View Full Version : How Low Do You Go........
rgcraig
11-10-2008, 08:10 PM
....before turning on the heat?
I'm trying to hold out - - it's 68 in here right now.
I love to sleep when it's cold, but just sitting around it's a bit nippy on my nose.
StMark
11-10-2008, 08:13 PM
....before turning on the heat?
I'm trying to hold out - - it's 68 in here right now.
I love to sleep when it's cold, but just sitting around it's a bit nippy on my nose.
get you a remote control portable heater. that way you can get a shot of heat with the click of a button w/o having to even get up and heat the whole house
rgcraig
11-10-2008, 08:15 PM
get you a remote control portable heater. that way you can get a shot of heat with the click of a button w/o having to even get up and heat the whole house
Portable heaters scare me. I'm sure there are safe ones, but it seems winter fires are always started by space heaters.
StMark
11-10-2008, 08:17 PM
Portable heaters scare me. I'm sure there are safe ones, but it seems winter fires are always started by space heaters.
That's due to peoples' carelessness - you're a safe responsible person.
get a good brand
HeavenlyOne
11-10-2008, 08:20 PM
It's pretty cold here and has been for a couple weeks, so my heat's been on.
My furnace needs work, and I'm waiting on the landlady to call him. In addition, I have to get weatherstripping tomorrow to line my front door with.
rgcraig
11-10-2008, 08:23 PM
My front door wasn't staying shut unless I used the deadbolt. They came and realigned the door so that it stays shut, BUT.....now there's a crack at the top and air is just flowing through that crack.
I'll have to call them again to fix that. Surely, I can have it stay shut and no crack too.
HeavenlyOne
11-10-2008, 08:25 PM
That's due to peoples' carelessness - you're a safe responsible person.
get a good brand
Most of the heaters now have tipping safety features. Mine will shut off the moment they start to tip over. It's nice with the animals, since they knock things over.
HeavenlyOne
11-10-2008, 08:26 PM
My front door wasn't staying shut unless I used the deadbolt. They came and realigned the door so that it stays shut, BUT.....now there's a crack at the top and air is just flowing through that crack.
I'll have to call them again to fix that. Surely, I can have it stay shut and no crack too.
My front door is warped, so the bottom is open while the top is sealed.
But the inside door has quite the gap in it. I'm glad I'm moving out of here in a few months!
StMark
11-10-2008, 08:27 PM
we had our first chilly day yesterday and i'm not use to it.
I got my portable heater out.
thankfully today & the rest of the week will be nice
rgcraig
11-10-2008, 08:29 PM
It's suppose to get colder here this week.
I'll probably turn my heat on when it hits 66 in here - - that's just too chilly if you aren't under the down covers!
StMark
11-10-2008, 08:31 PM
It's suppose to get colder here this week.
I'll probably turn my heat on when it hits 66 in here - - that's just too chilly if you aren't under the down covers!
66 inside the house right?
rgcraig
11-10-2008, 08:33 PM
66 inside the house right?
Yes!
It's 48 outside.
HeavenlyOne
11-10-2008, 08:37 PM
I wait til it's 66 outside......LOL!
42 here now.
StMark
11-10-2008, 08:40 PM
I wait til it's 66 outside......LOL!
42 here now.
It's 61 here now (outside) and i'm fully clothed and under the covers :ursofunny
low to mid 70s the rest of the week
Margies3
11-10-2008, 08:43 PM
Even when I turn the heat on, I try my best not to turn the heat up above 65. And we turn it down to about 62 at night and just snuggle. I'm cheap. I hate high gas bills!
rgcraig
11-10-2008, 08:45 PM
It's 61 here now (outside) and i'm fully clothed and under the covers :ursofunny
low to mid 70s the rest of the week
Oh dear lord!
rgcraig
11-10-2008, 08:46 PM
Does anyone else enjoy the smell when you first turn your heat on?
That burnt dust smell that reminds you of when you were young and it was getting cold outside?
Margies3
11-10-2008, 08:47 PM
Does anyone else enjoy the smell when you first turn your heat on?
