Hi, Rayna,

I can identify with that, as my heating bills shot up this past winter.
Normally, they're $45US per month, but for the month of January, it was
$115US!  So I was doing everything I could think of to save energy, such as
keeping the drapes and window blinds drawn, using low-wattage light bulbs or
florescent bulbs, etc.

As for keeping warm, I must have drank gallons of hot tea and eaten gallons
of hot soups.  Breakfast was usually a hot cereal like oatmeal, which is
cheap here in the US.  Point is to keep your body metabolism going with fuel
in the form of hot foods and liquids.

I also piled light blankets (polar fleece is light as well as acrylic
velour) and then put my comforter on top of all that.  So there were 3
layers of coverings, all light, but very warm.
And, as Carla suggested, a hat really helps!

Kathy S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rayna Lamb" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: Keeping warm in winter


> People who can afford it do, but I'm on a disability pension and can
> barely afford to run a small heater.  I can't even afford air
> conditioning in the summer, and beleive me that is way more necessary
> in this climate.
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 09:52:53AM -0500, Steve Walline wrote:
>      Excuse my ignorance,but don't they have central
>        heating in Australia?