Anyone trying not to have heating on

its again going to be hot next week, 19 degrees forecast for tuesday

You can scroll back and quote the bit you want to reply to. That’s what everyone else does. I accept you didn’t mean me. I’m not impressed with your attitude to me though.

You didn’t. You quoted me. As per the screenshot, added again. That’s what I responded to.

I did respond directly to @Financeisfun though 😂 at 16.37. I directly quoted her post and replied.

@cardibach then quoted my response at 16.42 - and I then quoted her back at 16.43 - but the whole thread starts with @Financeisfun's original post

The problem is that MN only shows you the latest response in a quote thread, not the entire thing. So it does look like I'm talking to @cardibach but it's only because she quoted me first

I get you re. painting the ceiling, I can't move as I'm trapped under two cats so I may as well pass away the time on here!

Aah I did that too 😂

But it still looks like you’re replying to Cardibach as they’re the poster you quoted. To reply to Finance you’d have needed to reply to them directly.

Using your logic, there would be no way of knowing which poster on a trail of replies you’re talking to.

Also, I’m responding primarily because I have to paint a ceiling and I really, really hate painting ceilings so anything to procrastinate 😂😂

And (being petty) - there is - if you click ob the full quote "history" you'll see @cardibach originally quoted my response to @Financeisfun, which I then responded to

Yes the past couple of weeks, just a tiny amount. DH wfh so never going to save on energy during winter even though me and DC are out all day. Grrr...

No heating on yet. Jumpers and blankets here at the moment.

@warmapplepies yes, I looked at all of that.

But the message you directly quoted and replied to was @cardibach which implies they were the poster you were talking to when you said “so you keep saying”.

Reading the thread there’s no way of telling that you were actually directing that specific comment to @Financeisfun. To do that, you’d need to ignore Cardibach’s comment, scroll back up and quote Finance directly.

I don’t really care either way tbh 😂

As long as everyone is warm enough we’re all good. Including the human penguins I previously mentioned who feel comfortable at 16 degrees 😂😂

MN wouldn't be as entertaining if it wasn't full of people being petty and unnecessary (and I happily include myself in that)

This all seems rather petty and unnecessary.

FWIW, surely it's obvious that what is cold / perfect / too hot is subjective, based on situation, rather than there being a hard and fast temp which works for everyone?!

@SpidersAreShitheads yes, because she responded to me!

I posted at 16.37 replying to @Financeisfun. @cardibach then quoted me a few minutes later, so I then responded to her...

Look at the timestamps.

I’ve got no skin in this game either way, but in fairness, it did look like a response directly to @cardibach 🫣

But getting back to the thread, I have wavered once or twice but we haven’t lit a fire yet or had the heating on. And I’m normally a lizard who needs blistering heat in the house.

I am perimenopausal though - 49 years old - so I’m wondering if my internal heating has gone wonky this year?! 😂🤷‍♀️

Um, I DID quote @Financeisfun - at 16.37.

You then quoted me at 16.42. Here are some screenshots if you're incapable of checking for yourself 😉

I'll wait for your apology.

Our room has been below 20° for this last week. Overnight it got to 16.5°, which is lovely (we prefer cool bedrooms).

We 'tested' the heating today as the 70mph winds straight at the house overnight had brought the living room down to 16.5° too, so we wanted to warm it up so it was more pleasant to sit in.

My house hasn’t got as high as 20 for weeks. It’s not massively cold, usually between 18 and 19, but enough to trip the heating on for a bit in the morning.

You quoted me. If you wanted to respond to someone else, you should have quoted their comment. The one you wanted to respond to. How else is any9ne meant to know what you mean?
You could have just said ‘oh, yes, sorry, I meant to quote @Financeisfun’. That would be the rational response.

Our heating clicked on for the first time this morning, but only because I had the living room window open from 6.30 at the cat’s insistence.

I had my bedroom window open last night and the room got below 20 for the first time in ages.

Been so mild but today it’s cold and windy so I e just put the thermostat up to take the edge off.

I do actually. Its still warm though. Our windows are pulled onto the latch when the rain comes in too strong. The rain has stopped now so they're open again.

Yes, after you quoted my response to @Financeisfun

But conveniently you've managed to leave that part out 😂

You quoted me. How is that not responding to me?

In case you hadn't noticed, I wasn't actually responding to you

And so you keep challenging. What’s in that for you?

Yes, so you keep saying.