Hot water bottle

[mjvw]

Used to have one when i was young............but was looking for something for use in the camper to make things a bit more cosy during these winter nights when away, so went retro and bought a couple of hot water bottles one with furry cover for the better half and a knitted jacket cover on mine just love them they just take the edge off.

 

[REC]

We use hot water bottles all the time! Great if you have bad back/ hips/ knees....and warm the bed. Much underrated in my opinion. Also leave them in the bed till getting washed in the morning and the water is usually hot enough for a decent sluice down, without putting the kettle on!

 

[trevskoda]

I dreamt I was eating a large wine gum only to wake and find the water bottle had vanished.

 

[caledonia]

We are hot water bottle fans. If you get the furry ones they stay hot for ages. Even the dog had her own one.

 

[colinm]

Always pays to be prepared.

 

[Topmast]

Unlike the old stone pigs when you kick them out of bed they don’t crack when they hit the floor. Also the old ribbed aluminum ones that burned you as soon as you touched them,certainly brings back memory’s.

 

[campervanannie]

I use hot water bottles every night I wrap my pjs round one and pop it in my bed so bedtime is warm pjs and a warm bed I have an old pan that I reboil the same water each night

 

[Goggles]

I make one every night and the water goes in the bird bath in the morning

 

[campervanannie]

I make one every night and the water goes in the bird bath in the morning

You take a bird bath with you in your van?

 

[Fisherman]

Last time I used a hot water bottle my mum put it in my bed.
There was no central heating or electric blankets then.
We really are a bunch of softies on here

 

[trevskoda]

I use hot water bottles every night I wrap my pjs round one and pop it in my bed so bedtime is warm pjs and a warm bed I have an old pan that I reboil the same water each night

Never wore PJS since i was about 8 years old.

 

[trevskoda]

Last time I used a hot water bottle my mum put it in my bed.
There was no central heating or electric blankets then.
We really are a bunch of softies on here

I remember gran buying electric blankets in the sixties as we to had no c heating,old folk thought it was bad for you,at least thats what i was told.

 

[izwozral]

As a nipper I slept in a bed with a sheet, 2x rough cotton ex army blankets and a candlewick bed spread. The bedroom had a fireplace but that was only ever lit if I was ill and the doctor had to be called to visit. On freezing nights dad used to put his army Greatcoat on top of me.
No hot water bottles, no electric blanket but did have hand-me-down pyjamas.
Now, it's in bed, naked, at least half an hour after Izzy has turned the electric blanket off and in the mornings it's grumbles about me thrashing about and throwing the duvet off.
As for the central heating thermostat that's up and down more often than Zebedee.

 

[saxonborg]

As a nipper I slept in a bed with a sheet, 2x rough cotton ex army blankets and a candlewick bed spread. The bedroom had a fireplace but that was only ever lit if I was ill and the doctor had to be called to visit. On freezing nights dad used to put his army Greatcoat on top of me.
No hot water bottles, no electric blanket but did have hand-me-down pyjamas.
Now, it's in bed, naked, at least half an hour after Izzy has turned the electric blanket off and in the mornings it's grumbles about me thrashing about and throwing the duvet off.
As for the central heating thermostat that's up and down more often than Zebedee.

Ah but did you have frost on the inside of your bedroom windows?

 

[colinm]

Ah but did you have frost on the inside of your bedroom windows?

Never mind the frost on inside of windows ( I was always fascinated by the patterns) how about when a glass of water left on the bedside cabinet froze!

 

[izwozral]

Ah but did you have frost on the inside of your bedroom windows?

Ice sometimes, it didn't help having lino floors!

 

[Deleted member 34243]

Glass in the windows. blimey that was posh

 

[trevskoda]

As a nipper I slept in a bed with a sheet, 2x rough cotton ex army blankets and a candlewick bed spread. The bedroom had a fireplace but that was only ever lit if I was ill and the doctor had to be called to visit. On freezing nights dad used to put his army Greatcoat on top of me.
No hot water bottles, no electric blanket but did have hand-me-down pyjamas.
Now, it's in bed, naked, at least half an hour after Izzy has turned the electric blanket off and in the mornings it's grumbles about me thrashing about and throwing the duvet off.
As for the central heating thermostat that's up and down more often than Zebedee.

Set it at 21c and lock it,you can buy anti fiddle ones to stop little fingers,IE wifes.

 

[trevskoda]

I here a monty python coming on here.

 

[izwozral]

Set it at 21c and lock it,you can buy anti fiddle ones to stop little fingers,IE wifes.

21c, blimey Trev that's like the tropics. 18c is more than enough.