I want to torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured someone, they didn't even have chainsaws.

Angel ,'Chosen'


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.


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?)


Steph L. - Dec 05, 2007 9:47:45 am PST #5760 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I guess a more accurate question is: what's a reasonable upper limit for room temperature? Regardless of all y'all's personal preferences, that is -- it sounds like 68-70 is a more or less "common" room temperature, yes? It wouldn't brand me as an unreasonable Heat Miser?

(Friends in college did, in fact, nickname me the Heat Miser because I would get cold when it was 71 degrees.)


shrift - Dec 05, 2007 9:48:41 am PST #5761 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Also, it's snowing a lot. After five minutes outside I looked like the abominable snowman.


Dana - Dec 05, 2007 9:49:03 am PST #5762 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Steph, you should have moved in with me, and I should have sent my husband to live with your Boy.


sarameg - Dec 05, 2007 9:49:37 am PST #5763 of 10001

68/65 or lower, too.

Unless it is really windy and I'm feeling block of ice-ish. Then I might run it warmer while home & awake. Of course, by Feb, I may be getting into the 73 vicinity.

In summer, I'm pretty ok with 78/75 as long as it isn't too muggy. Well, ok, at night I might maybe just barely tweak it a little lower.