That burnt dust smell that reminds you of when you were young and it was getting cold outside?
Ewwwwww.......... I HATE that smell!!
StMark
11-10-2008, 08:48 PM
Oh dear lord!
O dear lord???
Elizabeth
11-10-2008, 08:49 PM
I am guilty I turned our fireplace on for a few minuets this morning to take the chill off.
rgcraig
11-10-2008, 08:50 PM
Ewwwwww.......... I HATE that smell!!
Oh, I love it! Isn't that weird?
Hoovie
11-10-2008, 08:57 PM
Most of the heaters now have tipping safety features. Mine will shut off the moment they start to tip over. It's nice with the animals, since they knock things over.
... and many have heat sensors that will shut down if you throw a towel or something over them.
Maple Leaf
11-10-2008, 08:58 PM
....before turning on the heat?
I'm trying to hold out - - it's 68 in here right now.
I love to sleep when it's cold, but just sitting around it's a bit nippy on my nose.
I don't try to hold out at all. If it goes below 70 I turn the heat on.
Hoovie
11-10-2008, 08:58 PM
It's 61 here now (outside) and i'm fully clothed and under the covers :ursofunny
low to mid 70s the rest of the week
Oh dear lord!
Ewwwwww.......... I HATE that smell!!
Oh, I love it! Isn't that weird?
Yeah... that's weird alright!
Hoovie
11-10-2008, 08:59 PM
We have had heat off and on for several weeks now.
rgcraig
11-10-2008, 09:00 PM
Yeah... that's weird alright!
LOL - - that reads hilarious!
Cindy
11-10-2008, 09:03 PM
I am guilty I turned our fireplace on for a few minuets this morning to take the chill off.
Turned on your fireplace?
StMark
11-10-2008, 09:04 PM
Hoover, i realize that enjoying the smell of dust is odd
but you also listed my post as weird too. what part?
Renda?
Scott Hutchinson
11-10-2008, 09:09 PM
When it starts to get in the 40s we turn the heater on.
Hoovie
11-10-2008, 09:10 PM
Hoover, i realize that enjoying the smell of dust is odd
but you also listed my post as weird too. what part?
Renda?
Just read them all together Mark. Getting under the covers with all clothes on... then the smells... some love the smell some don't...:ursofunny:ursofunny:ursofunny:ursofunny
StMark
11-10-2008, 09:13 PM
Just read them all together Mark. Getting under the covers with all clothes on... then the smells... some love the smell some don't...:ursofunny:ursofunny:ursofunny:ursofunny
Ooo ...ok
HeavenlyOne
11-10-2008, 09:25 PM
I am guilty I turned our fireplace on for a few minuets this morning to take the chill off.
I don't have a fireplace, but I've turned the oven on a time or two.....LOL!
Kay B
11-10-2008, 11:33 PM
It's 61 here now (outside) and i'm fully clothed and under the covers :ursofunny
low to mid 70s the rest of the week
sounds like a heat wave to me. it was 19* yesterday morn. showing 32* now and has been some snow flurries off an on most of the day.
nahkoe
11-11-2008, 04:25 AM
I'm still suffering after having turned the AC off (cuz I'm too poor to pay for it right now!). It's still getting to 80 or more in my apartment (what I kept the ac set at).
I usually keep the heat set to 50 in the winter, but I'm in an apartment and it never got that cold inside in Idaho, I can't imagine it'll even get close in Texas.
Rhoni
11-11-2008, 06:11 AM
....before turning on the heat?
I'm trying to hold out - - it's 68 in here right now.
I love to sleep when it's cold, but just sitting around it's a bit nippy on my nose.
I keep my apt 75-78 degrees pretty much year round. I don't really like much AC but I can't live without my heat. I love to be warm and cozy:friend
Blessings, Rhoni
tamor
11-11-2008, 06:48 AM
I've been turning ours on in the morning long enough to knock the chill out of the house. Jon is hot natured so he turns it off when I leave.
rgcraig
11-11-2008, 07:32 AM
I keep my apt 75-78 degrees pretty much year round. I don't really like much AC but I can't live without my heat. I love to be warm and cozy:friend
Blessings, Rhoni
Oh my lord - - I would die!!!!!!!!
