@matigo The carpet I had was over 40 years old and quite tatty, I had it replaced by polyurethane tiles shaped like wooden floorboards. Long wearing and very easy to clean. I need to get some rugs for the bedrooms.
I've dragged an old electric kettle out of storage and set it up in the bathroom, I use it solely for filling hot water bottles. This current winter I've been afflicted just about every 2nd day with Raynaud's Syndrome in my feet. The "trick," according to a podiatrist, is not to let the feet go cold in the first place. Easier said than done.
I place a folded hand towel on the cold floor with a single thermal sock on it. Then I add a two-litre hot waster bottle containing 600ml of 80ºC water. The soles of both feet rest on this bottle.
I then lay another folded hand towel and a second thermal sock over the top of my feet topped with a 2nd similarly-filled hot water bottle. This keeps the feet warm enough for several hours.
The podiatrist recommended wearing thin socks underneath the thermal socks once the hot water bottles have done their job.
Safari is no longer supported on this 2008 macBook pro running macOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan). However, Firefox, brave (if you can track down an earlier version) and Chrome work although the latter two tell the user that to get updates I have to be using at least maOS 10.13.
@variablepulserate Not that at all. Manuals are less sophisticated to make and are usually lighter. Manuals generally require less maintenance because they have a less complex design than automatics.
@variablepulserate Very common. Manuals are quite rare in passenger vehicles. Even light trucks are tending towards automatics these days.
@matigo Silver or grey is my preference but really it doesn't matter that much. It's a myth that darker colours absorb more sunlight than lighter colours. The radiation frequencies that carry the heat aspect are reflected back by the formulation of the outer paint layers.