Thursday, October 14, 2004

I am Warm

The man came to mend the central heating tonight and it is MENDED. He is a hero. It cost buttons (he is a friend of a friend kind of person) and now I am warm and have proper hot water. Tomorrow the new fire arrives, to complete the picture. The rest of the house (built 1832 so its falling to bits somewhat!) might be a relic from the past but at least its warm!!!
When I was little, we lived in a house with no central heating, and icicles used to form on the INSIDE of the windows and I used to sit on a convector heater all evening to keep warm, and while this was no big deal at the time, I wouldn't like to go back to that, given the choice.
When we lived in Whalley Range about 12 years ago, we spent a whole 2 months in Winter with no heating at all, and had to sit inside sleeping bags to keep warm. Getting out of the bath was not a nice experience, as you were liable to freeze yourself to the floor! (Not like Arizona ;-))
Happy times though.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:20 PM

    Ooh! I remember those indoor icicles! They were hard times alright - but they made us what we are today, tough, resilient, riddled with rheumatism.......

    Sam's Mum.

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  2. Ok, icicles in the house kinda suck. I remember that when we lived in the mountains in New York...no heat, broken wood stove, racoons in the attic, lighting bon fire outside when it was 20 below....

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