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No gas!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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the weathermen are predicting a seriously cold and harsh winter and the country may have to go on a three day week cos we have no gas reserves!

do the people who run things never look beyond the end of the week?
we never seem to be prepared for anything.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    3 day week? Harsh winter?

    I can see another 20 years of tory rule :nervous:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    cold icon14.gif
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    turlough wrote:
    3 day week?
    seriously mate.
    factories shops schools ...unis ...all facing the possibility of a three day week!

    last time we had a three day week was in the seventies ...most people loved it!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I forsee an economic meltdown
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    turlough wrote:
    meltdown
    to cold for that!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    morrocan roll wrote:
    the weathermen are predicting a seriously cold and harsh winter and the country may have to go on a three day week cos we have no gas reserves!

    do the people who run things never look beyond the end of the week?
    we never seem to be prepared for anything.

    3 day week..? Can't wait!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Where's that sourced rolly? Is it on the news?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CheeseOnToast wrote:
    Where's that sourced rolly? Is it on the news?
    twas in the guardian sometime last week ...but i'm buggered if ican find a link.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    CheeseOnToast wrote:
    Where's that sourced rolly? Is it on the news?
    just found this one ...

    http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money-savers/article.html?in_article_id=404156&in_page_id=5&ct=5
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i wouldnt mind a 3 day week
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oops.
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    What in the world is a 3-day week? :confused: I doubt you're going to change the way we read the calendar, so it must be something else.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Zalbor wrote:
    What in the world is a 3-day week? :confused: I doubt you're going to change the way we read the calendar, so it must be something else.

    3 day working week...meant to save energy.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    rachie004 wrote:
    We don't have any electricity upstairs, the fuse has just blown - does that count?

    and does anyone know how to change a fuse?
    Flick the switch to OFF and find the one that's blown. Some fuseboxes just have a bit of loose wire as the fuse, others have the ready made fuses you find in plugs. Replace with the same type.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sounds like the fusebox has tripped rather than blown then.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    :eek2:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    rachie004 wrote:
    my mum's house however - there's like a trillian bits to pull out and then a wire to wrap around and pull through various bits - it can wait until tomorrow :p (assuming the shower works!)

    our fuse box is the same. from the 50s, i reckon. pain in the arse. in theory it's simple - you just have to have the fuse wire touching and secured by the two screws. not so easy when you've blown the lights though....

    i don't think those types of fuseboxes can trip. they just blow. but it can wait :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Who needs heating...The cold is comforting
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Silverberg wrote:
    Who needs heating...The cold is comforting

    Try telling that to an 80-year old woman or a 3month old baby.

    I already work a three day week. I'm here for 6 days a week but generally only work for half of that. And half of that is buggering about. So really only a day and half week. :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Kentish wrote:
    Sounds like the fusebox has tripped rather than blown then.
    She's got a circuit breaker in her house, not a fuse box.

    On those you just flkick the switch back up and everything starts again.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Doesnt bother me, I've got an open fire place and I've already got in a big load of wood.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I hope it wont be that bad... I'm spending my first Christmas EVER in the UK this year... a heatingless Christmas in Kew is not my idea of fun, it was bloody cold last month when I was over, never mind in December...


    Ohh, and Hi by the way ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Kermit wrote:
    She's got a circuit breaker in her house, not a fuse box.

    On those you just flkick the switch back up and everything starts again.
    That's the word I was searching for: circuit breaker.
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