No Wonder I Was Feeling Hot

Hi Janey1966, I'm surprised that you did not detect the gas earlier. I think there could be something wrong with your sense of smell. You should go and have it checked. The leaking gas will definitely emit a smell which a normal person can detect even if it's at a low level. It's a safety requirement that all gas companies have to complied. Have a safe day.

Well after your 'is this it?' discussion I did worry that you had turned the gas on to gas yourself, I am sure John will understand, I am sure he would have spent more on the snooker than you did on the gas! Well he's had his entertainment and you've had a gas, sorry poor joke! These things happen, accidents do happen my friend, I am just glad you realized it before you went to bed! We've had the heating on this evening, as it's got cold again, and we have our DVD nite on a Tuesday and mum's front room is cold at the best of times.

Lol. . . I turned the burner up high under a cheese sauce today instead of under the potatoes. Boy it smelled bad when it boiled over. I can surely sympathize with you.

O-Oh! I hope he really would find the funny side of it or else......well, just give him one great massage and offer a one night of romance!

I've done that a few times, or left the oven on a few times. I think everybody does it, I am amazed this is only your first offence, you should feel quite pleased with yourself. I think that when we are cooking there are quite a lot of things to do, so its not that difficult to forget to turn off the gas, you probably got distracted by something. I usually turn it off automatically as I take something out of the oven, or off the hob, but occasionally I have forgotten. Though I did tend to put something like rice on to cook and then walk off and do something else, and only be reminded by a nasty smell. So I got a steamer, that has a timer, and it has saved my saucepans from regular abuse.

It happens. I recently left a pot on boiling water. You know the smell. Not only is it wasteful but it ruins the pot too plus can be dangerous. I think it is all to do with habits and I really try to understand where I am going wrong and then get it right. I must go into the kitchen a hundred times to just look around.

better than the roomie who left the stove on HIGH!

Before I had the gas fireplace put in, I would purposely leave the stove one to keep the place warm in winter. I had electric heating upstairs and the back room, but nothing in the kitchen and living rooms.

I use a plug in space heater for my room because I don't have central heating or cooling. In the spring time, it can be cold in the middle of the night, so I will turn it on so I can sleep and not be too chilly. But when the sun comes up, it starts to get warmer, if I sleep in it can get up to 75 degrees outside, and with the heater on ontop of that, I have woken up plenty of times sweating and confused why I was so dang hot, then I stumble out of bed to turn off the little heater :P

Not just expensive, but dangerous too...

Not good... I just came in a bit ago and found that my dear boyfriend had left the coffee maker on--and empty--while we had been out. Again, not a good thing.

Wow, thats not that good to forget that. You are lucky nothing happened. My girlfriend does that sometimes. Especially with the oven itself. When she cooks she sometimes forgets to shut the oven off. Well, it was an oversight, thats all. I am sure you ail be more attentive next time.

I lately did that too.. even went out and found out about it some hours later. We have been Lucky since nobody noticed and nothing happened. If it comes to the gas/electricity bills.. over here they are sky high also.. I don't see any difference if we all are home or nobody is.. kind of weird. I already have this struggle/fight with the companies over 10 years.

i live in a studio type apartment and when it gets too cold i turn the gas on too. LOL i grew up in a tropical climate and sometimes the heaters aren't enough to keep me warm. my gas bills are always higher during winters because of this.