I finally had gas on Saturday afternoon...and I was able to heat myself..
However, I fear I have caught a severe cold...
All I have to do now is take care of myself to get rid of this severe cold... which still gives me a lot of pain in my back, lung area... and makes me cough.
Living this week in the cold hasn't helped my osteoarthritis either!!!
( I couldnt live at the North Pole!!! (laughs) ....)
I'm going to call the doc tomorrow...(don't count on weekends!!)
I was hoping to have this gas much sooner...but the lady on the line explained to me that delivery was done as orders were placed...whatever the quantity ordered... (even if your tank is empty!!! and it's in the cold)...For an urgent order, they come within 48 hours and you have a surplus of 400 Euros to pay...
We must believe that the number of orders was very high last week!!!!!!! (I would rather think that there were very few people in my area who needed gas!!! and making the trip for a single customer is too expensive for them)
My loss of fuel is already expensive enough to request urgent delivery: I lost half a tank of gas because of this vandal!!!
Now, I live with a padlocked gate, visitors must announce themselves by telephone..
The cost of energy in Belgium.... it's not a small thing....
But, let's talk about more pleasant things..
Today, March 1st, after a night of frost, we had a sunny afternoon!
One of my prunus is in flower, the purple crocuses are showing me their little heads...and two cranes have passed over my house....
ON YOUTUBE.COM FROM NBC'S SHOWBOAT OF ANNETTE SINGING GO TO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5uQFNZTzPM
Annette Hanshaw - Just Couldn't Say Goodbye (1933)
Video clip from "Captain Henry's Showboat" (1933) with Annette Hanshaw singing "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye". This is Annette's only appearance on film.
Catherine Annette Hanshaw was an American Jazz Age singer. She was one of the most popular radio stars of the late 1920s and early 1930s, with many of her most notable performances taking place on NBC's Maxwell House Show Boat. Over four million of her records had been sold by 1934, following the peak of her popularity.
In her ten-year recording career, she recorded about 250 sides. In a 1934 poll conducted by Radio Stars magazine, she received the title of best female popular singer. Second place went to Ethel Shutta, third place went to Ruth Etting, and fourth place went to Kate Smith.
