[Magdalen] ''Twas a Cold Night

[Roger Stokes]

On 05/03/2017 15:55, Christopher Hart wrote:
> Late yesterday evening I discovered that our heat was not working. I called
> for service and they arranged for a technician to come in the morning. By
> the time I got up today the house was down to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. So the
> guy came around 8:15 and shortly discovered that we were quite simply out
> of oil. He described the tank as "bone dry". WTF? We've been on automatic
> delivery for 25 years and if anything they usually deliver extra when we
> don't need it just to get my money. Running out never even occurred to me.
> He put in ten gallons to get us started and we will have more delivered
> tomorrow. It's a relief to know that the furnace wasn't malfunctioning, but
> a pretty unpleasant experience. Of course, this is the coldest weekend in
> the last two months.

Obviously a few well-chosen words with the automatic refill people are 
called for. Glad it's not a system failure.

Roger