wow, Tess said "diatribes" te he!

i remember only having a coal fire as heating, and in the winter we used to hae ice on the windows... then came central heating, double glazing and a very confused child wondering why on earth Dad would get ice on his windows

and get this, only yesterday I showed her my collection of singles and albums that got unpacked - first time she'd seen any.

yup things have moved on a tad