Staying Warm

[Southern Breeze]

Here's how the Lord of the Manor is staying warm.



The central heat went out this evening and it'll be tomorrow before I can get the part. No danger of freezing, I have a gas wall heater up and running. The space heater was used to help warm things up when I got came home to no heat.
It didn't take his Highness long to claim his space.

[LANCER1562]

Is "His Lordship" a Russian Blue? I had one just like him. Total Alpha male.

[Southern Breeze]

Other than "Cat, spoiled" I have no idea as to breed.

[CDNSushi]

Central heating, huh? HA! Freakin' luxury! That space heater (and about 4 of its cousins) are what keep my house above the freezing mark... That is common here in Japan.

In fact, we used to have a friend who'd keep her contact lenses in the fridge during the winter because if she left them out in her apartment they'd be frozen by morning. At least in the fridge they stay at a constant 3-degrees C or so.

Actually, electric heaters are a bit of a luxury too. They are really expensive to run. Most folks (me included) heat with kerosene. Which means, every few days I have to load 2 or 3 20L red gas cans in the van, drive down to the gas station and fill em up... Almost daily then you have to pump the kerosene into the heater tanks. It's a pain in the a$$! Friggin' dirty heaters too. They make an awful stink when you turn them on or off, and you're supposed to air out your rooms (i.e. open all the windows) every few hours so you don't poison yourself with CO gas. That's what you get for burning fossil fuels indoors.

Some of our richer, more sophisticated neighbours have a large, outdoor tank that gets filled up as-needed by the local kerosene man who comes by in his truck. Those people usually also have the closest thing to central heating as you can get around here -- except it's still dirty and it still produces carbon monoxide.

[Southern Breeze]

CDN Sushi - Is the lack of central heat a local thing or nationwide? Just curious.

[CDNSushi]

Nationwide, with the exception of Hokkaido (never been there but that's what I'm told).

To boot, the houses/apartments here are: NON-insulated (no, seriously -- my outside house walls are 1/2 a foot thick), use single-pane, thin glass for windows and doors, and are ridiculous to keep warm in winter or cool in summer. Within 15-20 minutes, the room is the same temp. as the outside air.

IMO, completely ridiculous considering Japan is supposed to be an industrialized, first-world country. I'm freezing my goolies off in my neanderthal shack, yet surfing the web on my 100MBps fiber optic broadband line... Go figure!

[starbkjrus]

Here's how the Lord of the Manor is staying warm.



The central heat went out this evening and it'll be tomorrow before I can get the part. No danger of freezing, I have a gas wall heater up and running. The space heater was used to help warm things up when I got came home to no heat.
It didn't take his Highness long to claim his space.

Looks very Russian Blue to me. I have a half Russian Blue half grey tabby. He has the worst qualities of both breeds......

BUT he's been with me for 13 years. ( I have the scars to prove it!)

This one looks like a real cutie.

[Southern Breeze]

Cute and spoiled you mean. He's been fixed so no problems there. He's also housebroken and never climbs on the table, cabinets or furniture.
His Lordship is 9 years old, I inherited from my grandmother 7 years ago.
He will however get on the bed if I'm not up by 6 o clock and let me know IT'S TIME FOR BREAKFAST!!!
The only bad habit he has is catching field mice and lizards in the summer, at night, and bringing them inside to play with. Getting up at 2 am during the week and catching his latest toy takes fun to a new level.