In a message dated 12/20/02 5:30:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, Tacy413408@aol.com writes: > Marie and Diesel. > > I can remember getting up in the morning and dressing over the floor vent > where it was warm. If the fire went out my mother would heat the oven and > open the door for us to dress by that. > > Pat > Pat, We had a gas stove in the kitchen, and a wood stove in the back kitchen. I remember my Mom would fire both of them up, when the heated was slow coming up on cold morning's. There was also a kerosene heater in the living room, with a water pot on top. I remember having night mares over that huge coal stove in the basement, with it's month all aglow. Diesel