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COLD WEATHER

peterjones6000 said:
The one thing I miss about not being married anymore is not having a nice warm body to put my cod feet on
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...hence I have a hot water bottle to cuddle (once my feet have warmed up). I can't predict when my cats will be sleeping in/on my bed or elsewhere so the hot water bottle is the most reliable and predictable ;)
 
peterjones6000 said:
I use my electric blanket for my cold feet I even did it during the summer months when it reached 50degrees c. I am very lucky my place is easy to keep warm. If my feet get cold in an evening when I am watching the box they go on my dog he is always warm and never swears at me.
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At the moment one of my dogs is sitting on my feet...lovely and warm... mind.. he is a foot sized Chihuahua!
 
Energize said:
Ooh!!! Well done :) I'm very tempted too!

I need to trace the source of a really cold draught that keeps my feet nicely (not) chilled :( I have a feeling it could be that I need to seal the board around the cat flap - it's in North-facing wall :(
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I liked that one because of the ease of exit!

Can you not train your cat to sit around your feet?:) Or sit with your feet up on a stool!
 
ellagy said:
I liked that one because of the ease of exit!

Can you not train your cat to sit around your feet?:) Or sit with your feet up on a stool!
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Unfortunately, my two cats (rescued), just 5 yrs old, are extremely nervous and therefore aren't terribly cooperative in that way ;) However, they do love to lie on my lap, but on their terms, not mine ;) I sneezed just a few mins ago and the one that is curled up on my printer (on a cushion, of course) jumped, as if a bomb had gone off. Still, she didn't run and hide tonight so things must be improving ;)

So, as foot warmers, not these ones. Previous cats - yes :)
 
Energize said:
Unfortunately, my two cats (rescued), just 5 yrs old, are extremely nervous and therefore aren't terribly cooperative in that way ;) However, they do love to lie on my lap, but on their terms, not mine ;) I sneezed just a few mins ago and the one that is curled up on my printer (on a cushion, of course) jumped, as if a bomb had gone off. Still, she didn't run and hide tonight so things must be improving ;)

So, as foot warmers, not these ones. Previous cats - yes :)
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Two of my Chi's are rescues...one of them after 6 yrs with us is still so very nervous. She will allow us to pick her up but it takes up to ten goes to get her!
 
I have just been given a heated back belt ... goes around the waist. Okay so I no longer have a waist but you get my drift. Tonight I'm going to put my feet in it .....
 
ellagy said:
Thank you Julie... I love an excuse to browse Amazon :)

I have gone with this one! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Luxury-Ele...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=T0RKH3BSQXVQ0Q8QE0QA
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An update on the electric foot warmer. It is wonderful. A thick cushion with electric heating underfoot. The top has two foot shape holes and heel backing. I have been using it for some weeks now and my big toes are rarely cold. This is without using the heating element. When I do use the heat it is for a minute at a time as the heat burns my feet. All in all I am a well satisfied user! :)
 
ellagy said:
An update on the electric foot warmer. It is wonderful. A thick cushion with electric heating underfoot. The top has two foot shape holes and heel backing. I have been using it for some weeks now and my big toes are rarely cold. This is without using the heating element. When I do use the heat it is for a minute at a time as the heat burns my feet. All in all I am a well satisfied user! :)
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Was just wondering how you were getting on with your foot warmer ;) Great that you posted back although I've only just found your post. Sounds good :)
 
Energize said:
Was just wondering how you were getting on with your foot warmer ;) Great that you posted back although I've only just found your post. Sounds good :)
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Thanks Energise... I hardly ever have to put the heat on despite the frost we have had in the last week!:)
 
ellagy said:
Thanks Energise... I hardly ever have to put the heat on despite the frost we have had in the last week!:)
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Yay! That sounds brilliant. I think I might do well to get something similar then ;) I still haven't tracked any source of draught. It can't be the cat flap as I have stuffed a cat bed around it (once both cats are in for the night) and there seems to be NO movement of air from there. It remains a not-desirable puzzle :(
 
Do you have floorboards?
When we first moved here there was a terrible feeling of cold in the front room and it was the air coming up through the gaps in the floorboards. We put a couple of layers of card beneath the underlay to stop it - I used to work at a cardboard packaging company and used to bring work home....
 
Energize said:
Yay! That sounds brilliant. I think I might do well to get something similar then ;) I still haven't tracked any source of draught. It can't be the cat flap as I have stuffed a cat bed around it (once both cats are in for the night) and there seems to be NO movement of air from there. It remains a not-desirable puzzle :(
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:( Poor Energize, I hope you find it soon. Can you light a candle and watch the way the flame goes and 'follow' it backwards?
 
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ellagy said:
:( Poor Energize, I hope you find it soon. Can you light a candle and watch the way the flame goes and 'follow' it backwards?
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had thought of that but haven't got around to it. ;) It's a bit warmer today but I'll have to do that.
Thanks for the prompt ;)
 
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