Oeditpus Rex
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:40 PM
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At what temperature is your thermostat set? |
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I just said, "Screw the consequences — I'm cold," and turned mine up to 63.
Livin' on the EDGE, bay-bee! :headbang:
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:41 PM
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1. Ooh! the big 6-3!! Mine was at 67!! |
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Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 03:42 PM by Shell Beau
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Now at 66! Cause it got hot!
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Oeditpus Rex
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:43 PM
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3. Is that womb temperature? |
Shell Beau
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:47 PM
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7. No, womb temperature is much much hotter!! |
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:42 PM
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2. I have a steam radiator system and the thermostat |
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is set to 63 round the clock.
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:46 PM
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But it's 65 degrees outside so it doesn't need to run today.
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:46 PM
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5. Don't have a thermostat for the heat. |
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We heat with wood that we get from keeping deadfall cleared on our property and cutting back overgrowth into the fields. If it is too cold in the house, I open the draft on the heater and add another piece of wood if needed. It is currently about 68-70 degrees in the house right now.
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:47 PM
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6. My furnace is out of commission, so I am using space heaters. |
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During the day they are off, but at night, I turn them up to 80.
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:52 PM
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8. it's not-- mine functions as an on-off switch only.... |
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Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 03:52 PM by mike_c
If I'm cold, I turn it on. When I'm not cold anymore, I turn it off. Average winter temp in my house is probably about 60F or so when I'm home and awake, low 50s when I'm not there or am asleep. That seems perfectly natural to me-- it always seems strange when I visit someone's house with a real thermostat and more-or-less constant temperature.
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:54 PM
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9. We're at about 65 or so. Yeah, it was effing COLD this morning |
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I was on for morning school carpool today and I had to start up the car 10 min early to get the ICE off!
I've got a fire burning in the woodstove, that helps.
:hi:
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:06 PM
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11. I once had a wood stove |
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It was a fireplace insert. Oh, dog, I loved that sucker. I'd buy half a cord of seasoned oak around October and start a fire with one of those Duraflame mini-logs. Wake up in the morning and the house was still in the '70s. :D
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:24 PM
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17. Yup, we're already into our second 1/2 cord. In fact, it's almost gone! |
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after years and years of having an open fireplace, we finally decided to spend the money on a decent woodburning insert last Nov. It's got a two-speed blower that kicks in automatically. :thumbsup: We're hoping it'll make a huge difference on our heating bill.
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Tue Jan-29-08 03:54 PM
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at...nothing.....as a matter of fact, the breaker that controls the thermastat/blower for our heater is currently off....
we use a woodstove...and currently, the inside temp is 60 degree's, its 29 outside, with the WC its probably in the low teens/single digits....I'm debating whether to start a fire, or not...perhaps a poll.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:10 PM
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12. 50 (as low as it will go) downstairs |
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and sixty upstairs, because we're all sick and sleeping in the cold was making it worse.
Where am I now? Upstairs in bed. I'm not going down to that frigid dungeon called my livingroom, no way.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:11 PM
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Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 04:12 PM by Fox Mulder
The outside temperature is -17 degrees F and the wind chill is -17 degrees F.
Gotta love Minnesota. :eyes:
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:12 PM
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and when I absolutely can't stand being so cold, I turn it up to 55 for one cycle.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:19 PM
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I live in a RV. I pay $200 per month for Rent, electricity, Internet, Phone, and Cable. My space heater is on full-blast. It is really warm in this tin can of a house.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:20 PM
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16. 60-67, depending on time of day |
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It's at 60 overnight and during the day when we're not home, up to 67 for an hour in the morning while we're getting up and going, and from about 6-10 at night while we're home. Have been thinking about setting it colder overnight and during the day.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:27 PM
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20° Celsius here. Now you do the math for this Farrah Fawcett ... Farraday ... Fahrenthingie. You know, the hot and cold stuff.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:28 PM
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:28 PM
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20. 58. We like it cool in the house; that way everyone piles up together on the couch |
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to keep warm. Puppy and kitten, too.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:36 PM
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21. We have the windows open, it isn't cold just windy. |
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Upstair all I use is my little wood burning heater, and I only use it if it gets around 45.
Even then I keep a window open a little.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:39 PM
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22. We do not even have our furnace ON! |
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It gets a bit nipply at night, but that is what tight sweaters are for anyway.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:47 PM
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23. My downstairs housemates have a big gas bill to pay. |
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They sit around dressed like it is August outside, so they are cold and turn up the gas.
That is why I moved upstairs, couldn't stand the heat.
We have woodburning stove downstairs but they won't use it.
So tough.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:47 PM
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Normally it's at 24 but it's so cold outside (windchill -44 and dropping) I'm afraid for the bathroom pipes.
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:49 PM
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Tue Jan-29-08 04:50 PM
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It'll be on tonight, though. Probably set to 60.
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:10 PM
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27. I learned my lesson last winter -- gotta keep the heat high enough so you don't kill the hamster |
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I was so proud of being energy conscious, until poor little hamster died from one night of 55 degrees. Now that I'm a hamster murderer I keep the furnace set to 70.
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Tue Jan-29-08 05:49 PM
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29. I never had cold kill a hamster, but I had one go into hibernation. |
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Warm milk from an eyedropper brought MuMuBear back around.
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Tue Jan-29-08 06:05 PM
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30. Living Large here in Maine - 60 degrees is my daytime low |
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I can do 60 but not 58 as evidenced from the steam rising off my husband's toast the other morning. I too jacked the puppy up and thru caution to the wind. I DO have a wild side!
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