tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post5228883871678831613..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Irritating news.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-22393311314913156142016-11-29T07:08:21.413-08:002016-11-29T07:08:21.413-08:00As a child in Co. Durham I was always jealous of m...As a child in Co. Durham I was always jealous of my brother who's small bedroom had the airing cupboard with the hot water heater in it and, therefore, some heat. I had to share a room and bed with my older sister but had our own hot water bottles! Every winter I suffered from chillblains. All day in school my toes would be hot and itchy inside my shoes. You don't hear of them anymore.<br />I hope your Aga is working again.shadypinesqltrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755180453538893117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-72026606402458686172016-11-29T06:02:44.318-08:002016-11-29T06:02:44.318-08:00Hope it is soon fixed, the joy of having a continu...Hope it is soon fixed, the joy of having a continuous source of heating in the kitchen, the aga is worth every penny.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-58665743318971683832016-11-29T05:29:02.394-08:002016-11-29T05:29:02.394-08:00Gawd, I'm amazed that people still use electri...Gawd, I'm amazed that people still use electric blankets, or indeed need to, thought they went out with the ark. I sleep on my own in a double bed, with a 10 tog duvet over me and the window slightly ajar and I'm never cold. That's despite it being -3 overnight here in the warm south last night. My only concession to the cold it putting a "hotty" in the bed to take the chill off before I get in.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-34071818944080261412016-11-29T03:45:01.526-08:002016-11-29T03:45:01.526-08:00Do hope your Aga woes are at an end!
Yes, I do rec...Do hope your Aga woes are at an end!<br />Yes, I do recall the misery of the old pre-central heating days - when I was allowed to go up to my bedroom half an hour before bedtime to put on the gas fire - so I could undress without freezing.<br />Then into bed with my 'hotty'.We are very spoiled today.<br />Yesterday our shower/bath controls broke......so I will have to wash my hair in the washbasin unless the plumbers can fix it this s morning.<br />But on the whole we are very fortunate indeed!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-279048184503593052016-11-29T01:08:40.253-08:002016-11-29T01:08:40.253-08:00I do hope your Aga will be up and running again so...I do hope your Aga will be up and running again soon. There was an Aga in the kitchen of one of the houses we bought many years ago. I was scared of it at first, never having met one before, but we soon became friends and sadly had to part when we were moved once again, all too soon. They are such a comfort in the winter. We have certainly become softened by central heating and I wouldn't relish a return to a single fireplace, no radiators, frost on the inside of windows and coats on beds for extra warmth.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3065517858608015812016-11-29T00:26:13.455-08:002016-11-29T00:26:13.455-08:00Jack Frost on the window panes Gwil - he used to l...Jack Frost on the window panes Gwil - he used to leave lovely patterns didn't he? That was in the days when you had a jug of water and a bowl in your bedroom for morning ablutions (I still have the bowl) and if the water froze overnight (as it often did) you used the still warm water from your hot water bottle.<br />Rachel - we always go to bed early and always have the blankey on (I often top mine up in the middle of the night if I wake up cold).<br />Thanks for all the tips. No word from the engineer yet but the wood burner has stayed in all night and is glowing as I write this - warming the whole house - as is the central heating.<br />Thanks for popping by.<br />The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64771430611643619642016-11-28T23:46:44.604-08:002016-11-28T23:46:44.604-08:00Oh dear thats not good, fingers crossed he can com...Oh dear thats not good, fingers crossed he can come out quickly Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-6762998728155285692016-11-28T22:46:44.105-08:002016-11-28T22:46:44.105-08:00Oh dear! Good job you still have other sources of ...Oh dear! Good job you still have other sources of heat. I don't know what I'd do if my hot water and central heating would stop working - I guess I'd move in with my parents or my sister until it was fixed! I'm really not good with cold, and we have now entered a cold spell, too; perfectly normal for this time of year, but we've all been spoiled by the unseasonably warm Octoer and November and not yet used to the colder temperatures.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25370166510526392192016-11-28T21:00:04.035-08:002016-11-28T21:00:04.035-08:00My UK Aga ran of nuts of coal (Thermacite ?), and ...My UK Aga ran of nuts of coal (Thermacite ?), and during the miners strike the fuel had to be imported from Poland. The stuff was full of tar and completely clogged it up. I sold the house soon after, but for ever blame Scargill.