tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post5135114454730184725..comments2023-09-17T06:13:58.403-04:00Comments on Unshakeable Hope: May I Have Another Piece of Coal, Sir?Heidi Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420802651029097379noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-12650154620448437472008-12-17T18:12:00.000-05:002008-12-17T18:12:00.000-05:00So you have a thermostat too? I'm from the south -...So you have a thermostat too? <BR/><BR/>I'm from the south - we don't have that stuff. I've had other people talk about getting their heating oil filled up to heat their house - again, I was like, "What?"<BR/><BR/>Glad I'm not alone in the awe of the pellet stove. :DBrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161250727510052519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-42265280798558008792008-12-17T15:16:00.000-05:002008-12-17T15:16:00.000-05:00kimberly - yes, I have a thermostaty thing too. I...kimberly - yes, I have a thermostaty thing too. It apparently is hooked up to something called a meter, which is like a tattle tale because it sends a bill each month to my husband who then threatens to tear it out of the wall.<BR/><BR/>I also, it would appear, am cold blooded.<BR/><BR/>or home all day. Which my husband isn't since he goes to work in a very warm, government paid heated building. But seeing as he is earning the money to keep me in my cold, but sheltered, house, writing my fingers off for no pay at the moment, I shant complain. Much.<BR/><BR/>well, okay, I will. but only good naturedly!Heidi Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420802651029097379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-38620711025688710332008-12-17T14:41:00.000-05:002008-12-17T14:41:00.000-05:00I'm cracking up too, and so glad that Brit asked t...I'm cracking up too, and so glad that Brit asked the question first, because I had no idea either! <BR/><BR/>Have you people never heard of a furnace??? It works like magic. I push the buttons on the thermostat and warm air blows out of the vents, and then my husband complains that I'm cold-blooded and turns it down again. (I think there may be elves or sprites involved in the technical aspect of it, but I can't be certain since I rarely venture out into the garage!).Kimberly Dertinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368511542359560174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-65015683173343943572008-12-17T14:35:00.000-05:002008-12-17T14:35:00.000-05:00hey brit! a pellet stove looks like a wood stove ...hey brit! a pellet stove looks like a wood stove (which is a big black iron box with a window). Instead of burning actual logs, you pour in these pellets which are actual logs mashed up into little pellets that look like tic tacs. the pellets drop into the stove (theoretically), catch fire, burn hot as hades and a blower blows the hot air out of the stove into the room (again, theoretically).<BR/><BR/>It's a marvelous invention of man which takes the simplicity of burning fire and complicates it with all sorts of technology that employs lots of people who otherwise would be feeling the effects of the economic depression.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad it made you laugh. I'm typing to keep my fingers from freezing.Heidi Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420802651029097379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-22681560763480627722008-12-17T14:25:00.000-05:002008-12-17T14:25:00.000-05:00LOL - I'm not laughing at your current misfortune ...LOL - I'm not laughing at your current misfortune of no heat, but the way you tell it.<BR/><BR/>I'm from Louisiana/Texas - I have no idea what a pellet stove is, how that heats your home, but good luck.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161250727510052519noreply@blogger.com