Interesting tip from one of my budget cooking groups
If you are using your slow cooker, use it in the sitting room or one of the bedrooms
The slight heat it gives out all day will help take the chill off the room
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I have to keep reminding myself I am in UK 21st century
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As will opening up your old chimneys and burning all your flammable goods in the hearth. It’s the new, early bird version of a Spring Clean.
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A bit dangerous, you’d have to get them swept and make sure they weren’t blocked because the fumes could be fatal.
If Im in the Library to find the book or read I don’t want groups congregating all around me with packed lunches and flasks of tea …tut !
Anyway if you rely on public transport you could get very cold getting to and from these so called hotspots …That would defeat the object.
It’s ridiculous.
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I can’t think of a worst scenario of having people around me either and I certainly would not have people in my house .
Still people must do what they can .
Aha. It’s a technical point, but the term “opening up” one’s chimneys would involve getting them checked for leaks and swept as part of the process anyway.
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Yes, but it costs a lot to do that, it would take ages to recuperate what you pay out by burning stuff for heat
I’ve been tempted this year and looked into it’s about 5 years since ours were used
My fear is that desperate people might start burning stuff in fireplaces with unswept and not maintained chimneys and there could be fatalities from fumes and fire
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Chimney sweeping isn’t that dear and they’ll do a smoke pellet test and check at the same time. You only need 1 chimney after all as you’ll be living in there.
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I know. Mentioned it on here a while ago. Old logs, pallets etc from the street, plus stuff that gives off noxious and toxic stuff. There’ll be more housefires because people have forgotten or never knew how to maintain fires. Plus a rise in smog and air pollution.
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Public transport, which is heated, can be warmer than an unheated home and sadly there are people riding around on busses to keep warm
We’re all going to be living in the chimney? 
I knew things were getting tough but…………
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Food banks what next ? Gruel …
Why don’t the government fessup it’s a cunning plan to get us back in workhouses .
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Not if you’ve a walk to the bus stop then find yourself waiting in freezing conditions for transport to arrive …believe me it can be perishing….Especially for the very young or elderly.
By the time you got home to your cold home you could be frozen stiff
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For some reason, that reminds me of the old joke about the prize winning pig with three legs. When someone asked the farmer what happened, he replied “well, you don’t eat a pig like that all at once”
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As I remember public transport isn’t that warm ,train doors are always opening and letting cold air in.
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It’s relative, you sit in the middle away from the doors and it’s warmer than an unheated house
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I once managed to heat a room up, using 7 candles, strapped together with tape at the bottoms. They have to be watched, obviously, and there is the open-close door handicap, naturally, but it worked.
I can’t believe that we are even driven to “Warm Banks”, in the UK, in the 21st century!
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We have come to expect a certain standard of living.
This is a false assumption.
We sold off our assets to keep tax low and our assets are now owned by others who can set the price.
Exactly