Re: [SPAM] Re: Re: Electric blankets?

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there is a youtube video showing how to make your own iodine. google it

BJ

[sPAM] Re: Re: Electric blankets?

Thank you Lena. I have already seen the Jcrows web site. Was hoping to

find better prices, maybe quart bottles, etc. May have to just bite the

bullet and purchase by the ounce. (Ouch!)

> jcrowsmarketplace.com has a nice 5% Lugol's solution.

>

>

> Am wanting to start both of us supplementing with Lugol's but it is hard

> to impossible to find. I keep wintertime house temp at 62 overnight.

> In summertime, I keep it at 78 overnight and keep a fan blowing across

> our bed.

>

>

> >

> > Gerry, You and your wife are very fortunate.Your lifestyle sounds

> like

> > 1 my wife and I are striving to get to. Bet you don't have a lot of

> > 'stress', either.Would be curious what 2 weeks or so of temp

> charting,

> > for you and your wife, would show.Also what the room temp. is, during

> > the winter, when you are sleeping with your feet out.

> > If you haven't, might want to look into taking Iodine (Lugols

> > solution).Jim

> >

> >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Here's how to keep from sleeping cold and use an electric

> > blanket

> > > > > > to the

> > > > > > > > best effect and least detriment...

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > People cover themselves up and often don't realize that

> all

> > > > > > inner-spring

> > > > > > > > mattresses are hollow air chambers. You have to have as

> > much cover

> > > > > > > > UNDER you

> > > > > > > > as over you if you sleep on an inner-spring (or air)

> > mattress.

> > > > One

> > > > > > of the

> > > > > > > > best ways to do this is to have a thick foam pad or

> multiple

> > > > thin ones

> > > > > > > > and/or a " pillow top " mattress cover. Also lay old

> > > > quilts/blankets

> > > > > > on the

> > > > > > > > mattress and cover them with the fitted sheet. This

> made a

> > huge

> > > > > > wintertime

> > > > > > > > sleeping difference for us. (This doesn't apply to foam

> > > > > > mattresses, they

> > > > > > > > tend to get warm quickly from body heat.) Our mattress is

> > covered

> > > > > > with two

> > > > > > > > old fitted padded mattress covers, then a 2 " foam pad,

> then a

> > > > > > thick pillow

> > > > > > > > top cover.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Electric blankets- DC ones are best but are hard to get

> > and very

> > > > > > > > expensive.

> > > > > > > > Use any electric blanket like this to get heat with the

> least

> > > > field

> > > > > > > > effect-

> > > > > > > > simply turn it on high just before bedtime, crawl in, get

> > warm

> > > > and

> > > > > > turn it

> > > > > > > > off. If you wake up cold during the night turn it on

> again

> > on high

> > > > > > > > until it

> > > > > > > > worms you up then turn it off again. Always have the

> > blanket right

> > > > > > > > over the

> > > > > > > > main bedsheet and have lots of cover over the electric

> > blanket to

> > > > > > keep the

> > > > > > > > heat in.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > It should go without saying that you have to wear warm

> night

> > > > clothes

> > > > > > > > to bed

> > > > > > > > in the winter. Some people think to wear socks but

> forget to

> > > > cover

> > > > > > their

> > > > > > > > heads. We use to really sleep cold and I used to cover my

> > head

> > > > but

> > > > > > don't'

> > > > > > > > have to anymore since I learned how to keep a warm bed.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Yes, AC blankets are at the least not good for you but

> > sleeping

> > > > > > cold isn't

> > > > > > > > either.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Warm bedding is an investment in your health. Stop

> looking

> > at a

> > > > > > bed as a

> > > > > > > > decoration (not saying that you are but in US society

> this

> > is a

> > > > > > problem).

> > > > > > > > Good warm covers are expensive but because of decorative

> > > > > > obsessions the

> > > > > > > > thrift stores are full of slightly worn blankets and

> > comforters.

> > > > > > Last year

> > > > > > > > we went thrift store and consignment store shopping

> > specifically

> > > > > > for a

> > > > > > > > king

> > > > > > > > size comforter to go on our queen size bed so it would

> drape

> > > > over the

> > > > > > > > edges.

> > > > > > > > We found a fantastic reversible one for $30. It needed

> just a

> > > > little

> > > > > > > > cleaning. It was far too big and thick to fit in any home

> > washing

> > > > > > > > machine I

> > > > > > > > spot treated it then hung it on a clothesline, soaked it

> > with a

> > > > > > detergent

> > > > > > > > solution from a sprayer, rinsed it with a hose and dried

> > it in the

> > > > > > > > sun, both

> > > > > > > > sides. Detergent, ammonia and sunlight will kill all

> cooties.

> > > > > > We've been

> > > > > > > > warm ever since.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > DaddyBob

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > --

> > > > > > > Necessity may be the mother of invention, but God is the

> > Father of

> > > > > > all good things.

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > G. Simpkins

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > >