ScreamingMeemie
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Thu Oct-21-04 08:04 AM
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In preparation for the rising cost of heating bills, I am trying to live |
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with the furnace set for 66 degrees. I don't think I'm going to make it. Brrrrr.... Anyone else trying to live at lower temperatures in order to save a buck or two...or one hundred???
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Thu Oct-21-04 08:07 AM
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1. Yes. Last year was god awful in our new place. |
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I wasn't expecting such bills from the gas company. Color me unprepared. :(
Not this year though - I am keeping it low... and staying in the basement where it will be warmer!
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ScreamingMeemie
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:06 AM
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8. Our basement is the coldest place on earth. It is also where my |
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office, and this computer are. :(
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:51 AM
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19. I can't figure out how it stays so warm down there in winter |
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and cold in summer!
But I'm not complaining!!
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ScreamingMeemie
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:55 AM
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21. Ours is cold in the summer....and then fricking freezing in the winter. |
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We live a block from the lake which probably has something to do with it. :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 08:07 AM
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and I like to be warm
DDQM
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ScreamingMeemie
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:06 AM
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9. Me too. This is some tough going. |
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But it could be worse. I have a roof and walls...and sweaters. :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 08:10 AM
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3. yes, I turn it way down at night. |
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We all have plenty of blankets on our beds, so I turn the furnace down to about 60 at night. I get up in the morning and turn it up so everyone is cozy getting ready for work and school, then turn it down again when we leave the house for the day.
I think this winter, everyone is going to spend a lot of time in bed under the covers.
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:07 AM
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10. I think that's what we'll be doing too....I wonder if there will be a new |
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crop of baby boomers? :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:22 AM
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12. it not likely to happen in my house |
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husband died last year and now it's just me my sister (two old bats in our 40's)and my kids 11 & 13.
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Thu Oct-21-04 08:10 AM
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4. A Long Standing Tradition, handed down from Depression-era |
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Grandparents to my Parents to me. Daytime set at 66, night at 58. Been that way as long as I can remember. Where I have broken with tradition is that I blast the Air Conditioning from June to September..............
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ScreamingMeemie
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:07 AM
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11. Heheheheheh. My Grandmother does that too. I couldn't handle 58 |
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I don't think. But I bet I wouldn't wake up as stuffy headed in the morning. :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 08:11 AM
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5. I am buying a cord of wood and will be stoking the fireplace daily. |
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Two hundred bucks of wood will go further than 75 dollar a barrel oil.
My office in the basement is going to be pretty chilly in January, however.
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:46 AM
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14. I wish we had a fireplace. I keep seeing commercials for electric ones |
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I wonder how well they work and if they really suck up the electricity. My office is in the basement too. I feel for ya. :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 08:27 AM
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6. and our house leaks heat like a seive too |
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so we just re-insulated the laundry room which seemed to help alot... Here's what we discovered as the took the interior walls down to the studs.
Wall material - painted cardboard, a piece of particle board, a piece of paneling (about a 32nd of an inch thick) Insulation - 1" insulation stapled to the clapboards behind the studs because the insulation was too narrow
What we put in
4" thermal/acoustical insulatation. Stapled to the studs (i.e. installed correctly). .5" drywall
Has it mae a difference? Oh yes indeed. We can stand in the kitchen at night and not need parkas. With luck it will reduce our oil needs by one tankful this winter.
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:46 AM
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15. Amazing isn't it? We plan on redoing and reinsulating the basement |
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this year in the hopes of warming things up a bit. :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 08:35 AM
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7. Same here... Sweatpants and sweatshirts Are The Norm Now... |
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Edited on Thu Oct-21-04 08:35 AM by arwalden
instead of lounging around in tee-shirts and boxers. I've got a space-heater in the bathroom to take the chill off the morning shower (and that's on a 10 minute auto-timer shutoff switch).
Right now we've got 250 gallons of $1.19 per gallon fuel oil. (We were locked in at that May 2003 price all last year. Who knows WHAT it's going to be by the time we need a fill-up again???)
-- Allen
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:47 AM
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16. I'm thinking about getting a space heater for my office...it is way to |
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cold down here. My fingers are numb already this AM. :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:31 AM
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13. I'm locked in at $1.69/gallon |
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No matter how high the price goes, what I pay will be the same. I lock in every year, and it always works out in my favor.
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:48 AM
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17. We do a budget plan too, where they average it out over the year. But |
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they hike it up way past where it should be...and then we end up getting a credit...only to have them hike it way up again the next year. :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:50 AM
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18. heating bills? its still in the 90s |
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I have the AC running as we speak.
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:53 AM
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20. AAAACCCCKKKK!!! Don't rub it in! |
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Go post in a baseball thread or something. ;) :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:01 AM
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24. I'd rather be where you are |
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where there are seasons, its already colder, and I could snuggle up next to your dog and cat :P
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:05 AM
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26. If you are ever in town...the Grumpy house is your house. |
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:hi: I'll even make stew!
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:07 AM
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27. hot stew on a cold day... YUMMY |
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Where in Michigan are you?
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ScreamingMeemie
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:08 AM
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28. South Eastern. Right on the shores of the once beautiful, now PCPified |
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Lake St. Clair. I'm in St. Clair Shores.
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:04 AM
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25. Currently 77 degrees in Houston, 100% humidity.... |
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Projected highs in the mid 90's for the next few days. Unusual even for Houston.
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:19 AM
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33. Freaky weather, isn't it? |
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Thu Oct-21-04 09:57 AM
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22. When I used to live in Chicago(20 years ago) |
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I kept our furnace on 66. We all wore long underwear. I would bump up the furnace to 72 for showers or a bath for the baby. I know what you mean.
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:01 AM
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23. Chicago. Definitely a very cold place. My brother lived there in the 90's |
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and said it was suicidal to stand and wait for the el. :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:20 AM
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34. lived here all my life. Got really good windows and insulation |
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and I don't ever want to see the winters of the late 70s and early 80s where it was going to 25 below and 80" of snow. Were you here then?
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Thu Oct-21-04 04:48 PM
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36. I moved from Chicago to Tx in 1984. |
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Reagan had let the imports shut down my steelmill.
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:13 AM
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29. I like a cool room at night |
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I keep my thermostat set at 66 degrees not only to save a few bucks, but also so I can be comfortable. I wear a sweater or a sweatshirt at home. I also reverse my ceiling fan and keep it on low to circulate the hot air.
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:18 AM
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31. We do the reverse ceiling fan thing too, but it makes our ceilings |
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really dusty...especially in the kitchen. :hi:
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:16 AM
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30. we are doing 68 or 69 degrees now. However, if it goes to 20 below |
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on a few days and the furnace is running constantly, I am sure we will put it down to what you are doing.
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:18 AM
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32. I'ts crazy how quickly the weather changed here this year. I can't |
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Thu Oct-21-04 10:23 AM
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35. I am going from shorts to sweats the last few weeks. Tomorrow |
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looks like a shorts day; 70s. Also, when there is frost in the morning and it is 25 degrees then it goes up to 65. Sweats in the morning, shorts in the afternoon. I can't take it either
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Thu Oct-21-04 06:23 PM
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37. Menopause can work for you. |
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Warmth from the inside out, plus the becoming blush. And, it gives you a glow that just won't quit. Ever.
Of course, there is still the unpleasant chill when the latest wave subsides. But don't worry, another will be along real soon to warm you right up. And in between, you have 3-5 minutes of comfort. Yep, menopause is just real hard to beat for staying warm.
Me, I'd prefer sweats and cozy socks, but...
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