Too early to light the fire?

boobar

Sitting here, pouring rain outside, so it'll be a night in front of the TV.

It's quite cold...is it too early in the year to light the fire?

Should we just accept that Winter is here?

SCOOP 64

Yes, to early.

BelleOfTheBall

I'm in a mobile and had heating on!!!!!

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

boobar wrote: »

Sitting here, pouring rain outside, so it'll be a night in front of the TV.

It's quite cold...is it too early in the year to light the fire?

Should we just accept that Winter is here?

You know that I would be a liar, if I was to say to you, girl you shouldn't light your fire.



You better be a girl. Otherwise...

Sir Arthur Daley

The fire would really help the humid air for sure.

Banjo String

boobar wrote: »

Should we just accept that Winter is here?

Yes.

Brace yourself.

Chucken

OP if you want to light the fire, go ahead!
I'm tempted myself.

Shakespeare's Sister

Cold? A lot of Irish people (particularly women) need to man the fuk up when it comes to weather.
A bit of a breeze, bit of drizzle, grey skies - is not automatically cold.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

What I read

Magaggie wrote: »

Cold? A lot of Irish people (particularly women) need to man to fuk when it comes to weather.

Chucken

Magaggie wrote: »

Cold? A lot of Irish people (particularly women) need to man the fuk up when it comes to weather.
A bit of a breeze, bit of drizzle, grey skies - is not automatically cold.

It's bucketing down here and getting darker by the minute. 11 degrees with a real feel of 8. Don't tell me it's not cold. :mad:

mickydoomsux

It's not even sort of cold..

100% sure the OP is a woman. Bit of cloud and they are all back wearing duffle coats.

The Backwards Man

I have the fire going since 1.30.

A couple of the warm days last week I couldn't light it, was lost without it.

I'm thinking of lighting a fire too. Nothing nicer than listening to rain beat against the window, glass of wine in hand and looking into the fire.

Spot the posters who were down at the bog last month lol

Bligh

Just lit a wee fire there now to take the chill outa the gaff

Chucken

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Spot the posters who were down at the bog last month lol

We're working our way through the trees that came down in the storm. Got about 2 years worth of timber. Every cloud and all that

Shakespeare's Sister

mickydoomsux wrote: »

It's not even sort of cold..

100% sure the OP is a woman. Bit of cloud and they are all back wearing duffle coats.

Big time. It's a bugbear of mine having shared houses with women who'd put on the heating in the fecking summer. So selfish.

You'd swear they had emigrated here from a hot country yet they've actually lived here all their lives.

Rain doesn't mean cold either. The rain was absolutely torrential here yesterday evening - because of pretty severe humidity. Love those kinda downpours.

Duvetdays

I was curled up earlier with my Snuggie and my hot water bottle, it was like a JML advert.

fedor.2.

Nah, I'm just about to get the Xmas decorations out of the attic

Shakespeare's Sister

Duvetdays wrote: »

I was curled up earlier with my Snuggie and my hot water bottle, it was like a JML advert.

Do you sit in a furnace when it's actually cold between November and February?

The Backwards Man

Magaggie wrote: »

Big time. It's a bugbear of mine having shared houses with women who'd put on the heating in the fecking summer. So selfish.

You'd swear they had emigrated here from a hot country yet they've actually lived here all their lives.

Rain doesn't mean cold either. The rain was absolutely torrential here yesterday evening - because of pretty severe humidity. Love those kinda downpours.

There's more reasons to light a fire than a chill in your bones ya know? I light it mainly to heat the water and save turning on the electric light.

deise08

It's officially Autumn. Summer is over so don't feel guilty if you do.

americanboi

fire has to be lit today i'm afraid. lit mine at 2 today. unfortunatly no coal just logs. feel like i'm going to melt going out for logs though. not looking forward to the winter

endacl

fedor.2. wrote: »

Nah, I'm just about to get the Xmas decorations out of the attic

Absolutely. Light her up away, OP. I've wine mulling in the kitchen.

endacl

deise08 wrote: »

It's officially Autumn. So Sumner is over.

Sting died?!?!?!?

:eek:

deise08

Fixed. damn predictive text. Back to trivial annoyed thread for me

I lit the boiler as usual, it's for hot water as well.

Sir Arthur Daley

The Backwards Man wrote: »

There's more reasons to light a fire than a chill in your bones ya know? I light it mainly to heat the water and save turning on the electric light.

