Comments on: Burn baby burn

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:43:52 +0000

I enjoyed the poem too

Thanks Helen! I miss smores but I had no idea how far I’d go in my sleep… I thought I kicked my pyro habits ages ago…

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:39:19 +0000

Loved the poem Chris.

I was never that cold in Hobson, bless it. However I moved to the warm North Island from some where closer to the ice berg region … with a few layers of internal insulation (commonly known as FAT).

Housing insulation is a fantastic thing, however in 1900 they were a hardier bunch with a little less technology. Pink Batts were a twinkle in the eye of James Hardy (or who ever invented them).

Glad you didn’t ‘toast your marshmallows’ Jeff! Wowch!!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:22:34 +0000

Did you like my poem?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:12:46 +0000

Hmm, nifty features is an interesting point of view. I think apartments will be warmer, or houses that were built in the last twenty years (after the fall of socialist New Zealand). My house in Mount Victoria was warmer.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:04:35 +0000

Hi Niamh – what is insulation?

The house is heaps warmer than when you were here – yesterday was a freezing day but inside it was 20 degrees thanks to all our flash new heaters!

Jeff most houses are like ours, it’s just the way they are – perhaps appartments will be warmer or new houses with all the nifty features?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:50:02 +0000

It was so cold this morning! As the temperature drops I visit TradeMe more and more hoping to find a property… no luck yet. And yesterday my car stopped working. I’ve having bad luck this week.

By: Niamh

Niamh — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:07:46 +0000

Chris i’m afraid I will have to agree with jeff on the cold house thing… when i moved in i was so cold i was sick for 3 weeks. The house is freezing. Have you kiwis not heard of insulation?!!

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:41:20 +0000

scorpion bite

the start of November holds my birthday
pages turn, each peach so raw
pitter patter
futile grey matter
but fun’s the word before eyes draw

then we inch closer to Santa
gluttons, we gnaw
we boast, we save,
but we forget the brave
in the dust of the world’s Great War

we lie on the beach and glance at the sand
pour us a pint and find us a hoar
scorpion scatter
baste in batter
stay right where you are we always want more

circles give birth to faces and crosses
and people from places all needy and poor
so slap us, so save us,
our names please engrave us
blood covered hands and diamonds of ore

- by Chris Boxall

Wellington, 2007, (c)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:20:09 +0000

we saw leaves go to glory,
then almost migratory
go part way down the lane,
and then to end the story
get beaten down and pasted
in one wild day of rain.
we heard “tis over” roaring.
a year of leaves was wasted
oh, we make a boast of storing,
or saving and of keeping
but only by ignoring
the waste of moments sleeping,
the waste of pleasure weeping,
by denying and ignoring
the waste of nations warring.

- by Robert Frost

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:59:46 +0000

Jeff, you make it sound like our house is inadequate and I resent that very much.

A house is only a small part of staying warm, yet this external factor appears to be the sole reason for your coldness.

There are also numerous (safe) heaters you could use, although having heat applied to you is not nearly as good as warming up from the inside via insulated clothing or targeted exercise.

I’m really fired up ‘cos foreigners keep dissing a perfectly good warm kiwi house.

At 21+ degrees celcius, the house is often warmer than the outside temperature in summer, it is equal to the recommended office room temperature and it is warmer and drier than most other houses in New Zealand.