[Magdalen] ''Twas a Cold Night

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>Sent: Mar 5, 2017 12:17 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] ''Twas a Cold Night
>
>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
>
If not a rebate or other emolument!

Joe