tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738665029482190726.post8847925357058136545..comments2023-09-16T15:19:31.426+01:00Comments on Blackbird singing...: Coal comfortLlosgihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00142994326723043349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738665029482190726.post-84790876004192148812009-02-08T19:49:00.000+00:002009-02-08T19:49:00.000+00:00Hi GB, sorry - didn't see your comment until now. ...Hi GB, sorry - didn't see your comment until now. Funnily enough, I always think I live in comfort and luxury most of the time! I think I've ben offered 4 TV's since I moved on the boat, by kind folk who feel sorry for me! <BR/>- CarrieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738665029482190726.post-63256402889592764092009-02-03T21:22:00.000+00:002009-02-03T21:22:00.000+00:00This post made me smile. It reminded me of my boar...This post made me smile. It reminded me of my boarding school days. Our school was a Jacobean mansion and it was frequently cold in the winter. <BR/><BR/>One winter's night the rattly old radiators failed, and the next morning there was ice in the washbasin in our dormitory (and probably in others). We boys thought that was hugely funny. We thought it was a test to toughen us up. <BR/><BR/>(That makes me remember more: When I went around the Civil Rights museum in Birmingham, Alabama, I laughed at the exhibit showing 'white' schoolrooms (very smart) and 'black' schoolrooms (very tatty) side by side. An African-American guide was clearly irritated at my amusement. <BR/><BR/>I had to tell her that the 'black' schoolroom was actually rather better-equipped than my old school, which was one of the most expensive in the UK when I was there. <BR/><BR/>The difference: We had it tough, but we were taught well and we were taught we were special. <BR/><BR/>Deprivation is often more a lack of love than a lack of comfort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738665029482190726.post-89153326690965336632009-01-28T21:34:00.000+00:002009-01-28T21:34:00.000+00:00Hi CarolIf only we could regulate that internal co...Hi Carol<BR/>If only we could regulate that internal combustion to cold winter nights only, then I'd say - Menopause - bring it on!<BR/>I've found some wood now so I'm sawing again, but I'll be very glad to see springtime. I saw my first snowdrops yesterday!Llosgihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142994326723043349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738665029482190726.post-63991199284551830322009-01-22T14:39:00.000+00:002009-01-22T14:39:00.000+00:00CarrieNot bad that you got through this cold snap ...Carrie<BR/>Not bad that you got through this cold snap with just 1 bag of coal. I felt cold just reading that post, but I do think there is something rather comforting about being all snuggly warm under cover while outside that blanket is icing up. Luckily (Or unluckily) for me, my menopause has its own internal combusion so throwing the covers off is something I relish a lot at the moment!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14170492581566652759noreply@blogger.com