Hi Nancy,
On Sun 2011-Nov-27 23:27, Nancy Backus (1:18/200) wrote to Richard Webb:
RW> Keeps me running the heat less too actually, rather do it
RW> with bedding than with burning fuel. Also remember we've
NB> It helps that we have a heated waterbed... ;)
I like those, used to have one.
RW> one wall heater, we're in a part of the world where they
RW> still get winter in actuality but folks don't grok how to
RW> live with it .
RW> Insulation, what's that? . WHole house heating etc. is a rarity
RW> it seems.
NB> Maybe it's more for rentals that it's a rarity? I'd think that
NB> homeowners would be more inclined to do the insulation, especially
NB> if they were able to get tax rebates for the energy conservation
NB> measures...
Maybe. Our place in NEw ORleans (one of them) was
distributed heat and a.c. The otehrs were window units and
space heaters.
This place, if you use the ceiling fans judiciously and
copious covers for the bed can do alright. The key ehre is
to remember to switch the ceiling fans to rotate the proper
direction twice a year, once for heating season, the other
way for a.c.
RW>> steaks I bought a couple months ago when that salesman came to the
RW>> door selling them, he came close to getting the bum's rush, but he
RW>> talked real fast, and i'd like to throw them on the charcoal grill once
RW>> more before it gets too cold. See what happens Thanksgiving day,
RW>> since we're too broke for a turkey or a ham this year that'll be a
RW>> thanksgiving day treat if the weather cooperates.
NB>> Without any added expense, besides... :) Don't know what your
NB>> forecast is, but for here it's supposed to be sunny and warmer...
NB>> quite pleasant.
We ended up being unsure enough, and it was a bit chilly
iirc so we made a pot of chili instead. IN fact, some
leftover from it is going to be supper this evening.
RW> YEah even in the upper midwest where you get it, oftentimes
RW> sidewalks aren't well cleared, and often the bus stop is a
RW> snowdrift . EVen the snow i don't mind wading through,
RW> it's the ice underfoot I don't care for, that and the cold .
NB> Ice I don't care for, but the cold I can bundle up against. :)
This is me as well, just cold I can handle if I"ve got to,
but the nasty underfoot means i don't move fast enoughto
stay warm.
RW> But around here, no buses even, so a trip to the grocery
RW> store with Kathy's down means throw a backpack on my back
RW> and walk 2 miles, one way.
NB> That's a bit of a trek, even in pleasant weather... :)
Yeah but it works when I have to. Scoring a newspaper if
one wasn't delivered to the door is 3/4 mile.
RW>> I dearly detest it, so much so that I"ve told family members don't even
RW>> bother to die or get married between OCtober and June, cause I won't
RW>> be there .
NB>> Not even May? ;) Surely it's better by then... :)
RW> iT's starting to get toward acceptable, but i've seen some
RW> good ones up north even in April.
NB> They don't tend to last long by then, though. I do remember a
NB> Mother's Day snowfall... rather sad, but it really didn't stick
NB> around more than a day if that... just was not so nice to wake up
NB> to... ;)
Yep, seen enough of those late ones. Still remember sitting out on my front
porch back in Des MOines one evening, Iirc
1982. That night my roommate hollered in at me that it was
snowing, I said "no" not calling him a liar, but he took it
that way so he threw a couple snowballs at me .
Earlier that day we'd had a tornado come across the north
side of the metro area, it was 83 degrees, etc. Then around midnight here
came the snowstorm.
Regards,
Richard
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