Semi OT: How to sober up quickly?

[fred]

How to sober up quickly?

1. Intravenous infusion of fructose, reputedly near instantaneous in reversing intoxication.

1. Come 11pm on a Sunday night, wander into the kitchen to find a chill in the air and the boiler in lockout with a terminal ignition failure warning. Coldest night of year so far, snow on the ground and with nothing but a 1kW convector to heat the whole house. Necessity makes this nearly as quick as 1., followed quickly by: cover off, boards out, diagnosis (HT ignition fault - tracking), clean up, de-track, remove & clean slightly droopy ignition electrode[1], replace dodgy electrode earth and reassemble. Boiler fires first hit and celebratory beer is popped .

Discussion of other sure fire techniques invited . . .

[1] Don't try to correct an incorrect electrode gap, the heat embrittled electrode _will_ break.

[brass monkey]

An electric blanket is your friend.

[Bob Eager]

Or a woman each side.

[fred]

In article , brass monkey writes

I'd probably pee on it when going for a piss.

[brass monkey]

But it's heaven when you get in ;)

[fred]

In article , brass monkey writes

You might have convinced me last night, got in late and it was seriously nippy when I got into bed but I have a seriously good duvet and it was toasty in no time (after some dreaming dog chasing rabbits movements).

I think I associate leccy blankets with my parent's generation and so have avoided them on principle, despite the potential nose/spite/face issues.

Anyway, time for bed, the late night diy buzz has dissipated.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , brass monkey escribió:

+1.

Shortly followed by dishwasher.

[Owain]

If only cats could wash dishes, they'd be the perfect companion.

I know they do a pretty good job of licking them clean, but I'd still like a rinse cycle.

Owain

[polygonum]

You absolutely DO NOT want to know the image that conjured up...

[Lobster]

Sadly, I'll have to take your word for that

David

[newshound]

Actually memory foam mattresses, under a decent duvet, are also pretty warm

[newshound]

My dogs do a good prewash too if you make the mistake of leaving the door open on a stacked machine before running.

[Gordon Henderson]

I posted here a while back asking for electric blanket suggestions and sadly the replys weren't that conclusive, so did my own research and bought a Dreamland one. It's a dual control, so my side can be cool while the heat seeking missiles side can be hot and you can leave it on all night - it has a timer and thermostat. Heats up in 5 minutes and has an extra warm bit at the bottom for your tootsies too.

Best birthday pressy I've bought SWMBO for a long time!

Gordon

[John Rumm]

That was how ours used to end up with a head covered in gravy ;-)

[Bob Eager]

Yes, just bought a MF mattress and the difference is very noticeable.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Yep. Btdtgtts.

[John Rumm]

Actually memory foam mattress, cuddly women on top, and duvet on top of that, even better ;-)

[ARW]

Oo-er missus

[geoff]

In message , fred writes

Yes, but if you do it while its firing up, that'll sober you up pretty quickly too

[geoff]

Bloody hell, just moved from a sheet to a thin duvet the other night

'Er , of course, has two thick duvets now