I cannot stand to be hot.
Cindy
11-11-2008, 07:38 AM
I'm still suffering after having turned the AC off (cuz I'm too poor to pay for it right now!). It's still getting to 80 or more in my apartment (what I kept the ac set at).
I usually keep the heat set to 50 in the winter, but I'm in an apartment and it never got that cold inside in Idaho, I can't imagine it'll even get close in Texas.
It can happen nahkoe. We even get snow and ice storms here.
Theresa
11-11-2008, 07:42 AM
its not the smell that is nice, it's the comforting feeling it envokes LOL
I totally understand Renda LOL
rgcraig
11-11-2008, 07:45 AM
its not the smell that is nice, it's the comforting feeling it envokes LOL
I totally understand Renda LOL
Exactly!
Like the smell of Crayola crayons - just memories I guess!
Theresa
11-11-2008, 07:49 AM
Exactly!
Like the smell of Crayola crayons - just memories I guess!
like new pencils and a new CARDBOARD pencil box when school starts...
rgcraig
11-11-2008, 07:53 AM
like new pencils and a new CARDBOARD pencil box when school starts...
Yes! I can smell it just thinking about it. There are a few things that trigger childhood memories, but heat turning on for the first time and the school supplies are two of them!
Also, the smell of the paper in school - it was memographed - not copied. Of course, you young thangs won't have a clue. I remember doing the church bulletin on one of those things!
Theresa
11-11-2008, 07:54 AM
Yes! I can smell it just thinking about it. There are a few things that trigger childhood memories, but heat turning on for the first time and the school supplies are two of them!
Also, the smell of the paper in school - it was memographed - not copied. Of course, you young thangs won't have a clue. I remember doing the church bulletin on one of those things!
like that smell in your lunchbox about halfway through the school year...like rubber milk or something LOL!!!
Cindy
11-11-2008, 07:56 AM
like new pencils and a new CARDBOARD pencil box when school starts...
Oh yeah, and the glue with the stick in it.
rgcraig
11-11-2008, 07:56 AM
like that smell in your lunchbox about halfway through the school year...like rubber milk or something LOL!!!
LOL!!!!
Burning leaves has that same affect too - however, I don't get the chance to smell those anymore.
Cindy
11-11-2008, 07:56 AM
Yes! I can smell it just thinking about it. There are a few things that trigger childhood memories, but heat turning on for the first time and the school supplies are two of them!
Also, the smell of the paper in school - it was memographed - not copied. Of course, you young thangs won't have a clue. I remember doing the church bulletin on one of those things!
Yep, with the purple ink.
Cindy
11-11-2008, 07:58 AM
Yes! I can smell it just thinking about it. There are a few things that trigger childhood memories, but heat turning on for the first time and the school supplies are two of them!
Also, the smell of the paper in school - it was memographed - not copied. Of course, you young thangs won't have a clue. I remember doing the church bulletin on one of those things!
And the paper cutter with that big blade. It's wonder kids didn't lose fingers when the teacher let them use it.
rgcraig
11-11-2008, 07:58 AM
Oh yeah, and the glue with the stick in it.
Lol - glue paste!
I can smell it now. It's hilarious how those smells are in your mind forever!
Or the freshly waxed hallways of your school.
Cindy
11-11-2008, 07:59 AM
Exactly!
Like the smell of Crayola crayons - just memories I guess!
Yeah, before they were non toxic.:lol
Cindy
11-11-2008, 08:00 AM
Lol - glue paste!
I can smell it now. It's hilarious how those smells are in your mind forever!
Or the freshly waxed hallways of your school.
And there was always someone that had to know what paste tasted like, so they would eat it.
Theresa
11-11-2008, 08:04 AM
Yes! I can smell it just thinking about it. There are a few things that trigger childhood memories, but heat turning on for the first time and the school supplies are two of them!
