I never did that. I always used use a cloth to clean the back and bottom. I thought the hoover might dislodge something.
More like the 70’s Maria
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If your not a fan of using the hoover behind the fridge freezer…small dust pan n brush will suffice…back to electric usage…we even had a socket on all the time to ignite the gas cooker and show a clock…that’s off…we have a cheap gas lighter…and who needs the clock…I understand some people can’t do this…but I do my washing every other day…at 8 9, 10 at night…and put it out on the line st 7, 8 in the morning…out all day and dry…no tumble…yes I know its easy at the moment cause its warm…when its raining…do my washing and put in our spare bedroom with the window open…in winter the heatings on, so I use a clothes drier(old fashioned I know)…it try not to use the tumble…gawd I sound like a right spend thrift…
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How do I un delete a post…
Got it:blush:
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Okay good tip, thanks. With regards to washing, I usually do what you do with the washing. I don’t even have a tumble drier, I like the fresh air to dry the clothes. In the winters, I have a heated clothes drier and it is only 6p an hour cost in electricity and the other smaller clothes I put near the radiator. Larger items like sheets and quilts I go to the launderette and get them dried there.
With regards to cooking, have electric induction hobs, to the dismay of my relatives used to stay long months with me, they are all gas cooker lovers. They say the food cooks better. i have an electric fan oven which I use abit.
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I was too young to remember that blackouts and 3 working day week.
If inflation is higher than ever, the Economists are saying our energy bills will be £5,000 by April 2023. This unsustainable for even 2 working people in one house on good incomes.
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Inflation in the uk seems to be on par with the average in europe.I’m only across the water in Dublin and while things are getting tight we don’t yet seem to be feeling it in the same way.Why is it that the uk is feeling it more?
Is it down to stagnation in wage increases over the past number of years as stated in the article below.
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Across the board inflation is having a psychological effect, but energy prices have moved far faster than inflation. That is because so much of the UK’s electricity comes from CCGT stations that use natural gas. Natural gas has been cheap for twenty years, but it is now spiking for several reasons. The UK’s exit from the EU power market has compounded the price spike, relatively small shifts in demand produce disproportionate effects on UK power pricing.
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I don’t know exactly, maybe others can shed some light in terms of economics. I think, world instability right now i guess. stagnant wages over many years, war in Ukraine has hiked up price of gas and oil and maybe leaving the EU and Privatisation of major civil infrascture like Railway, Water and Energy, none of these companies seem to reinvest in making their organisations more efficient ecologically and economically I guess.
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Ah yes the black outs…where you lived had designated days and hours when you had no electric…homework done and completed by camping gaz lamp, bath by camping gaz lamp, (hot water then supplied by solid fuel), to bed with a torch…oh what joy!!!
Outside of practices that can be done anywhere, like medicine and law, where i grew there weren’t many careers for university educated people. Chemical engineering was an exception. Our coastline made it viable for the big oil tankers to dock safely and so we had several big oil refineries and he good jobs that went with it. Starting in the 90s they started being decommissioned and now none are left. Presumably this is a reflection of the changing economics of LNG vs oil over that period.
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Hmmmm. Do you think something called ‘Brexit’ may have impacted the UK differently to Eire / rest of Europe?
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My understanding is that that is less a function of LNG displacing them (though some have been repurposed as LNG facilities, with a much smaller employment footprint) and more the shift from petrol to diesel in the consumption portfolio. Those older, smaller refineries did not have a compelling case for upgrades to diesel refining as compared to larger facilities elsewhere, and overall the European market has had more petrol refining capacity than needed for quite some time. So much of the British capacity that emerged 1950-75 has simply been stranded.
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Hate to say it… But Europe by and large have been guilty of letting their aged infra not being phased out…
And this was a problem which was foreseen 20 years ago as well .
The late adopters as in the 3rd world countries like India have had more benefit being seen because they were late into the market and also benefitted from having updated tech when they were in the position to afford those
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So the answer to the cost of living crisis is to spends more money on the latest energy efficient goods? 
Only kidding. I’m impressed by @RedWhippet’s efforts and it is the correct long term solution. Dealing with stuff right now is a touch more awkward.
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