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Yeah, but it will keep you warm without having to be refilled with warm / hot water, will last a life time and can be passed on to your children! I'm an accountant.. And I can tell you that over a lifetime, no amount of water usage is going to add up to $300 to $500!!! Plus I don't intend to have children, so the life-expectancy of said product would be drastically reduced, with no re-sale value.. But for argument's sake, if one were to depreciate on that basis that the blanket could last for more than one generation, the water bottles are *still* a better long-term investment, because the simple mechanism behind the water bottles means they are more likely to "work" in 50 years' time compared to the blanket!! Yes. I am a geek. Perhaps this is why I need water-bottles to keep warm at night.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

It *does* sound naughty!! And because I'm not really too sure what it means, I haven't used that function yet! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Thanks for asking. Good enough to ride a bike, but still a few months from jumping.

Aww!! This really cheered me up

Wow!! Well done

Oh, ok. Mean landlord. You could just ask him to turn his own thermostats down instead of switching off the heating. But then I guess he might want to put your rent up! My boiler is 'on' right through the winter months - I simply adjust the thermostat to make sure it doesn't ignite the burner when I'm in bed or I'm out. As far as I know there's no reason not to do that. When I was a student (looooong time ago now), the only heat in our whole flat came from one of those portable Calor gas heaters. It was a godsend - put out a lot of heat, and the smell takes me right back to those days! Not sure how they're regarded now though - maybe anything portable and gas powered is considered a risk. There's no reason your electric heater should catch fire unless it's faulty or it's covered up, though. I don't think he's mean - it's pretty standard over here to turn off the heat at night.. If you saw our heating bills, you'd understand why!! My lease prevents me from getting a gas-heater.. And I'm sure the electric plug-in heater is probably fine.. But I don't want to risk it. I only turn it on when I'm in the same room and I can see it.. All it takes is a silly mistake like throwing your clothes in the corner & forgetting that's where the heater is!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Yeah.. I should really stop sending those out!! I need to use snail mail for that kind of stuff! I thought the same thing, but there seems to be nothing unusual going on. My password is *really* random, with a mix of caps, non-caps, letters, numbers, and symbols.. I think it's pretty secure, but I guess it's always possible that a virus records your keystrokes or something.. I don't know what prompted it in the first place, but I'm keen to get it sorted.. If anyone knows how I'd be very grateful if you could share.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Has this ever happened to anyone else? I tried sending an email last week, and it said my hotmail account was blocked.. A little pop-up came up and said if I felt I hadn't violated the terms and conditions I should contact the support team.. So I clicked on the link, but the page wouldn't open.. I went to the MSN webpage and sent a message using their "help" section.. It's been a few days now & no answer.. I can receive messages just fine.. Any ideas on what else I could do to get my hotmail up and running again? "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Ohhh.. Waterbed.. That's always sounded like so much fun!! Water beds are highly over-rated. Invest in one of these, or the like... http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0010574510149a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products&QueryText=blanket&sort=all&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23 Holy CRAP!! Did you see the price on that thing??! $300 - £500?!! The water bottles cost me like £10 each!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Mwaaa haa haaaaa!! Once again - you crack me up!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

The boiler is upstairs - I don't have access. I can regulate the heaters when it's on, but I can't do anything when it's off!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Ah ha ha!! I didn't get on especially well with my younger sister growing up, although over the years distance has.. well.. distanced us. But I don't think it was ever a sibling rivalry.. My brother and I both moved away from home at a young age, so I think we don't now each-other all that well, actually.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Is that directed at Remster, or just your best pick-up line? Has it ever worked???! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Wow.. That's tough.. And you're such a positive, lovely person.. I'm sorry to hear that.. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Wow.. Indeed.. What do you say to that?!! Maybe something like "check please"!! At least she got straight to the point & didn't waste time with someone who doesn't have the same goals! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Wow.. Interesting to see so much variety.. Edit: yeah skype.. How is it that I only discovered this about 2 months ago??!!! It's freakin AWESOME!!

Wow.. Just.. Wow.. She sounds like she would have been a real nightmare, but a real hoot as well.. Amazing - thanks for posting. "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

OMG - that's hilarious!! My dad says when he met my mom's folks for the first time her mother looked him up and down and said: "this isn't the same boy as last time!" Ah ha ha!! They've been married for almost 33 years now, so I guess he got over it! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Ohhh.. Waterbed.. That's always sounded like so much fun!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Yeah - my mom's very cool And as if that wasn't enough to traumatise the poor boy, the next morning she asked how he had slept & he politely answered "very well, thank you".. She then said with a whole lot of innuendo and a wink: "I bet you did.."!! He didn't tell me that until years later and he still blushed when he said it!! Guess she can spot someone who's easily embarrassed from a mile away!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

I've never been able to fart in front of *anyone* - not even the long-term boyfriends I felt really comfortable with.. The only way I would ever fart in bed is when I'm asleep - and there's really nothing I could do about that if it did happen!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

That's also something I could have tried

ahhh.. french romance The French boyfriend doesn't fart in bed.. But he's in France at the moment, which doesn't help to keep me warm!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss

Agree 100%.. I had an extremely inconsiderate house-mate at one point.. I tolerated everything for months and finally I decided to do the mature thing and have a heart-to-heart.. That only made the situation about a hundred times worse.. Not only was she still just as inconsiderate, but now she was up for an argument every chance she got.. I even tried staying in my room, but she would walk right in anyway!! At one point I'd had enough, so I moved. She still didn't leave things alone and was after me to pay bills I had already paid!! No.. If I'm ever in that position again, I will move, and fast. It's not worth it. Sometimes it can be worked out, but some people just don't care about others. It worked out great in the end - I found a huge flat, for less money, and I don't even have to share.. Had a couple of issues with the landlord, but that's been sorted now

It's common practise over here to turn off the heating at night - even in the dead of winter.. Because I'm an insomniac, it means that for several hours that I'm up and the heating is off I'm freezing my ass off!! It's kind of ok because I have a little electric heater, but I don't like using it when I'm sleeping - I'm afraid it will have some kind of failure and start a fire.. My friend suggested hot water bottles, and they are AMAZING!!!