Also, the smell of the paper in school - it was memographed - not copied. Of course, you young thangs won't have a clue. I remember doing the church bulletin on one of those things!
Yep, with the purple ink.
Remember trying to write on that paper with those big fat pencils that little kids had to use?
it just had a texture to it that was impossible to write on comfortably....LOL
My Own Eyes
11-11-2008, 08:07 AM
....before turning on the heat?
I'm trying to hold out - - it's 68 in here right now.
I love to sleep when it's cold, but just sitting around it's a bit nippy on my nose.
My heat stays on 60 through the bulk of the winter. (The exception is on holidays, or if I am having company).
I know, I know...most people think that it's crazy, but it serves multiple purposes...
...it saves money on utilities
...it encourages me to workout on my treadmill in the morning (I know that will warm me up!).
...It encourages me to do more around the house (if I keep moving, I keep warm)
Subdued
11-11-2008, 08:38 AM
....before turning on the heat?
I'm trying to hold out - - it's 68 in here right now.
I love to sleep when it's cold, but just sitting around it's a bit nippy on my nose.
It was in the 20's here overnight and is only around 33 right now. 'nough said. :campfire
Cindy
11-11-2008, 08:52 AM
Remember trying to write on that paper with those big fat pencils that little kids had to use?
it just had a texture to it that was impossible to write on comfortably....LOL
Oh yeah, and Big Chief tablets.
A_PoMo
11-11-2008, 09:20 AM
When I'm wearing two layers and I'm still cold it's time to turn on the heat. When I have five blankets and the heated blanket doesn't keep me warm it's time to turn the heat on. When I get my electric bill it's time to turn the heat OFF.
Timmy
11-11-2008, 10:01 AM
If it was up to me, I'd set the thermostat at 50.
(It's not up to me. ;))
How low do you go......?
I thought this was a thread about "Limbo Stick?"
I have been firing up the fireplace all week!
68??????? That is a beautiful fall day!
Theresa
11-11-2008, 11:28 AM
Oh yeah, and Big Chief tablets.
oh I loved getting a new big chief tablet!!!
nahkoe
11-11-2008, 01:54 PM
It can happen nahkoe. We even get snow and ice storms here.
We had 8 inches of snow last year, 3 days in one week (absolutely NEVER HEARD OF where I was...lol) and it didn't get that cold inside my apartment. lol It was also staying below freezing that entire week (again, never happens there). I really, really doubt it's going to be that cool in my apartment here. :)
nahkoe
11-11-2008, 01:55 PM
Yes! I can smell it just thinking about it. There are a few things that trigger childhood memories, but heat turning on for the first time and the school supplies are two of them!
Also, the smell of the paper in school - it was memographed - not copied. Of course, you young thangs won't have a clue. I remember doing the church bulletin on one of those things!
THAT SMELL! I remember that smell! lol Does that make me old? :tease
Yes! I can smell it just thinking about it. There are a few things that trigger childhood memories, but heat turning on for the first time and the school supplies are two of them!
Also, the smell of the paper in school - it was memographed - not copied. Of course, you young thangs won't have a clue. I remember doing the church bulletin on one of those things!
I think it was called a Gestetner?
George
11-11-2008, 02:32 PM
Back to the original post - my house never gets about 70 degrees.
If you are chilly but don't want to turn the heat on, get an electric throw. They work great. Good prices at Sam's Club or Costco.
Back to the original post - my house never gets about 70 degrees.
If you are chilly but don't want to turn the heat on, get an electric throw. They work great. Good prices at Sam's Club or Costco.
Or do what we've been doing--fire up the Fireplace!
Wood, not gas!
HappyTown
11-11-2008, 07:23 PM
Well thanks to menopause cold no longer an issues! In fact I love the cold weather and welcome it. We get into the lower 20's here. But as for summer, I can't handle anything over 76 these days!
commonsense
11-11-2008, 07:59 PM
Well thanks to menopause cold no longer an issues! In fact I love the cold weather and welcome it. We get into the lower 20's here. But as for summer, I can't handle anything over 76 these days!
