tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post6642491476127233582..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: The amazingly heroic heaterDenis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-22229373529057584052012-10-20T01:21:17.109+11:002012-10-20T01:21:17.109+11:00Wow! Good thing that heater was there to catch you...Wow! Good thing that heater was there to catch your fall! Otherwise, you would have probably been in a worse condition than you were after. Talk about being an undersized hero there. You can certainly call your heater heroic! Sadly, it did end up getting broken. Well, in the long run, you did get more than what you paid for – it heated your room and saved your back!Mechteld Abellihttp://chapmanheating.com/air-conditioner-repair-indianapolis.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-34266164951444343132012-10-20T01:09:32.943+11:002012-10-20T01:09:32.943+11:00Luckily your heater was there to save you! Do be m...Luckily your heater was there to save you! Do be more careful next time so you won’t find yourself in a very inconvenient position like that again. I hope that you weren’t seriously injured, and the worst that you had was just a broken heater. Anyway, you can always get another replacement for it.<br /><br />-<a href="http://www.milani.ca/air-conditioning/heat-pumps-vancouver" rel="nofollow">Darryl Iorio</a>Darryl Ioriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09643963720153285190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-18530490589839975402012-09-14T04:31:06.076+10:002012-09-14T04:31:06.076+10:00It is truly a heroic heater! It didn’t just keep y...It is truly a heroic heater! It didn’t just keep you warm and dry, but it actually helped save your life by catching your fall. Even though it had flaws on its design, it’s actually worth the money you spent. Sadly, the heater got damaged and can’t work anymore. I just hope you find another heater that is amazing like the previous one.Jamaal Milnerhttp://www.a1airconditioning.ca/about-a1/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-35451641837646538312012-06-11T15:00:02.092+10:002012-06-11T15:00:02.092+10:00Thanks Denis, this is my day for churning out word...Thanks Denis, this is my day for churning out words - poor though they may be. I do try, however, to make up in quantity what is lacking in quality. (Every time I place the word 'however' I think of you!)<br /><br />Anyway, I have been thinking of you sitting there today, watching your results with trepidation, and it prompted these rambling thoughts.<br /><br />This morning I was reflecting on your blog … what it has done for you and what it has done for your friends … and suddenly (better late than never) I realised that we are living through a major change in the way the world and its societies function. <br /><br />I spend about 30 hours/week on the computer: researching and writing a book; reading and writing poetry; trying to make progress with my memoirs; a lot of work on body corporate matters; emails in and out; the weather; ebook sales; ebook downloads; banking; booking a trip; the news; (not forgetting the happy hours trying to fix ‘Windows Explorer has stopped working – WE is looking for a solution – Sorry, WE is closing down and restarting’) … etc. etc. etc. But this is all modern, fairly standard activity concerned with the daily nuts and bolts.<br /><br />Where the big change is taking place is in relationships and friendships. Julie and I, through various Facebook and FB groups, keep up with our family, with current friends, as well as friends with whom we have become reunited after 50 years or more. We have also developed friendships with people we don’t know and have never met. These friendships are very real and become (dare I say it) ‘caring’ relationships in which our feelings and communications are often just as involved as with those of friends and family who are physically closer to us.<br /><br />For example, my before-breakfast routine every day (and then 3-4 times a day thereafter) is: Check and reply to emails – ABC News – Denis’ What’s New and blog (sorry about the third placing) – Facebook messages and responses – weather. <br /><br />In common with the whole of society, I can now keep up close friendships, obtain information, and live my life largely online. Nobody needs to be isolated any more. We even have a friend who, in later life, met a partner online – both of whom have now been wonderfully happy for a couple of years. (I know that there are disappointments too with Internet romances, but probably no more or less so than with arranged marriages - or our own haphazard way of selecting a partner).