The Bells Have Made Me Deaf

The heating oil ran out or at least I turned off the boiler in the hope that there’s still enough in the tank to allow a refill without the boiler needing bled. It’s awkward as hell here. My storage tank is in one of the stables and the boiler is at the back of the house in my neighbours garden. I have access but I hate tramping through there unless it’s absolutely necessary. So I decided to do without the oil refill and see how long I can get by with just the fire in the living room. It’s like some throwback to the days when nobody had centrally heated houses and is there really any need? Yeah it’s more comfortable but what’s wrong with donning an extra layer of clothes instead. It costs less and does no harm to the environment. I’m sitting here with no heating, no fire and a blanket. I may look ridiculous but I’m warm. Now should I want to run around naked…. then I’ll have to light the fire and wait for the heat to build up enough. I think I’ll just wait for summer. With all the ailments and allergies that smit the centrally heated society I wonder if we’d be better off with a little hardship mixed with fresh air. If I come down with something during this experiment it’ll probably be due to those overheating toxins being eliminated and the runny nose cool germs setting to form a balance. Maybe the cold is making me rave although I wouldn’t call it cold. Does hypothermia do that kind of thing? Feel no pain, slip into a contented coma at saving the environment and wake up in May surrounded by spring. Rip Van Winkle may have overshot the mark. That was one hellova depression. Twenty years lost, the shock is unimaginable. I don’t think cryonics is a good thing either. Slow change is bad enough but what would it be like to wake up in a different era entirely only to find yourself in a zoo of other ‘evolutionary’ specimens on display to be poked and prodded with a label round your neck as if you’re some missing link to a more primitive species. Such is the vanity of mankind to assume that we have somehow progressed even though we are edging closer to self annihilation, driven by the same greedy power lust that produces nothing of value but holds the world captive.

Posted on Friday, January 27th, 2006 at 1:55 pm.
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