I have a Down filled Doona very very light and very warm--I also like to warm the bed with the electric blanket--heaven

Sad if old people have to cover themselves with a sleeping bag

for goodness sake..

Next thing we will be asked to wear our overcoats to bed.

Sad and yes an older couple a few months ago on tele. did say

they slept in sleeping bags.

I believe if you only have a sleeping bag for warmth you could go ask at the

charity shops for blankets? Would surely be affordable.

yaretzi, i have more than enough blankets, doonas, and other bedding. just that i have found the sleeping bag, used as a cover, more comfortable than anything else.

I wear a beanie to bed. Stops the head from getting cold. Very warm.

Congratulations for using a sleeping bag - I love mine and slept under it each winter for years - it was very expensive (over $300 - some 28 years ago) is super down - very light - to take on mountain climbs ... and keeps me warm in temperatures below -20 degrees Celsius. I would not even consider using an old fashioned (and not so warm) woollen blanket (even at home).



The other alternative for those wanting something light is to buy a silk doona ... I bought one in China several years ago - after watching it being made from start to finish - the silk being extracted, spun, laid out into the doona, stitched etc. It is extremely light and a great buy.



I wonder why people think it SAD that OLD people have to cover themselves with a sleeping bag. I am mid 60s and consider myself neither OLD nor do I consider my life under a sleeping bag as SAD.



I also wonder what is meant by :

"Next thing we will be asked to wear our overcoats to bed" - I take it the writer is a SAD OLD person - but [b]who [/b]will be asking him/her to wear an overcoat to bed?



I'm with you - all you young, happy, sleeping bag users who do not want to wear overcoats, revert to woollen blankets or be told what to wear!!!!!!!!

I know that I find woollen blankets far too heavy and agree that the "down" doonas or down bag would are a far better choice, although quite dear but do last for many decades

She begins with T omg :lol: ;-)

funny stuff wish I knew how, want to share?

In the tropics a sheet is enough - if you have the ceiling fan on.

Here also in the summer a sheet is enough also with the ceiling fan perfect

:lol: :lol:

crystalanne I think it would be nice to have a man to cudle me to keep me warm

Now there's the answer, I'm lucky I've still got mine :-)

Crystalanne You are right , there is nothing like the warmth of another body in the bed , but unfortunatly some of us have to go it alone............. I have found in my motor home I just use sleeping bags opened out , they are incredibly light but amazingly warm, and have often been tempted to forgo the blankets and just invest in a couple of sleeping bags for my bed , but am concerned my girls will think mums gone all old and wacky, so still have the blankets, but they are soooooooooooo heavy and have to be drycleaned wheras the sleeping bags can fit in the washing machine. In Darwin slept in the raw with just a sheet . Wonderful. Wobbly.

Crystalanne You are right , there is nothing like the warmth of another body in the bed ,.



Wobbly, can I be of any help.

Hurry up and pay for my tickets and i will keep you warm as well as protect you from bombs etc



Honest & warm fwed