Last night, as we were meandering through the aisles at the grocery store making heaps of impulse buys (like always), Adam came across something he insisted I buy, a hot water bottle. I started laughing because I thought he was joking, apparently he was not. Its winter here, and I have been getting really cold at night (because of another reason I will explain shortly), so he thought it would help me. He wondered why I was laughing and I told him it was because people do not use hot water bottles anymore. He told me that here in Australia they do, and then asked me what they use in the US? To this I replied “CENTRAL HEATING!” which we don’t have.
Other things we don’t have that keeps Australia in the dark ages. No heating or air conditioning. No dishwasher. No dryer. To keep warm we use a little electric space heater that heats up the room pretty well after about 30 minutes. To cool off in the summer, a fan gets plugged in. We wash dishes manually by hand, and set them on a drying rack. Clothes get dry by hanging outside on a line.
Now I shouldn’t say that the whole of Australia doesn’t have these modern conveniences, but from what I’ve gathered, most people don’t have them. It has been fun doing things differently, except for when it rains for days and I cannot do laundry. One thing Australia does well is conserve electricity.
What I thought was so funny about it the whole thing was that is was in such a fashionable color like purple. The makers of this product are obviously trying to market to a younger generation. Well it worked!! We bought the hot water bottle and it did actually work. I filled it with hot water last night; put it in the bed down by my feet, and it kept my feet warm.
So until we move to a place with heating (which probably won’t happen) I’ll stick to my hot water bottle and hope that I don’t die from the bubonic plague.
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