How much are you spending on heating per day during this cold spell?

[S Viemeister]

I seem to have a vague memory of cutting around the ankles, before peeling.

[Owain]

They just lay anyway AIUI.

Owain

[geoff]

No - langlauf skis are narrower than downhill skis

[Graeme]

In message , geoff writes

This is our consumption :

(Dates, during 2009, and tank reading)

0101 6 0401 5 0701 4 1001 3 1301 2 1601 1 1901 F 2101 9 2401 8 2801 7 0102 6 0502 5 0802 4 1102 3 1402 2 1602 F 1802 9 2302 8 2802 7 0503 6 0903 5 1403 4 2003 3 2303 F 2503 9 2903 8 0504 7 1104 6 1804 5 2804 4 0505 F 1105 9 2205 8 0806 7 2606 6 0708 5 0509 4 1409 F 2409 9 0510 8 1710 7 2410 6 0311 5 0811 4 1211 F 1411 9 2011 8 2511 7 3011 6 0512 5 0912 4 1212 3 1712 F 1912 9 2312 8 2512 7 2712 6 3012 5

Given that each F (for full) represents a delivery, usually +/- 1000 litres, do the summer readings seem reasonable, for hot water and occasional heating? I doubt there are any months when the heating is never used.

How does this equipment read the contents of the (cylindrical) tank? Does it just measure the depth, or does it take into account the changing width of the tank?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Pasta probably.

Deficient in many vitamins, but the rest is there.

[Owain]

Needs potable water and heat to prepare. Okay there is large quantity of potable snow outside at the moment, but not everyone has an alternative means of cooking. Unless you meant the tinned sort, which could be eaten cold.

Owain

[The Natural Philosopher]

Burn a public sector worker. Easy way to cook and heat your home.

[MM]

Pasta?!!! What the heck has pasta got in it? Flour, i.e. wheat. Maybe one egg per cwt in the "luxury" brands. Noooo, definitely NOT pasta, long term. You'd last a LOT longer on either eggs or whole grain cereal, in my view.

MM

[MM]

At the rate this winter is going, it might come to that.

MM

[MM]

No room. It's the *third* bedroom, therefore small. Two IKEA desks

two Argos bookcases, two self-built PCs, I can barely swing a cat. Nice and warm with my new oil-filled mini rad, though. It used only 46 pence worth of leccy yesterday from 08:30 am until 23:30.

MM

[The Natural Philosopher]

plenty of protein in flour. And eggs as well.

I'd die rather than eat whole grain cereal.

Better feed it to the birds and eat them instead.

[pete]

Looking at the cereals in the cupboard, Weetabix minis (chocolate crisp) looks possible, though only about 1650 calories a box, 1 per day wouldn't be too bad so long as you have something to wash it down with (I guess a supply of water is a given, otherwise you'd die of dehydration weeks before starvation got you). Failing that I vote for pepperoni pizza.

[djc]

But tend to be used on prepared paths. Old style 'telemark' skis and binding are probably what you need, or the broad ski-mountaineering type with skins for going uphill.