On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 20:59:56 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:52:29 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:35:22 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> > wrote:
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>> >> Ok! We used to have a tank like the one you describe ... over 30 years
>> >> ago.
>> >> The boiler I have now is common here.
>> >
>> > Nobody uses a boiler for heat other than old and out of date
>> > apartments in big cities.
>> >
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>> And do the boilers you describe give instant hot water and heating?
>
>They heat. No instant hot water. Boilers are located in the
>basement, so the water that's left in the pipes cools.

Now you see, that's the modern way in the USA, anything else is
'puffery' - whatever that is supposed to mean.