Or for the house to run out of fuel, I dunno which. Either way, the flat is cold and growing colder, and none of the radiators work. (Insulation/weatherisation is non-existent, too, this being an old house.)
Guess who's going to go to bed early tonight... It's the only warm place.
I hope this doesn't take long to fix.
(Fun fact: one of the main reasons why I'm afraid of being really poor is that I deal really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really badly with cold temperatures in my living quarters - and welfare doesn't necessarily cover adequate heating. Remember when I was in Copenhagen in December 2009 for COP 15, and had all these weird pains in my joints, and my hands stopped working properly for a few days? That's my body under conditions of constant cold. And it wasn't even *that* cold - the warehouse where we were staying was heated.
*Really* not looking forward to the point where that becomes a constant feature of my life - as it almost inevitably will, at least if I'm right about civilisation probably crashing within my lifetime, even if I should manage to avoid having to go on welfare until then.)
Guess who's going to go to bed early tonight... It's the only warm place.
I hope this doesn't take long to fix.
(Fun fact: one of the main reasons why I'm afraid of being really poor is that I deal really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really badly with cold temperatures in my living quarters - and welfare doesn't necessarily cover adequate heating. Remember when I was in Copenhagen in December 2009 for COP 15, and had all these weird pains in my joints, and my hands stopped working properly for a few days? That's my body under conditions of constant cold. And it wasn't even *that* cold - the warehouse where we were staying was heated.
*Really* not looking forward to the point where that becomes a constant feature of my life - as it almost inevitably will, at least if I'm right about civilisation probably crashing within my lifetime, even if I should manage to avoid having to go on welfare until then.)