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Pensioners burn books for warmth
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| 5th January, 2010
| Miles Erwin
Posted on 01/05/2010 12:50:43 PM PST by Parody
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To: ColdWater
I might be a bit off on the size of the flat. Or, perhaps she was angling for some money from her dad. But I doubt that. From a young age she knows she that she always had to pay her own way for things like that.
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posted on
01/05/2010 1:39:56 PM PST
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21twelve
To: 21twelve
You should get her to call out a company rep to check her meter.
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posted on
01/05/2010 1:46:26 PM PST
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ansel12
(anti SoCon. Earl Warren's court 1953-1969, libertarian hero, anti social conservative loser.)
To: ansel12
That’s what my brother told her. Not sure if she did or not. She now lives in Manhattan. Went there on one-week’s notice because “a friend knows someone that is moving out of an apartment there and we can get it for a lot less but we have to move in by Monday and then it will be easier for me to find a job in the publishing business if I’m already out there”!!
She is doing okay and somehow makes ends meet by working at a large bookstore. My brother had a friend that knew someone at one of the big publishing house and got an interview for her. She didn’t pursue it though as it wasn’t exactly what she wanted. (And working minimum wage is!!??)
I guess she can always use her employee discount to buy books to use in heating her apartment.
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01/05/2010 2:21:14 PM PST
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21twelve
To: Parody
Well, that’s one thing that Amazon Kindle won’t do.
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posted on
01/05/2010 2:22:39 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: ansel12
I saw one in real early talkie movie of 1929 those meters back in da day
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posted on
01/05/2010 2:48:35 PM PST
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SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: Parody; mmanager; FreedomPoster; carolinablonde; bamahead; Delacon; SteamShovel; SolitaryMan; ...
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posted on
01/05/2010 3:02:56 PM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(Freedom from fat cat greedy Big Government tyranny IS a Right ... It IS the Constitution.)
To: Politicalmom
-6C equates to about +20F. I've seen temps hit around 20.
FOR A HIGH. 0 to -5 (-18 to -21 C) for lows. Sorry, but the global warming idiots have sold this snake oil, and anyone who bought into it without thinking or asking the hard questions isn't going to garner a great deal of sympathy from me.
And 5 quid for a 45-lb bag of coal? That comes out to like over $400/ton! Even here I can get it for under $250/ton...bagged.
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01/11/2010 9:06:43 PM PST
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OCCASparky
(Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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