Comments on: Baby it’s cold outside…

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:27:51 +0000

Ah the ladies of the LLCGKGA are feared the length and breadth of France – I’m sure he’ll cave in without hesitation after one run-in down a dark alley… Fingers crossed for you – luckily the temperatures seem to be on the up.
Would be great to catch up with you if you’re in town. We could try to meet up in Fontenay, or you are always welcome to call in chez nous for a pineau and some warmth! Let me know and we’ll sort something out.

By: Jon in France

Jon in France — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:42:03 +0000

Ah, central heating & hot water: I remember those… Our boiler – removed back in October to allow for kitchen renonvation – still hasn’t been replaced by the wood burner ordered back in May.

The plumber swears on the graves of his ancesters that it will be done next week.

Word has got around that we are living with three young children in a 210m2 house with no hot water (shower in the unheated gite next door), one small log burner and a two parafin heaters, and old ladies of the Le Langon Catholic Grandmothers Kneecapping & Garotting Association have been threatening him in the street, so I am fairly optimistic that he will turn up.

In the meantime we have become acustomed to life at 13°C. Good for the complexion.

By the way Richard, I’ll be up your way sometime late January. Fancy a pint?

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:22:36 +0000

@Phillip: Thanks Phillip, sounds like we have a similar problem. Our ground floor has no doors – lounge, dining, study & kitchen all open plan, with only a few curtains to stop the draughts. Makes it a devil to keep warm and the fire, although nice when you;re sitting right in front of it, struggles to reach much further.
We are thinking warm thoughts and crossing our fingers for the sun to reappear soon!

@Dawn: I think it has really taken people by surprise. I tried ringing all the oil providers in the area to see if I could get something earlier, but was told by most that it could be 2 weeks! The fire is a big bonus for us and has really been a life-saver this week. it’s no good for the rest of the house but at least we can all huddle round at nights.

Fingers crossed for you all that the days and nights soon warm up again and we can all take off a few layers and get back to normal. Keep safe everyone!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:36:40 +0000

Snap, We should have ordered before New Year too, but never needed to wait more than a few days before. Been trying for oil since Monday and the best I got was maybe Friday if not next week!!
Lucky you having a fire. We have nothing except the gas over and it is only 10 indoors here. At least it means I keep moving and doing jobs, too cold to sit still. lol

Hope we are all warm soon.

By: Simon The Cat

Simon The Cat — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:59:27 +0000

The temperature gauge went off of the scale with constant feeding of wood but the farm end of the room stayed at about 15 degrees.It is hard work but nice too.It will certainly make the spring a nice arrival when it comes

By: Philip Voice

Philip Voice — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:14:52 +0000

I feel ofr you :-0))

We are low on oil too and just like yours, our gauge always shows that we have more than we really do. I will be dipping it later today but I feel an order needs to go in.

We have a seventy square metre barn kitchen cum diner come living room with a Godin range.

Yesterday, the temperature gauge went off of the scale with constant feeding of wood but the farm end of the room (where my blogging station is) stayed at about 15 degrees.

It is hard work but nice too.

It will certainly make the spring a nice arrival when it comes:-0))

Stay warm!

Phil