Eliane Wigzell
@elianewigzell.bsky.social
History, politics, cookbooks, wild orchids
Not Elaine will be my epitaph. Only country where it’s a problem is the UK but unfortunately that’s where I’ve lived most of my life. I don’t say it the correct way because it sounds pretentious and ridiculous with my last name - which is English but also weird.
July 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Not Elaine will be my epitaph. Only country where it’s a problem is the UK but unfortunately that’s where I’ve lived most of my life. I don’t say it the correct way because it sounds pretentious and ridiculous with my last name - which is English but also weird.
Bleak House - reread after over 30 years. Even better than I remembered.
March 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Bleak House - reread after over 30 years. Even better than I remembered.
Every six months. Which is what it was set to as default. We live in rural area with low levels of pollution.
March 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Every six months. Which is what it was set to as default. We live in rural area with low levels of pollution.
We need to get the That’s devolved account to move to Bluesky…
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We need to get the That’s devolved account to move to Bluesky…
This is England’s scheme? So not UK as a whole?
March 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is England’s scheme? So not UK as a whole?
Given that might be reasonable. I’m on a hill in Wales so cold but not Switzerland! Did wonder what the spike was. Our installers recommend keeping Ashp slow and steady.
March 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Given that might be reasonable. I’m on a hill in Wales so cold but not Switzerland! Did wonder what the spike was. Our installers recommend keeping Ashp slow and steady.
But think I’d look first in your case at improving ASHP efficiency?
March 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
But think I’d look first in your case at improving ASHP efficiency?
Have found running it in simplest way possible works best - constant thermostat setting, and flow temp for radiators of 40 deg. Am on Octopus agile but also have battery which works intelligently to shift demand. Suspect with just ASHP/solar that Octopus Cosy would reduce bills.
March 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Have found running it in simplest way possible works best - constant thermostat setting, and flow temp for radiators of 40 deg. Am on Octopus agile but also have battery which works intelligently to shift demand. Suspect with just ASHP/solar that Octopus Cosy would reduce bills.
I compared this to ours - large all electric house airtight/well insulated/ASHP to radiators. We have thermostat at 20.5 degrees constant. You generated 3x as much solar but used 2x as much electricity. What’s your COP for the ASHP?
March 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I compared this to ours - large all electric house airtight/well insulated/ASHP to radiators. We have thermostat at 20.5 degrees constant. You generated 3x as much solar but used 2x as much electricity. What’s your COP for the ASHP?
Spreadsheet recording readings from Octopus app, and solar app, plus monthly COP data from ASHP. 100% electric house + 2 cars so not just heating.
February 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Spreadsheet recording readings from Octopus app, and solar app, plus monthly COP data from ASHP. 100% electric house + 2 cars so not just heating.
Our Christmas lights were bought in the mid 1960s. Still haven’t had to use the spare bulb.
January 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Our Christmas lights were bought in the mid 1960s. Still haven’t had to use the spare bulb.
Earlier shifts from 1890s probably explained by development of antiseptics, cleaner practices during childbirth, work of Koch and Lister etc.
January 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Earlier shifts from 1890s probably explained by development of antiseptics, cleaner practices during childbirth, work of Koch and Lister etc.
Female life expectancy - so maternal mortality must be significant factor. 1920s-30s saw major developments leading to rapid drops in number of deaths from sepsis.
January 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Female life expectancy - so maternal mortality must be significant factor. 1920s-30s saw major developments leading to rapid drops in number of deaths from sepsis.
Such a good book. The tofu with tomato sambal.
January 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Such a good book. The tofu with tomato sambal.
Merchant of Venice, To Kill a Mockingbird (love) poems of Coleridge, Antony and Cleopatra (brilliant), Death of a Salesman (love), Great Expectations (started love of Dickens), Vanity Fair, Far from the Madding Crowd (didn’t start love of Hardy), Keats (hated), Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale
January 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Merchant of Venice, To Kill a Mockingbird (love) poems of Coleridge, Antony and Cleopatra (brilliant), Death of a Salesman (love), Great Expectations (started love of Dickens), Vanity Fair, Far from the Madding Crowd (didn’t start love of Hardy), Keats (hated), Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale
Which part of the the UK does this stat refer to? England only? If so how does it compare to NI, Scotland, Wales rates?
January 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Which part of the the UK does this stat refer to? England only? If so how does it compare to NI, Scotland, Wales rates?
Everyone’s criticisms are valid though my fridge isn’t very noisy. Wide French doors, drawers in freezer below. Love the wide shelves and not having to bend down to hunt lower shelves (I’m tall).
December 17, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Everyone’s criticisms are valid though my fridge isn’t very noisy. Wide French doors, drawers in freezer below. Love the wide shelves and not having to bend down to hunt lower shelves (I’m tall).
This and you’re gonna make me lonesome from the same album.
December 15, 2024 at 10:17 AM
This and you’re gonna make me lonesome from the same album.
Which made me think of this youtu.be/0XfOLQVuwaE
Tom Waits - "Somewhere" (From 'West Side Story')
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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December 15, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Which made me think of this youtu.be/0XfOLQVuwaE
