
The Cottage – current residence for three adults, two kids, five pooches, three budgies, and numerous millipedes.
‘We need some airconditioners!’
My daughter blurted out;
The heated tones she used
Left me in very little doubt
The matter, it was urgent,
So forthwith I promptly went
To airily explore how best
Such outlay could be spent.
I soon returned triumphantly
With items I’d acquired;
I thought that the results
Would leave her breezily inspired:
‘Here’s some for oily, some for dry,
And some for normal hair,
Thus cooling down the cause you are
The heir to such despair!’
(It’s just as well this scene outlined
Did not in fact take place,
Or, frozen by a glare,
I might depart the human race;
In fact, the heat and humiture
That rages on outside,
Our two machines, today installed,
Are serving well to hide!)
You definitely need an air conditioner or two and some fans in that heat.
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Classic! ” ‘air conditioner”. 😀 I’m very glad you have air conditioning in your house now. That’s one upgrade the old home did not have.
Pls if you have a chance, check your inbox 🙂
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Ha – Christmas Day was a scorcher in KZN. Surprised you managed so long without.
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I do not envy you sweating away, hoping a good blow of cold air will help
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Of course, they were no sooner fitted than the weather cooled down!
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Oh Lordy Lordy….send me some heat…please. I am so cold!
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We have plenty to spare – does that order include humidity sauce?
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no I can do without humidity
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Oh Too funny as always!!
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Glad to provide a giggle!
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Phew!
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Relief, indeed!
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That is nice! The problem here is that you have to close off a room for airconditioners, so earlier this summer my husband put in a ceiling fan in the TV room and it is really very effective. Dis you install them your self?
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We have ceiling fans, but they weren’t enough to deal with the humiture here.
No, they were installed quickly and efficiently by a local company, at an inclusive cost less than I would have had to pay for the units. I still have to rust-proof them, though.
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I am envious!
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A delightful read to end my day with. I have missed your presence here.
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Thanks – nice to be missed. I am hoping to reach a stage where I can maintain a more regular one – but the time is not yet.
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So glad you managed to oblige your daughter, and cool her down again. Are you having a very hot summer?
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Streamy in the exsteam! What February plans to bring … *shudder*
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So funny! I don’t think your daughter would think so, though, especially if theheat has her frazzled.
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Her sense of humour would NOT have responded. Particularly as she has an overwhelming collection of hair treatments of every shape and size.
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In similar circumstances I would go and sit in Barclays Bank for the coolth. Jock had A/C in his surgery but had to turn it off when he noticed his nurse and the patients were shivering. We had a fan at home, and I used to take it under the mosquito net at night.
Are any of your books suitable for (ie would be enjoyed by) a 13-yr-old boy?
I’m sure your daughter doesn’t drop her aitches.
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I have been tempted to go supermarket shopping just to step out of the sauna for a while!
The cottage is equipped with ceiling fans, but all those do is move the mugginess around a bit.
Baa and Forest Circle Quest are contenders. Strangely enough, although Regina seems to hit the spot particularly well with girls of that age, boys of similar vintage have also been on the fan list unless they are too heavily into graphic gore.
No, she is a meticulous aitcher!
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Thanks. I read the extracts and enjoyed them – right up my street, but I think F is too old for them. Not in years (I am 77 he is 12+) but in the stage he’s at. In another few years he will love them!
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I have found also with my Tabika ones (age group advertised as 6 – 106) that there is a mid-period of age where they are looked upon with disdain, and then later enjoyed again from an adult viewpoint. Weird.
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