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You young pups don't know you're born with all the mod cons of central heating electric blankets and such like. Old flatulents such as myself can remember the days of a single coal fire to heat the whole house and wake in the mornings to find frost had made beautiful patterns INSIDE your bedroom window and it required the will power of an eskimo just to put one foot out of bed. Wild camping has no fears for old timers like me.

Aye and it were a five mile walk to school...uphill there and back. 

Safeway56, why can I hear the theme tune to the hovis ads in my head when I read your post!  You sounded just like my mum & dad talking there for a minute!!

Kate

Quote: Originally posted by Safeway56 on 11/12/2006

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You young pups don't know you're born with all the mod cons of central heating electric blankets and such like. Old flatulents such as myself can remember the days of a single coal fire to heat the whole house and wake in the mornings to find frost had made beautiful patterns INSIDE your bedroom window and it required the will power of an eskimo just to put one foot out of bed. Wild camping has no fears for old timers like me.

Aye and it were a five mile walk to school...uphill there and back. 

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I know was this was written with tongue in cheek, but I can honestly remember only having coal fires for heating, and yes the frost was on the inside of the windows, perhaps thats why i love my heating so much now.

Quote: Originally posted by kate w on 11/12/2006

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Safeway56, why can I hear the theme tune to the hovis ads in my head when I read your post!  You sounded just like my mum & dad talking there for a minute!!

Kate

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I thought it was the words for Capstick Comes Home, by Tony Capstick

Eeeh Me Fairther went crackers!!!!