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The damp dishtowel hanging over the front is dry before it's next use. We used to sit in the kitchen far more so than the lounge, being warmer. Card games round the kitchen table. Chances are if you have one you're a paid up member of the Tory party.
Still remember family with a peat powered contraption up in Lewis. Smelled lovely and the water was a weird brown colour.
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain
They have some good points but they are just incredibly expensive to run. I would sell it to another fool that wants the dream and buy a cheap fan oven that costs nothing to replace when it dies.
I lived in a basement flat of a house that had one. I'd end up being the one to get the coal out of the cellar, which was fun. Yes it did feel I was living in the 18th century.
It's all part of that idea that things from the past were somehow better.
I lived in a basement flat of a house that had one. I'd end up being the one to get the coal out of the cellar, which was fun. Yes it did feel I was living in the 18th century.
It's all part of that idea that things from the past were somehow better.
I've never seen the logic in this.
We want our cars to be climate controlled, quiet, efficient, fast, incredibly safe, modern etc but when we choose a house we want "period character" which mean, cramped, cold, pathetic heating systems, draughty sash windows, wonkey walls and floors etc.
No thanks. Ultramodern living for me everytime.....
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