I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.

Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Dec 05, 2007 9:32:54 am PST #5740 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Poll time!

For people who live in a part of the country that experiences 4 distinct seasons (basically, I'm thinking, WINTER as seen on TV), what temperature do you keep your thermostat at when you're home (1) and awake (i.e., doing normal home stuff -- reading, loafing, cooking, working, whatever), and (2) asleep?

I lived in an apartment for 7 years where I didn't regulate the heat, and because of where in the building my apartment was located, it was a blast furnace in the winter. I quite seriously left windows cracked open in below-freezing temps, and only wore short-sleeved shirts, and slept with just a top sheet (which often got kicked off).

Now, I know that *that* isn't normal, but now that I live with The Boy, I'm freezing all the time. I'm sure I need time to adjust, but before I beg him to turn up the thermostat, I don't know what's a reasonable daytime and sleeping temperature. He's been keeping it at 65 or so during the day, and 60 or 62 at night.

That seems low. Is 70 unreasonable during the day? I have no frame of reference any more, after living in the blast furnace for 7 years.

So I turn to you, oh my Buffistae.


Glamcookie - Dec 05, 2007 9:32:55 am PST #5741 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Meltdown

I need to go there! Co-workers and I have all been talking about it since we moved our office to Culver City. Need to make it happen.


Susan W. - Dec 05, 2007 9:35:38 am PST #5742 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

We do 68 during the day if we're at home, then turn it down to 60 before we go to bed, though we kept it a bit warmer when Annabel was a baby.


Rick - Dec 05, 2007 9:36:10 am PST #5743 of 10001

Who here has been hypnotized? Was it fun? Freaky?

I've never been hypnotized, but I have hypnotized a few dozen people. From my side it was very clinical, neither fun nor freaky.


hippocampus - Dec 05, 2007 9:37:11 am PST #5744 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

teppy - he's obviously related to my DH. and my mom. with no sense of cold.

68 or 69. But when the temperature drops, the house gets cold and takes a while to heat up again.

Oh, and also - [link]


Jessica - Dec 05, 2007 9:37:43 am PST #5745 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

He's been keeping it at 65 or so during the day, and 60 or 62 at night.

This sounds pretty close to how I'd like it. Maybe a little chilly depending on how accurate your thermostat is. (And, more importantly, where it's located in relation to the boiler! In my current building, the thermostat is right next to the boiler...in the cellar. There are vague plans to move it, say, inside, but nobody really knows when it's going to happen.)


Sue - Dec 05, 2007 9:38:00 am PST #5746 of 10001
hip deep in pie

(1) and awake (i.e., doing normal home stuff -- reading, loafing, cooking, working, whatever), and (2) asleep?

I keep my at 18 (66) through the day, and 15 (60) at night. But my rads run warm and it's usually a couple degrees more than that. But NB, I am notorious for keeping a cold house, and I have to turn up the heat when I have company.

I think 68-70 is consider normal room temperature.


Sue - Dec 05, 2007 9:39:42 am PST #5747 of 10001
hip deep in pie

PS, Even at 15, I often wake up in the night because the heat kicks in and I am too warm, but I am afraid to leave the thermostat lower in winter because of the pipes.


brenda m - Dec 05, 2007 9:40:37 am PST #5748 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Glad you asked, Steph, because I'm trying to figure that all out myself. I like it pretty chilly at night, but during the day I'm finding at least 68 seems right.


lisah - Dec 05, 2007 9:40:56 am PST #5749 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

He's been keeping it at 65 or so during the day, and 60 or 62 at night.

My dad just convinced me to turn mine way down and so I've been keeping it at about 62 when I'm not home and at night and at about 68 when I'm feeling chilly. Although last night I was FREEZING and turned it up to 65 for overnight.