<br /><br />Where is it all leading? Are we going to increasingly adopt virtual lives? Is a virtual life any less real than a ‘real’ life. Are the friends I’ve never met and who live in Teheran, Dubai, Lebanon, any less my friends than somebody I grew up with but see only once a decade. Does a tree falling in the forest make a sound if there is nobody there to hear it? If you hear the sound, do you need to see the tree fall?<br /><br />It's all very confusing. Maybe virtual lives could be the way to world peace … if only there were no barbarians at the gate.Bob Lakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-16303274143471274602012-06-11T12:20:36.418+10:002012-06-11T12:20:36.418+10:00You failed to account for the 'under pressure&...You failed to account for the 'under pressure' syndrome, didn't you?<br /><br />I hope the cameras were rolling, and available for all to see on the big screen as it happened. That would have been spectacular.<br /><br />Great story!Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-343766532416154832012-06-11T12:15:51.977+10:002012-06-11T12:15:51.977+10:00From one hoarder to another, I can only sympathise...From one hoarder to another, I can only sympathise heartily, while applauding your <i>Wind in the Willows</i> book taste.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-84810009194686094412012-06-11T12:11:22.021+10:002012-06-11T12:11:22.021+10:00As you may have gathered, it was a Chinese heater ...As you may have gathered, it was a Chinese heater - not that I regard all Chinese products as inferior, because they're not - but this one was certainly aimed at a particular market. <br /><br />So I must stick with my well-worn but no less appropriate Chinese Taoist saying, 'Who knows what's good or bad?'Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-49683178233488695412012-06-11T12:04:59.357+10:002012-06-11T12:04:59.357+10:00You were indeed supposed to laugh, Deb. I'd ra...You were indeed supposed to laugh, Deb. I'd rather find some amusing side to my own misfortune than wallow in misery. Glad you enjoyed it!Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-82117501888636549812012-06-11T09:42:33.511+10:002012-06-11T09:42:33.511+10:00And, so to unfortunate typos. When I was 24 years ...And, so to unfortunate typos. When I was 24 years old, I taught myself to touch type from a commercial shorthand and typing book ... something that has stood me in good stead all my life. Anyway, back to the typing.<br />So determined was I to succeed that I took out a bet with a neighbour that I would be able to type 40 wpm without error within three months.<br />It went pretty well until, before the expectant crowd, I closed my eyes and rapidly typed:<br />"U can type wuth my eyes shit".<br />Oh well, it was a start.Bob Lakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-85119717414412861732012-06-11T09:35:40.344+10:002012-06-11T09:35:40.344+10:00Good thought Denis. If my history serves me correc...Good thought Denis. If my history serves me correctly, Frodo was ultimately saved by his previous tolerance of the unspeakable Gollum. You never know what is going to come in useful ... which was my lame excuse when trying to find my way around 40 years of accumulated junk under the house.<br />And a sense of whimsy is a wonderful thing - I liked your anthropomorphic reference to your heroic heater. Our long-time, most regularly read book is Wind in the Willows ... we define everyone as rats, moles, badgers or toads - even, sometimes otters or wild wooders. Our cars, and trailers, have names, our patched teddy bears have survived generations. When we bought a new car, Julie cried when the salesman drove away our 10-year-old trade-in. I now have high hopes for a few white elephants around the place which I once bought in fits of misguided enthusiasm. <br />Cheers.Bob Lakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-9826073278784545192012-06-08T11:09:26.644+10:002012-06-08T11:09:26.644+10:00I've never shed a tear for a heater before. An...I've never shed a tear for a heater before. And this phrase - 'thanks to the remarkable inefficiency of the original design' - will bring joy to the hearts of second-rate but eager-to-please designers the world over.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-78342865794534384012012-06-08T01:01:33.852+10:002012-06-08T01:01:33.852+10:00Oh God Denis was I supposed to laugh??? Well I did...Oh God Denis was I supposed to laugh??? Well I did. Several times. Well a couple of times anyway,jand a wide smile. I shall join you in a requiem for that brave el cheapo heater. Brave el cheapo el champion heater. Respect.Debbie Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394407763841434057noreply@blogger.com