Random Irritations

[Slime]

I did this for years without a problem. Since I got a Swedish ice scraper I actually find it quite satisfying doing it the hard way.

I also have one of those, possibly from your recommendation, for when I'm not parked outside my house.

They are trruly phenomenal bits of kit and very theraputic to use.

 

[hambugerpete]

I also have one of those, possibly from your recommendation, for when I'm not parked outside my house.

They are trruly phenomenal bits of kit and very theraputic to use.

Whats a Swedish ice scraper

 

[KenL]

MSM over the top reporting of the LA fires, over half the news on the BBC app is Live coverage of the fires. It’s been like it since it started. Earlier this week it was Carters funeral, and Al Fayed getting the wall to wall coverage … strangely no mention of the economy though.

The economy is not about people dying. Spare a thought please.

 

[KenL]

I have found the obsession with the US fires painful. It's a story, but for us it isn't the headline or the bulk of a bulletin. Our news has become very US obsessed whilst ignoring what happens with our European neighbours.

 

[hambugerpete]

Out of all the news this week the announcement that we the UK are down to about a weeks worth of Gas demand in store I found the most worrying, hopefully this cold snap is coming to an end as forecasted.

Scaremongering rubbish.

 

[PaulMdj]

The economy is not about people dying. Spare a thought please.

Of course it is, bad policies, cutting services etc leading to needless deaths.

 

[Slime]

Yeah - my car's been frozen each morning this week, I just fill a measuring jug of water from the hot tap and poor that on. Clears it very quickly. Sod waiting for the kettle to boil anyway, let own the potential cracking - you don't need it that hot.

Where did this obsession with boiling water come from, is it because I use a kettle, maybe?
I actually said 'a kettle full of warm water', which ironically comes from my hot tap.
I use the kettle because it is there.
As I said, been doing it for decades and never had an issue.

 

[Mandofred]

I have found the obsession with the US fires painful. It's a story, but for us it isn't the headline or the bulk of a bulletin. Our news has become very US obsessed whilst ignoring what happens with our European neighbours.

I'm a NW coast American...I find it overkill. It's big, but it shouldn't have the news time that it is getting. Would there be the same coverage if this was happening in Kansas? No....other than the Wizard of Oz and wheat growing, Kansas isn't a big deal.

 

[Slime]

Whats a Swedish ice scraper

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Swedish-Ice-Scraper-Neoprene-Holder/dp/B08285WTTD?th=1

 

[Fade and Die]

Scaremongering rubbish.

It certainly is not.

 

[Fade and Die]

The economy is not about people dying. Spare a thought please.

The state of the economy will affect millions more people in THIS country than some fires in LA.

 

[KenL]

The state of the economy will affect millions more people in THIS country than some fires in LA.

Will their home burn down, will people die?

 

[hambugerpete]

It certainly is not.

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I mean it is. Sure storage is low because we are using it, but no chance will we run out. I'll happily bet you £100 we won't run out.

 

[PaulMdj]

I mean it is. Sure storage is low because we are using it, but no chance will we run out. I'll happily bet you £100 we won't run out.

Who said we’d run out?
We use to have a lot more storage, but discussing the reasons behind that is against forum rules.

 

[PaulMdj]

Will their home burn down, will people die?

Possibly Yes and Yes!

 

[KenL]

Possibly Yes and Yes!

 

[rulie]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Swedish-Ice-Scraper-Neoprene-Holder/dp/B08285WTTD?th=1

A credit card or equivalent works well on frosty windshields.

 

[PaulMdj]

Cut backs to essential services/responses times etc, you need to take the blinkers off.

 

[hambugerpete]

Who said we’d run out?
We use to have a lot more storage, but discussing the reasons behind that is against forum rules.

So why are you worried and hope the cold snap ends soon ?

 

[hambugerpete]

Cut backs to essential services/responses times etc, you need to take the blinkers off.

Not really news though just how life's been the last 14 years