I know that Schadenfreude isn't your thing, but this might raise a weak grin nonetheless: down here we are currently heading into 'winter' (note sneering quotation marks), and a close friend's central heating (like we even bloody need that down here) has broken down. And she is in bits. 'I'm soooooo cold! I can't sleeeep! I can't THINK! I'm dying of hypothermia!'
I keep having to bite my lip to avoid bursting out laughing.
The fact that homes in Australia have their domestic hot-water tanks outdoors*** should tell you all you need to know about winter in Australia...
*** No, really. Often they're not even lagged. This practice of outdoor water heater and storage tank also means there's no such thing as a hot press - that's an airing cupboard to people in the UK, and I've no idea what USA/Canada calls them - which in turn means nowhere to finish off air-drying one's laundry on damp days. Graaaaaah.
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Date: Thursday, 7 May 2015 12:07 am (UTC)I keep having to bite my lip to avoid bursting out laughing.
The fact that homes in Australia have their domestic hot-water tanks outdoors*** should tell you all you need to know about winter in Australia...
*** No, really. Often they're not even lagged. This practice of outdoor water heater and storage tank also means there's no such thing as a hot press - that's an airing cupboard to people in the UK, and I've no idea what USA/Canada calls them - which in turn means nowhere to finish off air-drying one's laundry on damp days. Graaaaaah.