst chipping icicles off your partners nose.

Surveyor · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:03

robfosters said:
I’ll have to get a UPS and run my PC on a gaming benchmark loop, that will keep my room toasty.

Or you could put a jumper on.

FBi7 · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:03

Slightly O/T, but still....

As this is the OCUK forum and not the OCUSA forum, please can the thread title be edited to the term, 'power cuts' and not power outages.

Thanks.

Oh, and in before vote name change, etc

LabR@t · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:05

ron3003 said:
Had 100 pallets stored for winter heating on the log burner. Son in law rang to say he's been to the yard and someone's nicked the lot people

People who burn pallets give wood burners a bad rep

LabR@t · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:07

bjorkiii said:
Google nightsoil and get creative.

Night soil is a historically used euphemism for human excreta collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy

Don't see it helps but each to their own

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:08

Surveyor said:
Or you could put a jumper on.

Nah they would rather sit naked and have the heat of the pc heating up the room.

labbby · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:11

Back in my day there was frost on the inside of the windows during winter and we went over to a neighbours to watch a tv that didn’t have colour..

Oh the young pups on here are going to have a shock if we do get blackouts..

Those boxes on the side of the road can make calls if you put money in them.. just incase you forgot to charge your mobile.. oh not that you will know any numbers off the top of your head.

Open the mines back up and send the kids down I say.

bjorkiii · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:13

Rob on his onlyfans eating green pie and mash won't be a goer if his not naked. Total flop.