Do you generate power using solid fuel?

The Backwards Man

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Do you generate power using solid fuel?

Na, but the stove has a glass front.

Shakespeare's Sister

The Backwards Man wrote: »

There's more reasons to light a fire than a chill in your bones ya know? I light it mainly to heat the water and save turning on the electric light.

Yeh that's fair enough. I'm referring to people going on about non existent cold. It's bad for people's health to heat up unnecessarily. Sorry, it's (as you can see :pac:) something that really bugs me. I wouldn't mind if it was something that didn't affect other people, but it does.
And I'm not one of these "I love the cold and rain and winter" people. I hate the actual cold too.

GerB40

This is the most Irish thread boards has ever produced..

How Soon Is Now

It might be lashing rain out but it's not cold!

Chucken

Chucken wrote: »

We're working our way through the trees that came down in the storm. Got about 2 years worth of timber. Every cloud and all that

Ran out in march/april this year after having a supply for last 3 years so was down to the bog this summer.

I know it's not cold but there is a slight chill in the air which a nice, small fire will fix.

Chucken

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

It might be lashing rain out but it's not cold!

What would you call 11 degrees?

Mena

We lit a fire, was for a BBQ though. Umbrella came in handy but no damn rain is going stop my steak and lamb chop BBQ!

And no, it's not feicin cold!

Sir Arthur Daley

Chucken wrote: »

What would you call 11 degrees?

Met eireann are saying 9 for cork, is snow on the way?

Sir Arthur Daley

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Met eireann are saying 9 for cork, is snow on the way?

It's too cold for snow

mickydoomsux

Chucken wrote: »

What would you call 11 degrees?

Not cold.

Duvetdays

Magaggie wrote: »

Do you sit in a furnace when it's actually cold between November and February?

I love my heat my feather duvet stayed on all summer.

omahaid

It was some nice day here, what rain are ye on about? Lovely summer day

lulu1

Magaggie wrote: »

Cold? A lot of Irish people (particularly women) need to man the fuk up when it comes to weather.
A bit of a breeze, bit of drizzle, grey skies - is not automatically cold.

No way not the women but the men I know a few and you would think they would melt if they went out in a few drops of rain

Calibos

Chucken wrote: »

What would you call 11 degrees?

I call it "change out if the shorts and t-Shirt into jeans and jumper" weather, not "stay in the shorts and T-Shirt and light the fire" weather.

Shakespeare's Sister

lulu1 wrote: »

No way not the women but the men I know a few and you would think they would melt if they went out in a few drops of rain

Gotta say, in my experience it's definitely women.

Agricola

Calibos wrote: »

I call it "change out if the shorts and t-Shirt into jeans and jumper" weather, not "stay in the shorts and T-Shirt and light the fire" weather.

Logical. I did that and it worked!

oldyouth

Seriously, is this thread a wind up? There is no need for a fire. It is pissing down here and I have the windows and back door open for a bit of air to come in. I appreciate that we are all different but put a jumper on if you have to.

How Soon Is Now

Chucken wrote: »

What would you call 11 degrees?

Average. I just walked to the shop and back got wet alright bit of wind but not cold.

Shakespeare's Sister

Calibos wrote: »

I call it "change out if the shorts and t-Shirt into jeans and jumper" weather, not "stay in the shorts and T-Shirt and light the fire" weather.

And people complain about fuel bills. It's not their usage at all, it's the company ripping them off...

Chucken

Magaggie wrote: »

And people complain about fuel bills. It's not their usage at all, it's the company ripping them off...

Well I wouldn't be putting on a fire if I couldn't afford to.;)

candy-gal1

Its the start of Autumn, not winter!

Its definitly not cold imho, dark and grey and full of potential soakage yes!

It could be all changed, warm, sunny and summery tomorrow or within the next week going by our sporatic weather :pac: so I wouldnt go about getting all wintery just yet!

Light the fire if you want to OP, for the evening thats in it, its always nice having one lit on a dark gloomy day, bit of nice wine or something and big dinner

omahaid

I had to close the blinds because of the sunshine. Plus, I had to close the windows because of all the noise from the kids playing outside. Now I'm too warm :mad:

Just realised I'm starving! What would be good to eat whilst sitting in front of the fire, glass of wine in hand listening to the rain?

It's not stew weather, just yet.