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82630134560523299312016-11-28T20:19:49.764-08:002016-11-28T20:19:49.764-08:00I hope your repairman came out and you and the far...I hope your repairman came out and you and the farmer are now toasty warm. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-66411955418628995652016-11-28T20:10:10.166-08:002016-11-28T20:10:10.166-08:00Goodness things like this always happen at the wor...Goodness things like this always happen at the worst times.<br />Hope it will be fixed soon.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-75156964028061294022016-11-28T16:01:50.939-08:002016-11-28T16:01:50.939-08:00I could go on...............but I feel so out of t...I could go on...............but I feel so out of the loop Pat Dxxxxxx I miss you - got to get myself sorted but so busy with business and village stuff xxx<br />mrsnesbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882736507772457598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-49173769880402843162016-11-28T15:04:22.430-08:002016-11-28T15:04:22.430-08:00Oh! I hope by the time you read this you are back ...Oh! I hope by the time you read this you are back up and running! Heat is a major need this time of year.<br /><br />LindaTerry and Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016496778254072639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91962295785537334362016-11-28T14:01:37.588-08:002016-11-28T14:01:37.588-08:00Things that break cause extreme distress for me. ...Things that break cause extreme distress for me. I have a leaky faucet on the outside of the house and it is cemented into the brick. I guess I'll cover it with insulation anyway. Mostly small things, but they sure complicate my days when I need to be doing other things. Such is life.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-45991506376908356372016-11-28T13:33:10.083-08:002016-11-28T13:33:10.083-08:00It's a good thing you could take advantage of ...It's a good thing you could take advantage of some passive solar heating with your windows, but hopefully you will get things fixed quickly. I've never heard the expression, "you don't know you're born", and in fact I read it twice thinking I had misread it. Well, "funny for that!" (that's an Eastern expression if you are looking for a new one). -Jenncoffeeontheporchwithmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618627688821849806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-36268268990107973482016-11-28T13:03:56.235-08:002016-11-28T13:03:56.235-08:00"You don't know you're born" is ..."You don't know you're born" is an expression my boss used to use back in the late 1970s (in Wiltshire - I had never heard it in Hampshire). Lovely to hear it again.<br /><br />I think we are used to being warm these days - back in 2010 when our central heating boiler broke, we had a foot of snow on the ground and it was SO COLD. Without our wood burner, I think we would have frozen solid. I would NEVER live in a house without one in the future. I hope your Aga is fixed soon.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-21048222896319305402016-11-28T12:51:24.251-08:002016-11-28T12:51:24.251-08:00Oh, I hope you have heat by now. I was without a c...Oh, I hope you have heat by now. I was without a car today, but without heat would be far worse.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-87895408441463719572016-11-28T12:25:34.136-08:002016-11-28T12:25:34.136-08:00We are big softies nowadays with our central heati...We are big softies nowadays with our central heating, double glazing and all manner of heater plug-ins. I haven't seen Jack Frost decorate the window panes since I don't know when. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-48781063435061482082016-11-28T11:49:58.857-08:002016-11-28T11:49:58.857-08:00That's known as Sod's law :o). I remember ...That's known as Sod's law :o). I remember freezing cold bedrooms in our farmhouse growing up and ice on the inside of the windows. Hope it's all fixed soon. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-49796280863835947082016-11-28T11:34:43.462-08:002016-11-28T11:34:43.462-08:00Yes I remember the days of my childhood when the o...Yes I remember the days of my childhood when the only warm area was the square in front of the living room fire ...( with the sofa preventing the warmth seeping into the far corners of the roomJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46824797615122466902016-11-28T11:32:07.209-08:002016-11-28T11:32:07.209-08:00 Just put a pullover on and go to bed early. The ... Just put a pullover on and go to bed early. The electric blanket still works.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8231138815127630222016-11-28T10:41:20.698-08:002016-11-28T10:41:20.698-08:00Perhaps your engineer will be The Aga Khan.
You mi...Perhaps your engineer will be The Aga Khan.<br />You might need to don your thermals. Good luck!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64360581103978218542016-11-28T10:37:24.912-08:002016-11-28T10:37:24.912-08:00Hope it is soon fixed. I well remember growing up ...Hope it is soon fixed. I well remember growing up in a house without central heating - not something I would like to go back to!Jennytchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621488409334115930noreply@blogger.com