- Jul 18, 2009
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So, all this complaining about rising energy prices.
When we were little.
When we were young children. We sat in the lounge with mum & dad, maybe other members of the family.
The sitting room, lounge or wherever was heated by an open fire or gas fire.
We went to bed with a hot water bottle and lots of blankets. The upper rooms being aired/warmed from the lower rooms.
If you went for a pee, it was outside. So when you got back in, it felt warm anyway.
We had a tin bath we put in front of the fire. Until we went all posh and had hot running water and a bath put in our second bedroom.
Central heating ! What was that ?.
We had aback boiler behind our coal fire that heated our water.
Along came British Gas, fitting gas back boilers behind gas fires. Very innovative.
But the way I see it now (though it does not go on in our house).
The entire house is heated. Because dad is in his home office, mum is in the laundry room (or the home help ). Henry’s room is heated, he’s a gamer. Henrietta’s room is heated, she’s the blogger/facebooker on her pc. And the young baby is asleep in the nursery.
The other scenario is. Kirsty & Tyrone get their housing and council tax paid for them . Along with other benefits that afford them the luxury of almost endless utilities. Council backed solar panels, home insulation and other home improvement grants.
In out house.,the kitchen is warmed by the heat generated from cooling. The central heating is on, though only in the required rooms.
Radiator thermostats are set to frost in unused rooms.
Some nights, we just put the a/c on heat in the bedroom to take the chill off for an hour.
Everything is insulated and heating kept to a minimum. With the main living area nice and cozy.
One of our daughters is BA k to the UK from the UAE for a three month stay.
So apart from free rent, free food and hospitality and commandeering my car. She commented the other day…..
“It’s nipples in this bloody house”
To which I replied….
“That’s because you waltz around in skimpy shorts and a vest”
I love her but geesus, they can be a PIA
When we were little.
When we were young children. We sat in the lounge with mum & dad, maybe other members of the family.
The sitting room, lounge or wherever was heated by an open fire or gas fire.
We went to bed with a hot water bottle and lots of blankets. The upper rooms being aired/warmed from the lower rooms.
If you went for a pee, it was outside. So when you got back in, it felt warm anyway.
We had a tin bath we put in front of the fire. Until we went all posh and had hot running water and a bath put in our second bedroom.
Central heating ! What was that ?.
We had aback boiler behind our coal fire that heated our water.
Along came British Gas, fitting gas back boilers behind gas fires. Very innovative.
But the way I see it now (though it does not go on in our house).
The entire house is heated. Because dad is in his home office, mum is in the laundry room (or the home help ). Henry’s room is heated, he’s a gamer. Henrietta’s room is heated, she’s the blogger/facebooker on her pc. And the young baby is asleep in the nursery.
The other scenario is. Kirsty & Tyrone get their housing and council tax paid for them . Along with other benefits that afford them the luxury of almost endless utilities. Council backed solar panels, home insulation and other home improvement grants.
In out house.,the kitchen is warmed by the heat generated from cooling. The central heating is on, though only in the required rooms.
Radiator thermostats are set to frost in unused rooms.
Some nights, we just put the a/c on heat in the bedroom to take the chill off for an hour.
Everything is insulated and heating kept to a minimum. With the main living area nice and cozy.
One of our daughters is BA k to the UK from the UAE for a three month stay.
So apart from free rent, free food and hospitality and commandeering my car. She commented the other day…..
“It’s nipples in this bloody house”
To which I replied….
“That’s because you waltz around in skimpy shorts and a vest”
I love her but geesus, they can be a PIA
