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.
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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 9:41:31 am PST #5750 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.
Dana - Dec 05, 2007 9:46:22 am PST #5757 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But is that tacky?
Was it a gift from anyone in the office? If not, I say it's not tacky if you're the only one who knows about it.
shrift - Dec 05, 2007 9:46:34 am PST #5758 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
He's been keeping it at 65 or so during the day, and 60 or 62 at night.
I like it at 68-70 when I'm awake and at home, and I'd like it down to 62-65 when I go to bed, but I often get vetoed since I don't have the bedroom with the big windows.
Jesse - Dec 05, 2007 9:47:07 am PST #5759 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If not, I say it's not tacky if you're the only one who knows about it.
Good one! Now I just have to see if I can describe it in a way that matches the recipient's initials. (Have I told you guys about this?)