Apartment or House?

Oh, it was what it was, Annie. I lived many places. There were good and bad aspects, for sure...just gotta roll with the punches.

When I said "house" and "home" were interchangeable, the phrases "Let's meet at my house" or "Brenda's house is really nice" came to mind. They weren't houses at all.

When I was little my first school was one in which perhaps 50% of the pupils were from RAF families. I do remember them coming and going because of their postings. That meant that many of my friends changed regularly.

Chopping and changing schools cannot be easy. I'd rather stay in the same school. But - as young people know - life does depend on their parents' place of work. There's not much they can do, except suck it up.

I just came across this, it looks so calm and serene

It's in Saratoga, CA. Not a big house, around 1600sft.

I could live with that. Peaceful is good for me and a bungalow would be ideal.

do you mean, it looks too neat?

You probably have the same taste with my sister, she likes things that look a little rustic.

19.5c IS cold.

Your government are evil. 

Us scots are made pf much sterner stuff.

But, it's an average rating, and someone has to be at the wrong end of the graph. Luckily for everyone else, I have nobly stepped up to that position. 

Have you never been in a hospital? Clean, they are not.

I went to a meeting once, we were debating clubbing spare monies together and employing two sterile dressing nurses. They were very trendy at the time, and we didn't even have one.

The meeting wandered along in the sad, dull, way that these meetings do, until one half wit, me, said. "What is the point in getting sterile dressing nurses, when every department is in need of a thorough clean? For the price of two nurses at band 6, we could get a dozen cleaners [they are all part time]."

The meeting suddenly came to life, with everyone in agreement.

But we still employed the two nurses, and the need for cleaners went away. 

..and now you know why doctors and nurses cannot be left to run hospitals.

Our tiny country is very very worried about global warming and climate change. The authorities are determined to lower our reliance on fossil fuels and reduce our carbon footprint as a nation. What real impact this will have is negligible we are so tiny like an ant in a world full of rhinos...

But they are trying..and turning down the thermostat adjusting clothing to suit the weather , showering for shorter times at lower temperatures, using less drinking water where grey water will do( gardens car wash etc) are all measures encouraged by government to every household.