Indeed, that does warm you up. As I recall they're no longer hot flashes, it's a power surge!:ursofunny
For AC we set the t-stat at 80.But if we aren't home it goes to 82.
For heat we set it 68 day and 62 night. Our t-stat is programmable and once it's set we ignore it. It goes to 62 when we leave for work. If I'm really warm I still keep one portable fan handy.
For the really cold nights the electric blanket saves the cold toes.
ForeverBlessed
11-13-2008, 06:16 PM
when it gets 64 in the house, and everyone is complaining... I turn it on. It is set on 68 now...been cold here for a couple weeks or so.
Blubayou
11-13-2008, 07:03 PM
We sleep with the temp set on 66 degrees year round. I like the temp during the day around 70 degrees. We have had the heat on a couple of time to get the chill out of the house. My husband would like it to be warmer, but I tell him to just get some more cover or snuggle close to me! He has been known to sleep with three blankets on his side of the bed.
RandyWayne
11-13-2008, 07:52 PM
We've had a few days where our house dropped to the lower 50's at night, but having just moved to the Mesa, AZ area from Wisconsin, we are holding out on turning on our heat until at least the end of December.
(And it STILL gets warmer during the day. There are just huge swings in temperature.)
MamaHen
11-14-2008, 07:07 AM
It has to be below 55 in the house for us to turn on the heat.
I got a heater that looks like a radiator. It's great... It's safe! I put a towel over it so I have a toasty warm towel after a shower. I do the same thing with the heater. I like sleepy when it's super cold. I have been known to wear my coat around the house to avoid turning on the heat. I love love love cold weather! So glad it has cooled off after such a long hot summer!
LaVonne
11-14-2008, 10:28 AM
....before turning on the heat?
I'm trying to hold out - - it's 68 in here right now.
I love to sleep when it's cold, but just sitting around it's a bit nippy on my nose.
We keep our thermostat set at 68 during the colder months and 70 during the summer. Our heat has not kicked on much at all yet, although we do turn on the gas fireplace from time to time.
rgcraig
11-15-2008, 05:27 PM
Might have to kick on the heat tonight - it's 66 in my place now and it's going to hit 30 degrees outside tonight!
My nose is cold!
nahkoe
11-15-2008, 05:37 PM
I closed my patio door early tonight. lol It's 49 outside right now. Low of 33 predicted. That might be a mighty invigorating walk to work at 5:30 tomorrow morning!
Margies3
11-15-2008, 05:41 PM
Yes! I can smell it just thinking about it. There are a few things that trigger childhood memories, but heat turning on for the first time and the school supplies are two of them!
Also, the smell of the paper in school - it was memographed - not copied. Of course, you young thangs won't have a clue. I remember doing the church bulletin on one of those things!
Oh yeah, and the glue with the stick in it.
Our heat has been on for a while now. But I keep it very low - usually 64 or lower, unless the wind is blowing really hard and chilling things off alot!
Today it snowed here. YUCK!!! Started out as rain and then I looked out and lo and behold, the rain had turned to big snow flakes. Rats. I had already planned to take Keith shopping. He left his winter coat (which was getting too small anyway) at Logan's house (the friend's house he was spending the night at when he got in trouble). I decided they can just keep it. I'm not going over for it. So I took Keith to TJMax today and got him a new coat while we were out.
StMark
11-15-2008, 06:21 PM
Our heat has been on for a while now. But I keep it very low - usually 64 or lower, unless the wind is blowing really hard and chilling things off alot!
Today it snowed here. YUCK!!! Started out as rain and then I looked out and lo and behold, the rain had turned to big snow flakes. Rats. I had already planned to take Keith shopping. He left his winter coat (which was getting too small anyway) at Logan's house (the friend's house he was spending the night at when he got in trouble). I decided they can just keep it. I'm not going over for it. So I took Keith to TJMax today and got him a new coat while we were out.
It was around 80 here today and almost 100 in Los Angeles.
Very nice and sunny but It's too dry...we need more rain - had a little last weekend but it will take a whole season of soaking rain to stop all these fires
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