Number one son and his girlfriend came back the other night with some electric heaters and shopping for the cats and dogs and us from a certain discount supermarket near us.
The small ceramic plug heater is only small and costs 22 Cents or 14 Pence an hour in England to run. It's not that big going off the size of the plug socket, but it does gives off tremendous heat.
It reminded me of that joke about a poor family who used a donkey jacket (poor donkey"!) for a blanket. The mother says to her kids: "Don't call it a jacket call it an Eiderdown". A while later. Mother is entertaining posh guests downstairs and her son shouts down the stairs: "Mum the sleeves fallen off the Eiderdown".
It will be great turning on the plug in the morning and getting warm whilst we eat some biscuits and have a brew. Real ground black coffee of course! I can't stand the instant stuff.
I will post another keeping us warm post another day.
Here's an old rock song favourite of mine:
I'm with you on instant coffee, we always make an old fashioned filter pot, we had pods, but still prefer filter coffee, always strong, black without sugar. Marlene, Poppypatchwork
ReplyDeleteYes real black coffee is great Marlene. I have two sugars with mine. I am not a lover of tea.
DeleteI don't like instant coffee either. We use a drip filter machine and have Lavazza Italian ground coffee. Perks me up!
ReplyDeleteStay warm.
Yes it definitely perks us up. You have just made me think of a coffee song JayCee. I will put it on here. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteInstant for me. I can't stand the real ground black stuff.
ReplyDeleteFair enough Tasker. What about custard? Thick or runny?
DeleteThat song - "One More Cup of Coffee" is by Bob Dylan and it first appeared on his brilliant 1976 album - "Desire"... but you probably knew that already.
ReplyDeleteI did YP. I love his Born Again Christian stuff. "It may be the Devil or the Lord"..
DeleteIn my humble opinion, instant coffee just isn't worth boiling the kettle for.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy eating your biscuits in the warmth, tomorrow.
I will vote for you Jules. Real coffee, carboots every day and allotments for all.
ReplyDeleteHere, electric heaters are not cost effective, unless they've come out with something more efficient. I'll be very interested to follow along with your experiment. I think that a small heater would be a fine thing. You could move it to where ever you happen to be working.
ReplyDeleteYes Debby thats what I was thinking. Just moving it about and turning it on when it is really cold before we light the stove.
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