Comments on: An open letter to: http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1498 Grannymar Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:59:47 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1498 Gary you are on Mainland UK. Electricity prices here in Ulster - still part of the Uk - have no bearing on the price you pay. That short stretch of water between us is the excuse for everything being so much more expensive. I need heat! Sudden changes in temperature eg someone opening an internal door can cause my heart to go into spasm - and I go stone cold. Old age is a terrible thing, and I am not old YET! Gary you are on Mainland UK. Electricity prices here in Ulster - still part of the Uk - have no bearing on the price you pay. That short stretch of water between us is the excuse for everything being so much more expensive.

I need heat! Sudden changes in temperature eg someone opening an internal door can cause my heart to go into spasm - and I go stone cold.

Old age is a terrible thing, and I am not old YET!

]]> By: Gary http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1497 Gary Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:24:18 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1497 Jaysus - £100 increase in less than a year, and a year when the gas prices have dropped too, thats outrageous. Just a suggestion - why not use the open fire in the living room and a an electric heater on a low thermostat setting in the bedroom and sod the rest of the house ? I know that when I accidently leave the electric heaters on in the office overnight, even on their lowest setting the place is as warm as toast in the morning. Jaysus - £100 increase in less than a year, and a year when the gas prices have dropped too, thats outrageous.

Just a suggestion - why not use the open fire in the living room and a an electric heater on a low thermostat setting in the bedroom and sod the rest of the house ?

I know that when I accidently leave the electric heaters on in the office overnight, even on their lowest setting the place is as warm as toast in the morning.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1492 Grannymar Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:42:19 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1492 WWW ~ Oil fired central heating is the norm in my area. Piped gas has not reached us yet. I do have an open fire but that only heats the living room. I need the oil for the remainder of the house. I suppose I could try a toyboy! ;) Doc ~ Enough said...! WWW ~ Oil fired central heating is the norm in my area. Piped gas has not reached us yet. I do have an open fire but that only heats the living room. I need the oil for the remainder of the house.

I suppose I could try a toyboy! ;)

Doc ~ Enough said…!

]]> By: Doc http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1488 Doc Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:48:09 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1488 self-serving bastards, the both of them. self-serving bastards, the both of them.

]]> By: Wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1487 Wisewebwoman Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:41:30 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1487 My sympathies for your wallet, GM. I must admit to a feeling of hopelessness with the conditions of the world. The water crisis is also gaining on all of us. Bush and Blair with their heavy oil/contractor kickbacks are laughing their way to the aquifers in Paraguay (they own them) where they'll hole up, like the rats they are, while the world burns up. Is there any alternative energy you could be using? Just asking. XO WWW My sympathies for your wallet, GM. I must admit to a feeling of hopelessness with the conditions of the world. The water crisis is also gaining on all of us. Bush and Blair with their heavy oil/contractor kickbacks are laughing their way to the aquifers in Paraguay (they own them) where they’ll hole up, like the rats they are, while the world burns up. Is there any alternative energy you could be using? Just asking.
XO
WWW

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1486 Grannymar Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:47:22 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1486 Steph ~ I don't expect that either of them know of my existance. Chris ~ 2000 Lts, thats a large tank. Thankfully I don't need one that size. Baino ~ I remember my Brother sending me a photo of a winter's day in Melbourne. Blue skies everywhere and not a cloud in sight. I suppose the cold is the price we pay for water. Steph ~ I don’t expect that either of them know of my existance.

Chris ~ 2000 Lts, thats a large tank. Thankfully I don’t need one that size.

Baino ~ I remember my Brother sending me a photo of a winter’s day in Melbourne. Blue skies everywhere and not a cloud in sight. I suppose the cold is the price we pay for water.

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1485 Baino Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:36:37 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1485 Thank God for the sunshine. We heat for about 3 months with a little electric fan heater. No need for oil. Our petrol on the other hand is now $1.27 a litre, that's .80 Euro . . .Our PM is planning the same trick as Tony Blair and has announced that if he wins the election this month, he'll resign mid-term leaving the Treasurer, an immensely unpopular man to face rising interest rates, exhorbitant fuel prices and two major food chains who insist on blaming the drought for rising prices even though farmers are being paid less for their produce. Our troops remain in Iraq and Aftghanistan with three fatalities in the last two months . . .and the government spends the GDP of a small country on parking spaces for it's employees! GrannyMar, invest in a pair of ugg boots! Ugly but practical. Thank God for the sunshine. We heat for about 3 months with a little electric fan heater. No need for oil. Our petrol on the other hand is now $1.27 a litre, that’s .80 Euro . . .Our PM is planning the same trick as Tony Blair and has announced that if he wins the election this month, he’ll resign mid-term leaving the Treasurer, an immensely unpopular man to face rising interest rates, exhorbitant fuel prices and two major food chains who insist on blaming the drought for rising prices even though farmers are being paid less for their produce. Our troops remain in Iraq and Aftghanistan with three fatalities in the last two months . . .and the government spends the GDP of a small country on parking spaces for it’s employees!
GrannyMar, invest in a pair of ugg boots! Ugly but practical.

]]> By: chrisb http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1484 chrisb Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1484 Well said, I'm dreading filling my heating oil tank. My tank holds nearly 2000 litres and I too filled it last Feb. It cost nearly two months state pension. So I'll probably need to pawn something when I fill up before Christmas. My mother is always cold and likes the house a lot warmer than we do so I guess we use a lot of oil. Well said, I’m dreading filling my heating oil tank. My tank holds nearly 2000 litres and I too filled it last Feb. It cost nearly two months state pension. So I’ll probably need to pawn something when I fill up before Christmas. My mother is always cold and likes the house a lot warmer than we do so I guess we use a lot of oil.

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1482 steph Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:52:24 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2007/11/03/an-open-letter-to/#comment-1482 You might be waiting a while for a reply, Grannymar. In the meantime - keep touching those tootsies to stay warm this winter! You might be waiting a while for a reply, Grannymar.

In the meantime - keep touching those tootsies to stay warm this winter!

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