British Gas says unplugging phone chargers could save £60 a year on energy bills
Unplugging your phone charger when you're not using it can help slash your energy bills, with so-called 'phantom load' appliances also adding hundreds to household billswww.mirror.co.uk
Wish I'd thought of this.
All joking aside this is actually a decent thread because it’s going to be a long hard winter for lots of people especially if you have a young family and it ain’t going to be easy for many people
These 7 steps listed below have already been mentioned but are pretty easy to do and just common sense really but will save 10/15% energy
Shower for no more than 2-3 minutes
Turn thermostat down a few degrees
Use air fryer and slow cooker (both excellent gadgets by the way) instead of oven
Only use tumble dryer when absolutely necessary
Don’t leave lights on for no reason
Turn everything off at mains and don’t leave things on standby
Turn the radiators down low in any room you don’t use often
Everyone can do all these with just a little bit of thought
And as Kiffa said meal planning and maybe cutting back on expensive meat and adding more veg to meals will save you a packet
Also if you have a menapousal wife like me that helps keep your bed bastard boiling all the time!!!
I did mine using my annual usage. Says my bill will be going up 64% - luckily it’s just the two of us in a small new build house so even with the rise it’s ‘only’ up to £1550. Obviously that’ll be going up again in January though.Great tool. I based mine on monthly usage last year - so have a rough budget month on month.
Fairplay, I could not cope with that, get the fuck out of my kitchenThe oven is electric. I come back from work and the kitchen is like a sauna. To be fair to them, they’re think as shit.
Don’t get me started on them always coming into the kitchen and getting in my way when I’m cooking. One of the cheeky bitches even took my rice out of the microwave (in the middle of cooking), heated a yogurt for her brat and just left my half cooked rice on the side. They don’t eat cold food. Even ice cream is stored at room temperature! Fucking wierd!Fairplay, I could not cope with that, get the f**k out of my kitchen
That is rude as fuckDon’t get me started on them always coming into the kitchen and getting in my way when I’m cooking. One of the cheeky bitches even took my rice out of the microwave (in the middle of cooking), heated a yogurt for her brat and just left my half cooked rice on the side. They don’t eat cold food. Even ice cream is stored at room temperature! f**king wierd!
One month, two weeks and 3 days until they go!
I bet you'll be glad to have your place back to yourself.Don’t get me started on them always coming into the kitchen and getting in my way when I’m cooking. One of the cheeky bitches even took my rice out of the microwave (in the middle of cooking), heated a yogurt for her brat and just left my half cooked rice on the side. They don’t eat cold food. Even ice cream is stored at room temperature! f**king wierd!
One month, two weeks and 3 days until they go!
Definitely. It’s been horrendous.
Can’t you just put them with the others in the garden?Don’t get me started on them always coming into the kitchen and getting in my way when I’m cooking. One of the cheeky bitches even took my rice out of the microwave (in the middle of cooking), heated a yogurt for her brat and just left my half cooked rice on the side. They don’t eat cold food. Even ice cream is stored at room temperature! f**king wierd!
One month, two weeks and 3 days until they go!
I’ve been tempted on a few occasions over the past four months.
That's a long time, even relatives bugger off after a week or two
Oh , it all started so well
It feels much longer. Imagine complete strangers coming to share your home who are absolutely nothing like how they described themselves to you before you agreed to sponsor them. Oh, and a devil child who torments your dog constantly during the last two months of his life, when he’s not damaging your property or attacking any other child within a 10 metre radius of him.That's a long time, even relatives bugger off after a week or two
I love them like my own kidsApart from that though, how's it going?
Sounds like a nightmare, I was thinking about Bear when you mentioned them earlier and wondering if it bothered him having them there, sounds like it did.
I had to constantly keep the kid away from him because he would try and punch and kick him at every opportunity. Luckily Bear was completely chilled at home but there’s only so long he would’ve tolerated it before ripping his throat out. His mother just laughs at his bad behaviour.
