Originally posted by ferret
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Cheers Gordon!
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I like this quote from Help the Aged:
Today's announcement devalues the word 'strategy'.
When I were a lad etc etcOlder and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWhen I was growing up in the 70's my parents had no central heating, no insulation of any kind and single glazed windows.
In cold winters there would be ice on the inside of my bedroom window by morning.
If you were cold, you'd put on more clothes and do something physical.
Bunch of namby pambies. Poor people should expect to be cold. It's punishment for not achieving anything with your sorry lives.
HTH
You were lucky. We lived for three months in a brown paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six o'clock in the morning, clean the bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down mill for fourteen hours a day week in-week out. When we got home, out Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt!Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostHere's an amusing factoid:
By the 1970s, around 30% of households had central heating, (although even with the systems the average internal temperature was still only about 12 degrees).
http://www.dothegreenthing.com/wiki/...n+room+heating.
The page you were trying to reach could not be found.
Most amusing.Comment
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Originally posted by moorfield View PostYou were lucky. We lived for three months in a brown paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six o'clock in the morning, clean the bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down mill for fourteen hours a day week in-week out. When we got home, out Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt!Comment
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Yeah, I've noticed that changing generations have changing perceptions, i.e. our daughter thinks that our advice to have CH at about 20C is a form of cruelty. It takes 24C before the hood goes down, but overgarments are still required until 25C. She's off to Uni soon, and I think the lower energy bills will pay the fees!Comment
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Originally posted by expat View PostYeah, I've noticed that changing generations have changing perceptions, i.e. our daughter thinks that our advice to have CH at about 20C is a form of cruelty. It takes 24C before the hood goes down, but overgarments are still required until 25C. She's off to Uni soon, and I think the lower energy bills will pay the fees!
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Originally posted by moorfield View PostYou were lucky. We lived for three months in a brown paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six o'clock in the morning, clean the bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down mill for fourteen hours a day week in-week out. When we got home, out Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt!Comment
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