Sujet : Re: xkcd: Neighbor-Source Heat Pump
De : psperson (at) *nospam* old.netcom.invalid (Paul S Person)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.written rec.arts.comics.stripsDate : 10. Jun 2025, 17:27:03
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 15:56:23 -0400, William Hyde <
wthyde1953@gmail.com>
wrote:
Lynn McGuire wrote:
<snippo>
Oil for heating is the worst thing ever. Expensive and dirty.
>
I can recall a large pile of coal outside my school in grade one. I
presume it was the custodian's job to shovel all that into a furnace.
>
The next fall there was no more coal. I suspect he was very happy with
the change.
My parents converted from coal to oil in the early 1950s. I can still
remember my Da digging the hole for the tank. With a shovel.
And his getting up in the middle of the night to restock the furnace
so it would be warm when we got up in the morning.
I don't actually remember playing in the coal pile (in the "coal
room", currently in use as a storage room), but I do remember my Mom
getting upset when I did.
Ah, the days of my (early) youth!
-- "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,Who evil spoke of everyone but God,Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"