air conditioning

[bluesqueak]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" 
<pipdowns at e...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > The modern Brit does tend to believe in Central Heating, though. 
> > Very firmly. ;-)
> 
> Really? All my old 1920s-30s-40s-50s mystery novels have the 
> British character sneering at "soulless" American central heating.

True. But that dates from the days when those Upper to Upper middle 
characters had *servants* to do the messy and exhausting job of 
cleaning out and re-laying the fire every morning. In each and every 
room. 

Once they had to do it *themselves*, they suddenly stopped sneering 
at Central Heating [grin].

Pip