tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post6600145384854368974..comments2024-01-09T23:23:38.038-05:00Comments on Tales of the Sissy: The heat is (not) on!Mark in DEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12478832787656152843noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post-75012125275814315312008-11-26T18:06:00.000-05:002008-11-26T18:06:00.000-05:00How relieving to see that I'm not the only one kee...How relieving to see that I'm not the only one keeping the heat down! But I feel for you - my nose gets cold too, even colder, as I managed to turn the temperature down to 53 degrees (!). I had to wear a scarf, hat and gloves to sit at my PC and read blogs. 53 degrees is too cold.. so I turn on the heating in the evenings for 2-3 hours until the temperature in the room goes up to 60 degrees, which I find bearable. Then I turn it off and jump directly into bed. When I wake up in the morning, it's down to about 55 degrees again.<BR/><BR/>I wear two pairs of socks (cotton and woolen), leg warmers, pants, a cotton turtleneck, a woolen turtleneck, a denim shirt and a thick woolen waistcoat - all at once. It's quite ridiculous but it does help with the bills.<BR/><BR/>I recommend woolen clothing and woolen blankets for your bed, one under the bottom sheet and another on top of the duvet. They work miracles for me. Also, note your spouse might not feel the cold as much as you do because he's bigger and heavier than you, at least that's what he looks like in the pics. You might point this out to him ;-)Nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01411013555062349182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post-88776018698746981672008-11-26T10:35:00.000-05:002008-11-26T10:35:00.000-05:00Truthspew: Thanks for taking HIS side! Just kiddi...Truthspew: Thanks for taking HIS side! Just kidding. Thanks for your comments! I'd write back but don't have an email for you.<BR/><BR/>Jeff: Wow, we really DO have similar home lives! Thanks for your comments! I'd write back but don't have an email for you.<BR/><BR/>Mark :-)Mark in DEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478832787656152843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post-64391518212145858362008-11-26T08:36:00.000-05:002008-11-26T08:36:00.000-05:00LOL! Our families are very much alike! We, too, h...LOL! Our families are very much alike! We, too, have 3 floors and Brad works at home. The top floor is electric baseboard, and the main and second floor are heated by electric forced air (via an electric furnace in the basement). Brad uses a space heater in his office during the daytime rather than heating the whole house to a comfortable temperature. I get him to turn the heat up about an hour before I get home, particularly on the days when I bike in the basement. He's raised the idea of turing the heat WAY down at night and heating my room (I generally sleep in a spare room because of my 'fragile' sleep patterns) with a space heater. I'm not sure I like the sound of that, but I guess I could give it a try. Generally, during the evening, we keep the temp at around 65 F.<BR/><BR/>Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885326688773256919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post-46478381154689831232008-11-25T17:58:00.000-05:002008-11-25T17:58:00.000-05:00You may want Lee to keep you warm! You both have a...You may want Lee to keep you warm! You both have a wonderful holiday with that family of yours!Mistress Maddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098940220513091207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822653.post-80986843410942142822008-11-25T17:57:00.000-05:002008-11-25T17:57:00.000-05:00Believe it or not I have one of those space heater...Believe it or not I have one of those space heaters doing the living, dining and kitchen which is easily about 650 square feet. The whole place is about 1,000 sqft. <BR/><BR/>The main area of the house stays at 64F or higher during the day since I have direct southern exposure. <BR/><BR/>There's another in the bedroom. Now that I've gotten Keyron to understand that they have thermostats on them and not to crank it to 90F they work very well. <BR/><BR/>The electric bill for last month was $185, which if I back out the nominal $120 a month that I usually get means the heaters cost $60 a month. That might go as high as $120 but it's still cheaper than oil. <BR/><BR/>I have a 275 gallon oil tank. Current oil prices are around $2.25 a gallon which means I'd be shelling $618.75 a month! Now you know why I use electricity, it's much more efficient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com