tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335408565106024505.post4545123052438736560..comments2024-02-24T10:11:04.239+01:00Comments on gusto: A Long, Coal WinterGrant Podelcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046561738258645391noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335408565106024505.post-10805787827053952772009-02-15T00:27:00.000+01:002009-02-15T00:27:00.000+01:00Grant,I remember as a kid the roar of coal sliding...Grant,<BR/>I remember as a kid the roar of coal sliding down the coal chute into the coal bins in my grandparents house when the coal man made his deliveries in Skunk City. My mom and I lived with my grandparents till I was 4 and again when my old man went to sea.<BR/>Same deal at my Uncle Frank's house. He converted to gas much later, having build way out in Fairmount, where gas lines didn't run till much later.<BR/>When I was around 8, all the furnaces were converted to natural gas.<BR/>Coal is filthy and unhealthful. Peat may smell good, but all that crap will ruin your lungs and shorten your life.Tim Bunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215591591851749307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335408565106024505.post-30055040788321684912009-02-07T11:58:00.000+01:002009-02-07T11:58:00.000+01:00Černý Vůl is really terrible in that aspect. With ...Černý Vůl is really terrible in that aspect. With weather conditions as they are now, "inverze" as Czechs call it, the smoke from the houses in the valley below (that would be Statenice, I guess) for a blanket at about the level of the road, even with the car windows up, you can still smell the stink. And I really hate it! In Velké Přílepy I lived in a hill and when the wind blew from the SE going up the last few metres, breathing that dirty smoke, was terrible.<BR/>Many people still use brown coal because is considerably cheaper than any other fuel for heating.Pivní Filosofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883511608403454943noreply@blogger.com