tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post7380931909390559215..comments2023-10-30T06:21:18.757-04:00Comments on John Kelly's Voxford: The Fiery Furnaces, or 'On the Boil'John Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-53188100024488343202007-12-12T07:32:00.000-05:002007-12-12T07:32:00.000-05:00Well, John, at least you don't have to sit down al...Well, John, at least you don't have to sit down all the time. It's the rest of your family I feel sorry for.<BR/><BR/>And don't the Brits wash their hands after using the loo? Where's the sink?Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-2220115888553055942007-12-12T05:45:00.000-05:002007-12-12T05:45:00.000-05:00What it is is a broken thing. An internal thermost...What it is is a broken thing. An internal thermostat is supposed to turn the unit off when the water reaches a certain temperature, 80 degrees Celsius or so. Then when the water temp falls below that, it turns on again. If for some reason that thermostat fails, the unit shuts down for good when it reaches 100 degrees. Then you have to manually restart it by pushing the lighted button. So that's John Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-88503342492538883252007-12-11T22:42:00.000-05:002007-12-11T22:42:00.000-05:00Fan mail, here....how I love reading your comments...Fan mail, here....how I love reading your comments on daily life in England! My experience in Germany and Greece (re isolated, unheated toilets) was similar. But the button-operated gizmo - that thing is new to me. Maybe it's an ecological, energy-saving thing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-83994382322652826062007-12-11T11:58:00.000-05:002007-12-11T11:58:00.000-05:00During my time at Oxford some 35 years ago, bedsit...During my time at Oxford some 35 years ago, bedsits and other lodgings were heated by electric or gas fires. Most of the single family homes of that era were still heated by single room fires as well, some of them hailing from pre WWI days. I found myself in a constant state of damp chill (being frugal with the shillings needed to feed the meters attached to the room fires) and thus often had Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565647512034081439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-46265182925179709742007-12-11T10:42:00.000-05:002007-12-11T10:42:00.000-05:00John, there are huge leaf piles all over Woodside/...John, there are huge leaf piles all over Woodside/Park/Forest, as the final leaf collection has been delayed by the snow and rain. <BR/><BR/>So, if necessary, there is short-term fuel available for your tenants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-30231453239642959872007-12-11T09:24:00.000-05:002007-12-11T09:24:00.000-05:00The bathrooms I used during my years in Oxford had...The bathrooms I used during my years in Oxford had both a bath and a toilet as well as intermittent and low central heating. So did the toilets in the Bodleian Library. But the toilet in one of the Oxford Colleges thirty years ago was cold, even though it was early summer. The relatively mild winters of southern England can be balanced by its coolish summers.Candadai Tirumalaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842987883746560077noreply@blogger.com