"graham" > wrote in message
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> On 28/01/2016 12:42 PM, Janet wrote:
>> In article >, says...
>>>
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:38:53 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:46:43 -0000, "Ophelia"
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:21:44 -0000, "Ophelia"
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/26/2016 4:17 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:12:31 -0500, Nancy Young
>>>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/26/2016 12:40 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:01:34 -0500, Nancy Young
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have instant hot water, none is wasted here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's a nice feature, but most people don't have that.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I mentioned it really because sf was accusatory and actually I
>>>>>>>>>>>> am
>>>>>>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>>>>>>> good at not wasting
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I get it, but when you live with drought, it sensitizes you to
>>>>>>>>>>> the idea of just running water down the drain for nothing.
>>>>>>>>>>> Like the moisturizer I use, it says to put it on and rinse it
>>>>>>>>>>> off. Then wash the tub. Like they're on a mission to drain all
>>>>>>>>>>> the reservoirs. Somehow I get by using less and not rinsing off
>>>>>>>>>>> the 'extra.'
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> My power bill is a fraction of some friends,
>>>>>>>>>>>> but then they go from room to room leaving lights on etc. I
>>>>>>>>>>>> also
>>>>>>>>>>>> loathe to turn the oven on for just one item etc etc.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry if I seemed to be jumping on you, I didn't mean it to
>>>>>>>>>>> be personally directed at you.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If I was still in a house I would install one of those on
>>>>>>>>>>>> demand
>>>>>>>>>>>> water
>>>>>>>>>>>> heating thingies, they are very good.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have considered those, though I am sure spending a lot of
>>>>>>>>>>> money
>>>>>>>>>>> on that would be a hard sell.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you mean a 'combi boiler'? Believe me, they are worth every
>>>>>>>>>> penny!!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/ar...a-combi-boiler
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Actually it's not the same, an on demand tankless water heater is
>>>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>>> for hot water, not house heating. I had one installed two years
>>>>>>>>> ago,
>>>>>>>>> it long ago paid for itself by cutting my water heating energy use
>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>> 2/3... and takes very little space, it's about the size of a desk
>>>>>>>>> top
>>>>>>>>> PC... mine is on my basement wall, in warmer climates it can be
>>>>>>>>> outdoors.
>>>>>>>>> https://www.rinnai.us/tankless-water-heater
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mine isn't much bigger than a desktop computer and it does serve
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> house
>>>>>>>> heating as well as the hot water. Oh and it hangs on the wall in a
>>>>>>>> cupboard.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All I can think is you're in a location of much more mild weather...
>>>>>>> your system wouldn't work here where temperatures in winter are
>>>>>>> often
>>>>>>> in the minuses, as in below zero F.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL I am in Scotland!!!! These things are commonplace btw.
>>>>>
>>>>> You are on a more northerly latitude than him!
>>>>
>>>> As I have already said, we are on the same latitude as Moscow.
>>>
>>> Keep in mind though - you do still get some warming effect from the
>>> Gulf Stream and Moscow does not.
>>
>> Moscow, having a continental climate, gets warmer summers than
>> Scotland.
>>
>> Inland and Highland Scotland can get very cold in winter.
>>
>> The coldest I have ever experienced (at our last place on high exposed
>> moorland on the mainland)
>> was -24 C, which is -11F.
>>
>> Janet UK
>>
>>
>>
> But add to that the humidity.
> I visited the UK on business in February about 30 years ago and although
> the temperature hovered around 0°C, I really felt the cold because of the
> moisture. I was glad to get back to Canada.

Yes, it really hits you when you have lived away for a long time. I
remember how it felt when we came back from India.



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