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Cass - Dec 05, 2007 9:51:31 am PST #5764 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

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 keep things in the low sixties during the day. And somewhere in the high fifties at night. But I know I am weird. In summer anything below 80 is fine but I am happiest at about 76.

My personal loathing is places too heated in the winter and too chilled in summer. It's winter, I am wearing socks, please don't make me icky sweaty. I'm the one who always has a sweater in offices in summer. Because it's freezing.


Stephanie - Dec 05, 2007 9:51:36 am PST #5765 of 10001
Trust my rage

The year Joe was gone, I kept out house at 71 or 72 during the evening. If I didn't, my hands and feet got cold. For me, it was totally worth the extra money to be comfortable in my own home And I wasn't walking around in shorts. Usually sweatpants, a T shirt and a sweater. But I'm always cold.

My parents kept our MN house at 69 in the winter and it was just too cold for me.

I think 65 is as cold as I can take it at night.


flea - Dec 05, 2007 9:51:41 am PST #5766 of 10001
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Jesse - Dec 05, 2007 9:53:38 am PST #5767 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

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?

Yes.


Trudy Booth - Dec 05, 2007 9:54:05 am PST #5768 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

My personal loathing is places too heated in the winter and too chilled in summer. It's winter, I am wearing socks, please don't make me icky sweaty. I'm the one who always has a sweater in offices in summer. Because it's freezing.

Yes yes yes!!!!

I hate having to carry sweaters to the movies or the grocery store in summertime.


shrift - Dec 05, 2007 9:54:33 am PST #5769 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I guess a more accurate question is: what's a reasonable upper limit for room temperature?

For me, I think 75 is generally Way Too Hot for me in the winter because I dress like it's winter.

Also, I'm poor and I was raised by a skinflint, so I'd rather not waste money on utilities when I could just put on some socks and a hoodie.


Cashmere - Dec 05, 2007 9:55:02 am PST #5770 of 10001
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Teppy, my dad would have screaming fits if anyone touched the thermostat.

We keep ours around 69 all the time, because the kids tend to throw off blankets, pull off socks and sometimes get entirey naked. DH prefers it cooler at night.

If I feel cold, I'll nudge it up to 70 during the day.

Now that we've got a fireplace, we'll sometimes burn some wood, which doesn't raise the temp all that much but gives us a lot of psychological warmth.


tommyrot - Dec 05, 2007 9:55:50 am PST #5771 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

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Kathy A - Dec 05, 2007 9:56:05 am PST #5772 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

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

I personally like it around 65 when I'm around, whether it be day or evening. Sixty sounds a bit low for my tastes.

I just found out that a woman who was laid off from my department five years ago sent our boss (who was laid off after 35 years two months ago) a birthday card basically saying, "Nyahnyahnyah, now you know how it feels." How rude! She should really get over it, after five years. And it wasn't like she didn't have opportunities for other jobs within the company, she just didn't take advantage of them.


Emily - Dec 05, 2007 9:57:28 am PST #5773 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I'm doing around 65 day and night (for my part of the house) when I'm home, partly because (daytime) there's so much space to heat I feel guilty about how much gas I'm using and (nighttime) there's so much space to heat that only by making it heat the area around the thermostat to 65 can I get the bedroom/bathroom warm enough for me to get out of bed in the morning.

I'm pretty sure my mother keeps it at 60 during the day and 58 at night. This is among the many reasons my visits to her are never very long. That, and she's had two houses in a row now where the showerhead is set at about 5'. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?