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As I am home all day, 'tis I who normally gives in first. But the good part is only I have the secret knowledge of "How To Set The Bloody Digital Thermastat Buggery Box To Switch On" [Left button twice then set to /on/]
speramus in juniperus
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You can also save water by peeing in a bucket.
Oh.
You do that already.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Tight Git. You must have Celtic in you.
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I am a Rangers fan.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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I have to admit that was my first thought - bloody miserable of him not to allow his squeeze a little warmth!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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It is a constant struggle for control of the heater between me and my wife too, although not because of the cost.
She feels the cold a lot (has a vague diagnosis of Raynaud's phenomenon), I do not and hate being hot.
She's sat there complaining about freezing to death whilst I'm wearing nothing but a pair of shorts and complaining about wanting to open the windows.
A cold person can put more clothes on, I cannot strip any much further.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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ChrisElston wrote: a vague diagnosis of Raynaud's phenomenon
Just for a moment I was confused as I was thinking of Renfields Syndrome[^]
Now that would be a problem!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Well living in Singapore cold is not an issue 
I do love travelling to a colder climate, last cold trip was to the ice festival in Sapporo, it was bloody lovely to be cold again, 5 foot of snow was a real pleasure to walk through.
I have on occasion wondered if it is possible to strip to less than the skin layer to get cooler, Ivanhoe NSW brings back memories of 40+ temperatures.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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ChrisElston wrote: A cold person can put more clothes on, I cannot strip any much further.
sadly this argument never works in the war of the office thermostat either. (And not just because the user adjustable ones are placebos.)
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dalek Dave wrote: Women Michelle have has no concept of cost.
FTFY 
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We all know what the cost will be if we forward this thread to Michelle.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: We all know what the cost will be if we forward this thread to Michelle.
Isn't the real question what the price we can charge to *NOT* forward it to her?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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At least we can assume it...
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Dalek Dave wrote: Women have no concept of cost.
As Terry Pratchett said, paraphrasing Oscar Wilde:
"The trouble with you, sibling, is that you know the cost of everything and the value of nothing!"
T. Pratchett, Pyramids.
Given that the brothers involved were an Engineer and an Accountant, it seemed very apposite...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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My Bro is an Engineer!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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The prosecution rests!
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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Can you recall, without looking, if IIa or IIb was the bean counter?
speramus in juniperus
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IIa counted beans: the prototype. IIb was the production model, which naturally worked much better!
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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This is a war you cannot win.
I suggest you give up before you hit the couch.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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"The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and he spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice ..."*
"Let's see who is going to win"**
Dickens "A Christmas Carol" 1843
Dalek Dave "The Gas Bill" 2013
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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70 Degrees?
Are you mad?
Do you think I am made of Money?
60, at best, in mid-winter.
Bah, Humbug.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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Dalek Dave wrote: I stood, Chamberlain like, with a piece of paper in my hand.
... And we all know how well that went!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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We have a (temporary) solution; all but two of our radiators have been removed pending the completion of building work.
Her: "I'm cold."
Him: "You wanted this extension."
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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After my first year at Lancaster Uni I lived in a shared house in Morecambe for a while.
It had 7 bedrooms over 5 split level floors and two heaters, one in the living room and one in the entrance hall (which didn't work).
In the mornings afternoons you'd get up then scrape the ice off the inside of the window to see what the weather was like outside.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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