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.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
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.
Sue - Dec 05, 2007 9:39:42 am PST #5747 of 10001
hip deep in pie
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.
Steph L. - Dec 05, 2007 9:41:31 am PST #5750 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I think 68-70 is consider normal room temperature.
My co-workers just informed me that this is so. And now I'm vaguely remembering fights with my dad when I was a kid (but damn, that was the 1970s) if anyone would nudge the thermostat past 72.
Dana - Dec 05, 2007 9:41:58 am PST #5751 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I would DIE in a house kept at 60 degrees at night. It's not the sleeping part -- once I'm under a comforter and warm, I'm fine. But I wouldn't have the will to get out of bed in the morning.
sumi - Dec 05, 2007 9:43:08 am PST #5752 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Oh you people with central heat. . .
Glamcookie - Dec 05, 2007 9:43:16 am PST #5753 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
Funny we're having this conversation as GF and I had it this morning. I was trying to make a case for 70 being fine for a summertime temp but too cold for a winter temp. She wasn't buying it, but it still makes sense in my head. Also, we live in SoCal - blood is thin!
lisah - Dec 05, 2007 9:43:22 am PST #5754 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
But I wouldn't have the will to get out of bed in the morning.
that is pretty hard I have to say
Jesse - Dec 05, 2007 9:44:44 am PST #5755 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
When I am at my parents', I sometimes turn the heat up from the daytime 68 to 69 or 70, and at night (god know what temp it is then), I need a million blankets, etc. Edit: I actually don't mean "daytime," I mean "at home time" -- the heat goes back down when they are at work.)
Yes, I live in an apartment with uncontrollable heat, and keep a window open all winter.
What do we think about re-gifting for an office party? Last night, I found something in my house that I got last year and have never used, and seems like a good office gift (it's a cloth tote bag in a little pouch). But is that tacky?
amych - Dec 05, 2007 9:44:50 am PST #5756 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
A thermo setting of 67/day and 62/night feels about right for me, but what Jess said about the location of the thermostat is really important -- ours is in a room that's always several degrees warmer than some other spots in the house (but always cooler than some others -- the average works out, I guess?), so if I'm spending more time than usual in the study, I'm going to feel cold even with the same clothes and the same thermostat settings as normal. If that makes sense.