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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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To: donc who wrote (258979)7/7/2010 1:10:58 PM
From: ChanceIsRead Replies (1) of 306849
 
In his "History of the English Speaking Peoples," Winston Churchill notes in the first or second chapters that after the Romans left Britain - circa 200AD - there wasn't central heating in the majority of houses again until the Industrial Revolution - say 1800.

Actually he referred to a "hypocaust," a fire in the basement, taken to be central heat. I suppose that one could always curl up on the dirt floor in front of the hearth.

Hey!!! The Chosen One's EPA is fixing to close a host of dirty small power plants for SO2 emissions. I always preferred whale oil to electric lights. Electric lights are so harsh, and nobody should be reading past 9:00 PM anyway. We need to conserve our way into prosperity.
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