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Does anyone know if there is a patron saint of central heating? I should like to send some rudely worded prayers in his or her direction if there is.

Yesterday, when the weather was sub-arctic around here, with temperatures waltzing around well below zero, I had to coax, cajole and even threaten the system before it started pumping the hot water around the radiators. Since then, it has failed to switch off; leading to a late December night with me sleeping on top of the duvet to keep cool.

Today, when outside temperatures have jumped by about 10 degrees and it is merrily raining, with no sign of snow to be had, the heaters are running as if they are fired by every furnace in Hell. I have turned off the radiator in the bedroom and opened a window.

So much for my carbon footprint.

Things are a little more complicated here in the computer room, where getting at the radiator is a major inconvenience since I (as it turns out) rather rashly reorganised the furniture to make better use of the space.

I am going to give it a half hour more and then go down and try all of yesterday's incantations backwards.

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Does anyone know if there is a patron saint of central heating? I should like to send some rudely worded prayers in his or her direction if there is.

Yesterday, when the weather was sub-arctic around here, with temperatures waltzing around well below zero, I had to coax, cajole and even threaten the system before it started pumping the hot water around the radiators. Since then, it has failed to switch off; leading to a late December night with me sleeping on top of the duvet to keep cool.

Today, when outside temperatures have jumped by about 10 degrees and it is merrily raining, with no sign of snow to be had, the heaters are running as if they are fired by every furnace in Hell. I have turned off the radiator in the bedroom and opened a window.

So much for my carbon footprint.

Things are a little more complicated here in the computer room, where getting at the radiator is a major inconvenience since I (as it turns out) rather rashly reorganised the furniture to make better use of the space.

I am going to give it a half hour more and then go down and try all of yesterday's incantations backwards.

Too hot; too many people

I've cracked. I had to move all the stuff between me and the radiator in the computer room. It is now turned off and the window open; there is a breeze forming between the computer room and the bedroom, and I am hopeful that in a half hour or so, I shall be able to close the both of them.

It will have to get very, very cold before either radiator is switched back on, I shall wear an additional sweater instead.

Meanwhile downstairs the place is filling up with people: caffeine_fairy and chomper99 arrived first, and then maisiecat and Hayden sans LJ. There is a couple of blokes whom I don't think I've ever met and who aren't saying much. colonel_maxim has bought up a vast amount of comestibles from Waitrose and there's no room to swing a cat.

I think I am better off up here in The Tower to be honest. After having a house full of people most of yesterday for the weekly role-play, I find myself suddenly feeling unsociable; maybe it's the heat from this damned central heating.

On the positive side, I have discovered that if you shine a laser pointer at Marvin the Paranoid Android in the twilight his head glows red.

Too hot; too many people

I've cracked. I had to move all the stuff between me and the radiator in the computer room. It is now turned off and the window open; there is a breeze forming between the computer room and the bedroom, and I am hopeful that in a half hour or so, I shall be able to close the both of them.

It will have to get very, very cold before either radiator is switched back on, I shall wear an additional sweater instead.

Meanwhile downstairs the place is filling up with people: caffeine_fairy and chomper99 arrived first, and then maisiecat and Hayden sans LJ. There is a couple of blokes whom I don't think I've ever met and who aren't saying much. colonel_maxim has bought up a vast amount of comestibles from Waitrose and there's no room to swing a cat.

I think I am better off up here in The Tower to be honest. After having a house full of people most of yesterday for the weekly role-play, I find myself suddenly feeling unsociable; maybe it's the heat from this damned central heating.

On the positive side, I have discovered that if you shine a laser pointer at Marvin the Paranoid Android in the twilight his head glows red.