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Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 07:15 PM UTC
Here's one I post with deep reservation...

Q:Two towels in an airing cupboard; which one's in the army?


A: The one on the tank.

For anyone not familiar with airing cupboards, an explanation can be found here
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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 - 02:54 AM UTC
So in England you don't use furnaces but you have hot water heating systems? Plus you have a tank on each level?
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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 - 03:20 AM UTC

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So in England you don't use furnaces but you have hot water heating systems? Plus you have a tank on each level?


most properties will have either gas or electric central heating systems. there will usually be one central boiler connected to the radiators in each room. either that or a seperate boiler will provide hot water to the taps in kitchens and bathrooms that run on a seperate pipe network to the heating system.

some older properties will have a boiler heated by a coal fire, but these have usually been replaced with more modern systems.

regards

joe
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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 - 03:36 AM UTC
Lol...I think that description was written in 1945.

For the record most houses in the US have hot water heaters and central air/heating. Also almost all homes in the southern half of the country do NOT have basements.

But it was funny if you knew the context. :-)

Cheers,
Jim
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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 - 03:40 AM UTC
So is this some of the "dry" British humor we have heard so much about? :-)
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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 - 03:54 AM UTC

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Lol...I think that description was written in 1945.

For the record most houses in the US have hot water heaters and central air/heating. Also almost all homes in the southern half of the country do NOT have basements.

But it was funny if you knew the context. :-)

Cheers,
Jim


huh...americans :-)
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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 - 05:10 AM UTC

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For the record most houses in the US have hot water heaters and central air/heating. Also almost all homes in the southern half of the country do NOT have basements.

Jim


Sigh, I have neither central air or a basement. I guess I'm living in the dark ages.

That is a good pun though MC.

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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 - 09:10 AM UTC
Rodger your not alone.I live in what used to be a one room schoolhouse built in 1800,there have been one or two additions along the way,but no basement and we just replaced our forty year old boiler.I guess i'm in the dark ages as well.What i would give for a basement.
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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 - 12:28 PM UTC
So, this is funny because the guy has a firefly in his cupboard or something? I have a bunch of fireflys in my back yard in August. Or, maybe I just don't get it. Something about a british tank...

Cheers,

Shaun :-)
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Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005 - 05:40 PM UTC
Lot's of people used to keep Tortoises in the airing cupboard- at least my mum did... :-)
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Posted: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 04:00 AM UTC
So Rodger, you got a slab home but I bet you got a Swamper hooked up to it somwhere
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