From 9120b4d04968c0db9733e62a3c01e4dbdda08c45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tomi Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 11:59:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add content/story/hotwaterbuttons.md --- content/story/hotwaterbuttons.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/story/hotwaterbuttons.md diff --git a/content/story/hotwaterbuttons.md b/content/story/hotwaterbuttons.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4403da --- /dev/null +++ b/content/story/hotwaterbuttons.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ ++++ +title = "Hot Water Buttons" ++++ + +*First heard in London, 2017. Retold in Rijeka, 2022.* + +Someone once told me a story about the coin-automated metres to get hot water in many working class homes ██████ ███████ in the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, a company technician would regularly █████ ███ █████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ███ █████ ███ ███ collect the coins on behalf of the companies. █████,██████ ███████-█████ █████████████ █████ separate out the pennies from the buttons and other round ███████, █████ █████ ████ ██ returned with a silent nod ██ ███ ███████. \ No newline at end of file