1960, employed full time by a Japanese company. Lived in company dorm.
Heating= one room, kerosine heater. No air conditioner/ cooler.
1968, Saved enough to buy a small apartment.
Heating = one room, air conditioner/cooler.
1973, Oil shock! Air conditioner bill too high.
Heating= one room, kerosine heater. No (more) air conditioning/cooler.
1991, Saved enough to buy an up town 'mansion'.
Heating= all rooms air conditioning.
1993, Bubble bursts, bought a fan controlled kerosine heater.
Heating=One room, kerosine (fan) heater.
1996, Sold mansion and moved into detatched house in posh area.
Heating= two floors throughout, year round state of the art floor and air conditioning.
2009, Credit crunch!
Heating bills too high, will have to shut down air conditioning and get a kerosine heater next week.
If only I'd had the foresight to keep the first kerosine heater I bought in 1960, I might not be in this predicament now!!!!:wall: