#328614 - Thu Oct 26 2006 04:01 AM
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I know one Aussie home that doesn't have central heating! I've never had such cold feet as I had when I was there!  I think it depends largely on the part of Australia that the home is in.
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#328615 - Thu Oct 26 2006 04:03 AM
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I've never lived in a place with central heating and have only seen it in newer homes. Where I grew up and lived recently in Orange it gets really cold and I dont' know of any homes there with heating installed.
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#328616 - Thu Oct 26 2006 04:06 AM
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It is relatively rare for people over here to have central heating. Airconditioning is much more popular than heating.
I have my home centrally heated because I cannot stand being cold. I'd much rather be too hot than cold. I'm the only person I know with central heating (apart from my mother-in-law who also has it).
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#328618 - Thu Oct 26 2006 04:38 AM
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Wow, flying all the way from Holland only to find out you have cold feet! I`ve heard that a little bit of Dutch courage is a handy cure for cold feet.
O.k, o.k, I know, but it was simply too hard to resist.
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#328622 - Thu Oct 26 2006 06:18 AM
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I live down in the cold end of the country and central heating isn't common. I have a woodheater - as do all my family and a lot of my friends. Firewood's getting expensive - but there is nothing cosier than a real fire...and stacking and splitting the wood helps keep the weight off after all that stodgey winter food.
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#328623 - Thu Oct 26 2006 06:32 AM
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#328624 - Thu Oct 26 2006 06:37 AM
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He stayed at Mum's, and he vowed that it was colder there than it ever got in England!
It's funny you should say that! I remember an old friend of my mum's that visited us from England a few years ago, and she made that same remark!
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#328629 - Thu Oct 26 2006 08:24 PM
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I went to visit my relatives in Holland for Christmas 2000. I had a wonderful time, but I was cold during the entire visit, despite the fact that the houses are centrally heated. I wore layers and layers of clothing but never managed to get really warm. My skin, which is normally slightly oily, completely dried out and I was shedding flakes of skin everywhere. I really loved Holland but I couldn't take the climate and I guess the same would apply to England and most other European countries that get below zero in the winter.
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#328631 - Fri Oct 27 2006 02:22 AM
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I have to agree with you, MG. Central heating is no guarantee that you won't be cold. I always keep my flat at a nice temperature, but my mum insists on saving energy and makes us wear extra clothing. Which doesn't work at all with Dutch winters. (I dread to think about Canadian winters!)
I'm usually warmer in our winters though than I was at night during the Queensland winter!
P.S. There's a difference between Holland and the Netherlands. The country is called The Netherlands, and Holland makes up two of the twelve provinces within that country.
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#328633 - Fri Oct 27 2006 04:53 AM
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In South Africa central heating isn't very popular either. Our house has huge ceilings and in winter you can't walk around without a jacket on. Our house was designed more for summer because our summers are longer and hotter. It was 37 degrees celcius here yesterday. What is that in farenheit anyway. How hot has it been in Australia lately? Im kinda curious.
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#328635 - Fri Oct 27 2006 02:19 PM
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Nemesis - (hi  ) where I am we've had in the high 30s too although it's so hard to pick because this morning is quite cold ad it's only going to be in the low 20s. Even in Hobart a few weeks ago they had quite big bushfires and then yesterday it snowed! Can't put away the winter woolies yet! I've always been told for an approximate conversion from C* to F* it to double it and add 30. So 37 would be 104*F roundabout.
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#328636 - Fri Oct 27 2006 06:21 PM
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"There's a difference between Holland and the Netherlands. The country is called The Netherlands, and Holland makes up two of the twelve provinces within that country."
Yes, I did know that, but Holland is easier to say and type. It is also what is more readily understood here in Australia. Old habits die hard.
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#328637 - Fri Oct 27 2006 09:42 PM
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Well, where I live in SE Queensland, we rarely have the need for heating, except the occasional really cold day in winter, but my family has just bought an airconditioner to install in our house, as dad removed our fans to put in more lights.  We were at the hardware shop today looking for doors to put in so that we can close off our loungeroom for the airconditioner! A lot of the families that I know have wood heaters, but none of them central heating.
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There are a lot of Dutchmen who talk about Holland too, they just have no clue what they're actually saying! Needless to say I'm not from either province that is part of Holland! 
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