Colder…. colder….
I realised that I hadn’t posted much in a few weeks and that my last post left a big negative lump of words to fill the front page of this thing! So I thought I ought to post again.
My most recent discovery is that my water heater is running on kerosene (or paraffin for the old timers!) and not gas as I had previously thought. I found this out as I received a docket telling my how much kerosene I had used over some summer months and was surprised to find I had used any at all (the only other kerosene burning appliance in my apartment is my stove, and summer was warm enough to not need it). So some poking around later I finally found a sticker on the hard to get at side of my water heater saying that it used kerosene (灯油 – touyu in Japanese). That is probably a good thing as kerosene seems to be cheaper than gas. Another reason for me going through these dockets was I was talking with a friend about how much gas I used and I didn’t really know. In the end the numbers I told him were off as I was mistaking my gas and water bills!
Anyways, the other side of this story is I turned on my stove for the first time yesterday! I got home to find my apartment at a chilly 14 degrees, so warmed it up a little. Today the sun is back out and beaming throught the window, so it has taken a backseat again, but it’s yet another sign that winter is on the way! Colder weather, more rain and everyone is talking about the snow coming. My shovels will need to be be fished out from the back of my little shed and the work will begin again! Not that I am complaining, well not much, it also means another chance to go snowboarding, it means all the dirt and grime will be covered over for a few months and the city will seem pure and white… and it means Christmas and New Year’s are coming…. So roll on the winter and do your worst with the snow. Actually if you want to hold back with the snow that is fine too!
Tags: bills, colder, gas, kerosene, paraffin, snow, stove, water, weather, winter
