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Heatwave support thread part two :

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the80sweregreat · 06/07/2026 18:02

ONLY for those who hate this heat, heatwaves , not sleeping because it’s unbearable and can’t understand why anyone would like it
Come here for a moan .. hot weather lovers can start your own thread !
.. ( the other one is full )

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JenniferBooth · 02/08/2026 19:59

MoonlightMemories · 02/08/2026 19:52

Oh yes, washing drying quickly is about one of the only benefits that I DONT mind - my laundry is literally bone dry within 24 hours, if that....which is great if you've had a big clean and got loads of bedding, towels etc to get laundered....it's making it very easy to keep on top of!

All my t shirts and tops that are washed go scrunched up into a carrier bag so they DONT dry so that i have wet tops to wear. this is the ridiculousness i have to go to in this disgusting shithole.

MoonlightMemories · 02/08/2026 20:01

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 19:51

Here they usually check the meter, the boiler and run the hot tap for a while. Then some stick the heating on to check it but not always.

I would absolutely be telling them to get stuffed if they said I had to put the heating on whilst my flat is/was sitting at 25 degrees+.....I hardly use the oven as it is currently., nevermind the heating!!

AmazingSummer · 02/08/2026 20:03

The rain we were expecting on Tues or wed isn't there any more ! What's happened ? I was hoping for at least one day rain to dsmpen down foliage /fire risk.

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ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 20:21

MoonlightMemories · 02/08/2026 19:56

I had a weird double plug socket where only one worked and if you put anything in the other then it tripped the whole socket - I had one of these checks a couple of years ago and it was very handy to have as it wasn't a major issue, but a bit niggly/inconvenient at times and thankfully a very simple fix for them to sort out...I probably wouldn't have bothered my HA about it otherwise.

You hear about people renting houses or flats that haven't had the electrics checked in donkey's years and then something trips or blows up suddenly....I'd rather be safe then sorry, personally 🥴

Yeah, I hear you. They’re just so messy and the last one I had they took a socket out of the wall and half the plaster with it.

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 20:24

JenniferBooth · 02/08/2026 20:16

Remember the article i posted upthread about the tower block where they wouldnt let the SH tenants use the air con i thought it rang a bell. A resident posted a thread on here last year.
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5363851-temp-accommodation-unsafe-baby-overheating-what-can-i-do?page=1

That’s terrible. And yet in true AIBU fashion, 31% voted she was. Shocking.

JenniferBooth · 02/08/2026 20:38

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 20:24

That’s terrible. And yet in true AIBU fashion, 31% voted she was. Shocking.

They should be made to fucking live in it

Lifeomars · 02/08/2026 20:46

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 19:32

Wow, that is expensive. And to think they were called 99s cos they used to cost 99p!

Returning 99s to a cost of 99p each is in Count Binface's manifesto, a real vote winner for the good people of Clacton

the80sweregreat · 02/08/2026 20:48

Love count bin face! 99s should be 99p
They buy the cones and ice cream from the wholesalers , it’s a rip off !

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JewelleryCat · 02/08/2026 20:50

Apparently there’s 34 candidates for this Clacton by election

AmazingSummer · 02/08/2026 20:50

JenniferBooth · 02/08/2026 20:16

Remember the article i posted upthread about the tower block where they wouldnt let the SH tenants use the air con i thought it rang a bell. A resident posted a thread on here last year.
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5363851-temp-accommodation-unsafe-baby-overheating-what-can-i-do?page=1

I saw this it's utterly heartbreaking and appalling.

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 20:52

JenniferBooth · 02/08/2026 20:38

They should be made to fucking live in it

They really should. Some people just have no idea.

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 21:01

Another vote for Binface here, then. Except I’m not in Clacton, alas. Well, I say ‘alas’…

MadisonAvenue · 02/08/2026 21:15

AmazingSummer · 02/08/2026 20:03

The rain we were expecting on Tues or wed isn't there any more ! What's happened ? I was hoping for at least one day rain to dsmpen down foliage /fire risk.

We’ve got a small chance of rain on Tuesday afternoon, but after that there’s none showing on the long range forecast until the 15th.

Tomorrow’s 29° has now changed to 31°.

AmazingSummer · 02/08/2026 21:26

We are now 33 for tomorrow

EmeraldRoulette · 02/08/2026 22:34

Does anyone else feel the saddest thing about it is....not having a summer? I normally love summer.

as one of my neighbours said, if you've got to stay in with the curtains drawn because it's too hot outside and the flats are boiling, then it might as well be winter!

JewelleryCat · 02/08/2026 22:51

I wish it was winter, blanket weather!

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 23:03

I have hated summer since I moved here so it’s just even worse than it usually is. That said, I think in some ways this relentlessness has (hopefully) made me slightly more tolerant of anything under 30 degrees!

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 23:04

But yeah, I’m an autumn/winter gal at heart.

JenniferBooth · 02/08/2026 23:06

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 23:04

But yeah, I’m an autumn/winter gal at heart.

Me too I love Christmas

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 23:08

JenniferBooth · 02/08/2026 23:06

Me too I love Christmas

My absolute favourite holiday.

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 23:09

With Halloween a close second! I think that’s because I grew up in the states and just have always loved it because it’s such a massive deal over there.

JenniferBooth · 02/08/2026 23:24

ConstantlyFuriosa · 02/08/2026 23:09

With Halloween a close second! I think that’s because I grew up in the states and just have always loved it because it’s such a massive deal over there.

"Lonnie Get your ass away from there"

My niece is currently on holiday in the states visiting her girlfriend. Air con everywhere including all over the house

ConstantlyFuriosa · 03/08/2026 00:20

My dad still lives there and when I complain about the heat he gives the usual ‘ice cubes in a bowl in front of a fan’ type advice. Handily forgetting he’s lived with full aircon most of his life!

BlackeyedSusan · 03/08/2026 00:22

Good luck.

I am on holiday so missed two weeks of heat. Dreading going back to it as I will have to adjust again.

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