http://www.marginnotes.net/2007/10/09/212/ Baltimorean becoming a Montanan. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:42:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.marginnotes.net/2007/10/09/212/#comment-632 Ellen Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:36:01 +0000 http://www.marginnotes.net/2007/10/09/212/#comment-632 Warning: scary story ahead! I don't know if you were a regular reader of the Washington Post, but sometime during this past year they did a story on renovations of some large old house. It used to have central heating, but the Brits who bought it thought that was extravagant, so they tore it out and replaced it with baseboard electric heaters, just like they have in Britain. The first electric bill they got was thousands of dollars. Then they devleoped a rule that in order to turn one on, there had to be more than 3 people in the room. I think they managed to cut the expense down to about $900 during the coldest months. The new American owners put the central heat back in. So, bundle up. Warning: scary story ahead! I don’t know if you were a regular reader of the Washington Post, but sometime during this past year they did a story on renovations of some large old house. It used to have central heating, but the Brits who bought it thought that was extravagant, so they tore it out and replaced it with baseboard electric heaters, just like they have in Britain. The first electric bill they got was thousands of dollars. Then they devleoped a rule that in order to turn one on, there had to be more than 3 people in the room. I think they managed to cut the expense down to about $900 during the coldest months. The new American owners put the central heat back in. So, bundle up.

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