My boyfriend is from the North
And the rumours are quite true:

+ he keeps wrapping paper and labels for re-use
+ he turns off the heating and hot water while he is out but complains for hours when he returns because the house is cold
+ all of our shopping bills are scrutinised so that he can work out (actually get me to work out) how much we owe each other - this results in arguments about unidentified items on the receipt ("that must be yours")

I wouldn't mind as much except that I'm not badly paid but he earns twice as much as me and gets bonuses and regular large sums from his mother at Christmas and birthdays.
(BearWithLittleBrain, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 9:43, 4 replies)

CUNT HIM IN THE FUCK

That would be my advice.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 9:50, closed)

My advice
if you've got a half-decently insulated water heater, keep it on. It'll take less energy to simply replenish the lost heat than it will to heat up the water and THEN replenish the lost heat.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 10:08, closed)

^ this with bells on
I have gas-fired heating and water and did an experiment to see if it was cheaper to turn my hot water off when I went to work and let it heat up again when I got home, or let it keep it constantly hot during the day

My results concluded that for all 3 tests I did of the hot water (11 hours off, 11 hours on x3) to keep it left on used HALF the amount of energy as to switch it off and let it warm up again.

SCIENCE
( Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 11:24, closed)

if youve got a combi
then its hot water on demand rather than on all day etc...

Plus cavity insulation helps...alot!
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 13:57, closed)