(04-05-2025, 10:23 AM)kiwimade64 Wrote: morning ladies   We have a stunning day today, perfect with sunshine and light wind.

Thank you for the birthday wishes.  It was a mad start to the morning.  MrK no longer has signals to his bladder and has accidents.  And no washing machine meant a mad dash back to the laundromat.  This no signal business started yesterday.  We have an appointment to see our doctor on Wednesday (made weeks ago), but it may mean a trip to A & E shortly.  We'll see how he feels.  We suspect it is all to do with the nerve damage around his back and hip.

Anyhoo, I might spend a bit of time in the garden weeding.  The ground will be cold after our first frost of the season this morning.

(04-05-2025, 08:56 AM)popeye333 Wrote: Morning everyone

Certainly cool today.. But the sun is up.

Grateful having a hot breakfast in the winter lol

Im going to vacc this morning and then get the cake made.. Lemon Meringue pie I might do the pastry and filling. but do the meringue part early tomorrow.

One of the smoke alarms was beeping. but now I have the heat pump on its stopped... dont think I've ever noticed if the temp can make a difference.

Ill also dig out another blanket...

Fanny sent me a photo of Mount Egmont late yesterday. She looks Magestic covered in snow.  Will always be my fave mountain.

Was talking to MrP's Nephew Son as we call him yesterday. He was feeling rather lonely. He had shingles In his eye.. he said along with the pain it means he cant stand light in it.. Has been thinking about pushing to get it taken out.  Its a big step but he's been thinking about it for a year.  he's like us.. If its not useful and is causing pain all the time get rid of it.
I told him to talk to the drs and specialists and see what they say.

He's only 7 years younger than me but really drew the short straw in his family for the health stuff. He will always be my Boy tho. And he used to call MrP Uncle Dad.

Have a wonderful day everyone. Stay warm and dry

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(04-05-2025, 08:54 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Every year I forget how the sun gets lower and starts to move patches of warm onto the foot of my bed. But the resident furperson doesn't. It's nice though, the heavyweight load suddenly ups itself from my lap and goes over to begin duty as a heat collector, and the blood flow returns to my knees in time for the second cup of tea making, and the Q&A episode.

Morning all!

My Madam has decided this year that being Under the blankets is warmer. 

Right on my chest with her nose uncovered.. Like me she obviously will never do the full cover up.. 

I approve tho cos I didnt like having my hand out in the cold lol

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIWIMADE  !!!!!

Hope you have an awesome Day.

(04-05-2025, 07:44 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Sounds like your oven thermostat has gone popeye..

(05-05-2025, 09:35 AM)zqwerty Wrote: Yes thermostats always fail to be full on heat which is probably because you will always need to cook even if you have no heat control.

The ring thermostats may be faulty as well.  They also will fail to full on heat with no regulation except to be able to turn OFF.

Ages ago (30 years) they cost about $50 each and there is labour time cost on top of that from a registered electrician.

A very sad event happened to a member of my family centered around a stove in a granny flat connected to my parents house, not caused directly by the thermostats being faulty but by actions taken because they were not working properly but no one realized that;  Great Aunt Ediths (96 years old) seeming inability to boil an egg without boiling the pot dry was not due to oncoming failing mental abilities and/or her age, but that the heating rings were always on high because the thermostats were faulty.

When my mother and father went on holiday to the North Island from Chch they were so worried about her burning the place down as a possibility whilst she was on her own that they moved her into permanent hospital care where she eventually died quite quickly, she said to me it was so noisy there, and she was right.  When I went  to visit her she begged me to move her back to our home but I didn't know about the stove thermostat faults then, thought Mum knew what she was talking about, it was only later when I moved into the vacant flat I realized what had happened.  As an aside, I could always smell 4711 perfume on hot days even years later.

I never told Mum, she would have been so upset, she was always a worry wart.

Quite a horrible story really, unexpected and unbidden.

If anyone is interested it is the heating coil on a bi-metallic strip that fails and causes this fault of the thermostat to not control the heat by altering the time duty cycle.

(05-05-2025, 09:35 AM)zqwerty Wrote: Yes thermostats always fail to be full on heat which is probably because you will always need to cook even if you have no heat control.

The ring thermostats may be faulty as well.  They also will fail to full on heat with no regulation except to be able to turn OFF.

Ages ago (30 years) they cost about $50 each and there is labour time cost on top of that from a registered electrician.

A very sad event happened to a member of my family centered around a stove in a granny flat connected to my parents house, not caused directly by the thermostats being faulty but by actions taken because they were not working properly but no one realized that;  Great Aunt Ediths (96 years old) seeming inability to boil an egg without boiling the pot dry was not due to oncoming failing mental abilities and/or her age, but that the heating rings were always on high because the thermostats were faulty.

When my mother and father went on holiday to the North Island from Chch they were so worried about her burning the place down as a possibility whilst she was on her own that they moved her into permanent hospital care where she eventually died quite quickly, she said to me it was so noisy there, and she was right.  When I went  to visit her she begged me to move her back to our home but I didn't know about the stove thermostat faults then, thought Mum knew what she was talking about, it was only later when I moved into the vacant flat I realized what had happened.  As an aside, I could always smell 4711 perfume on hot days even years later.

I never told Mum, she would have been so upset, she was always a worry wart.

Quite a horrible story really, unexpected and unbidden.

If anyone is interested it is the heating coil on a bi-metallic strip that fails and causes this fault of the thermostat to not control the heat by altering the time duty cycle.

(05-05-2025, 01:40 PM)Praktica Wrote:

(05-05-2025, 09:35 AM)zqwerty Wrote: Yes thermostats always fail to be full on heat which is probably because you will always need to cook even if you have no heat control.

The ring thermostats may be faulty as well.  They also will fail to full on heat with no regulation except to be able to turn OFF.

Ages ago (30 years) they cost about $50 each and there is labour time cost on top of that from a registered electrician.

A very sad event happened to a member of my family centered around a stove in a granny flat connected to my parents house, not caused directly by the thermostats being faulty but by actions taken because they were not working properly but no one realized that;  Great Aunt Ediths (96 years old) seeming inability to boil an egg without boiling the pot dry was not due to oncoming failing mental abilities and/or her age, but that the heating rings were always on high because the thermostats were faulty.

When my mother and father went on holiday to the North Island from Chch they were so worried about her burning the place down as a possibility whilst she was on her own that they moved her into permanent hospital care where she eventually died quite quickly, she said to me it was so noisy there, and she was right.  When I went  to visit her she begged me to move her back to our home but I didn't know about the stove thermostat faults then, thought Mum knew what she was talking about, it was only later when I moved into the vacant flat I realized what had happened.  As an aside, I could always smell 4711 perfume on hot days even years later.

I never told Mum, she would have been so upset, she was always a worry wart.

Quite a horrible story really, unexpected and unbidden.

If anyone is interested it is the heating coil on a bi-metallic strip that fails and causes this fault of the thermostat to not control the heat by altering the time duty cycle.

Simmerstats are $25 each, $80 for 4 on Trademe - they are ones originally used on most NZ stoves. I replace the ones on our stove myself - they seem to last around 6 years.