When do you turn the heat on?

Esteban · 10-23-2021, 11:15 AM

No-one touches the thermostat in my house but me, and I keep it at 70F year round. Will turn the heat on at night if it gets too cold, which usually ends up being a few nights a year.

3.0L · 10-23-2021, 11:16 AM

When it gets cold.

Oldgixxer · 10-23-2021, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

FWIW, it is 61F/16C at our SC retirement lot in the midlands right now.....

Yesterday was hot/humid mid 80s and today is much nicer,70s right now w high of 83 but humidity is only 51% woohoo!!! No A/C at the moment lol

And yeah,menopause is in full effect for the Mrs,she had the air conditioner at 62f the other day,I had to put on sweats and a hoody it was so cold inside ugggh

3.0L · 10-23-2021, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Oldgixxer

Yesterday was hot/humid mid 80s and today is much nicer,70s right now w high of 83 but humidity is only 51% woohoo!!! No A/C at the moment lol

And yeah, menopause is in full effect for the Mrs,she had the air conditioner at 62f the other day,I had to put on sweats and a hoody it was so cold inside ugggh

Just the opposite here. Wife complains about being cold a lot.

And BTW, why do they call it menopause. Wouldn't menoquit be more appropriate? I don't think it's going start up again.

Frostynorth · 10-23-2021, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

Manitoba get's winter! Just about the coldest place I've been. I keep my thermostat at 69 all winter, seems about right.

Still haven't turned the furnace on yet, it was 0C overnight, the house is still 65 inside and warms up a bit in the sun during the day.

Does it ever, hopefully this year isn't as bad as they expect. Not looking forward to -30, just brutal. It's funny how irrationally angry one gets when it's so cold. Hate all the things, lol

19 indoors during the summer I'd be shivering, during winter it's just fine.

Do you get much lake effect where you are?

Oldgixxer · 10-23-2021, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

And BTW, why do they call it menopause. Wouldn't menoquit be more appropriate? I don't think it's going start up again.

vreihen16 · 10-23-2021, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.0L

And BTW, why do they call it menopause. Wouldn't menoquit be more appropriate?

All women's health things are named after males...MENopause, MENstruation, GUYnocologist.....

2000cs · 10-23-2021, 04:26 PM

I agree with others who have already said just turn it on and make her comfortable. This is not a hill I’m dying on, marriage-wise.

We are still cooling, for a while longer, and will likely use a bit of heat in Jan-Feb if it gets really cool at night and no sun in the day. That is also blanket season, including electric throws and heating pads, which are both great Christmas gifts for the cooler one in the family (or both, because you can leave the room temp pretty low if you use those while watching TV, reading, or otherwise stationary).

unluky · 10-23-2021, 06:33 PM

I have had this exact same argument with many women over the years. I was the guy that never put even a jacket on until it was below freezing.

Fast forward. Now I'm over 50, I walk around 25 to 30 lb lighter than I used to, and I am cold every second of every day in the winter.

Karma? Maybe so. But I hate it and I will be retiring somewhere warmer no question about it. As soon as my house starts getting below 65, I will kick the heat on. IDGAF I can afford it and I want to be comfortable.

Luckily I have a ventless fireplace in my living room, so I can knock the chill off of just that room and my heat doesn't run very often until it gets really cold outside.

F32Fleet · 10-23-2021, 08:47 PM

Indoor temp under 60F. Normally sleep with windows cracked this time of year but neighbor has been routinely taking 420 breaks at night and that shit starts blowing in.

Alfisti · 10-23-2021, 09:12 PM

Addressing some posts above, it's not about a time or date but a temperature, as others have suggested.

As per usual, lot of sympathy how the woman feels but no one gives a toss that I am perfectly comfortable and if the heat comes on the house is unbearably stuffy as it is just not cold enough outside so there's no...radiant cold...... like on a proper cold day. So it's 72 inside, she wants to crank it 74 and i am there in shorts and a tshirt fucking dying. It's not about the temp so much, but the stuffiness, the lack of fresh air.

Today the cold air blew in, in house temp dropped significantly so i turned it on.

Cyn-BMW · 10-23-2021, 09:33 PM

Definitely by the third date!

Alfisti · 10-23-2021, 09:37 PM

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Definitely by the third date!

It's funny because I have never really properly dated so I am so.....ignorant....f the whole seinfeld dating scene so to speak. The little rules and signals, i've never dealt with it.

Cyn-BMW · 10-23-2021, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

It's funny because I have never really properly dated so I am so.....ignorant....f the whole seinfeld dating scene so to speak. The little rules and signals, i've never dealt with it.

I don’t know whether to consider you lucky or feel sorry for you.,

Alfisti · 10-23-2021, 10:08 PM

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I don’t know whether to consider you lucky or feel sorry for you.,

LOL nah i'm good. I had girlfriends but never dated, i mean we were just kids really so i dunno what i'd call it but no dating. Then the wife, we met in europe, i was backpacking for 3 months, her friend liked me but I wasn't keen so it wasn't until her last day there (she was just just doing a short trip) that we spoke about maybe we need to keep in touch. We did, she arrived in sydney and planted one on me at the airport so there was no dating so to speak, it just sorta happened.

Cyn-BMW · 10-23-2021, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

LOL nah i'm good. I had girlfriends but never dated, i mean we were just kids really so i dunno what i'd call it but no dating. Then the wife, we met in europe, i was backpacking for 3 months, her friend liked me but I wasn't keen so it wasn't until her last day there (she was just just doing a short trip) that we spoke about maybe we need to keep in touch. We did, she arrived in sydney and planted one on me at the airport so there was no dating so to speak, it just sorta happened.

Nice!

Alfisti · 10-23-2021, 10:30 PM

We jumped in the car at the airport and I said "so are you my girlfriend now" ....and she said yes, so i guess from there she was

dreamingat30fps · 10-23-2021, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyn-BMW

I don’t know whether to consider you lucky or feel sorry for you.,

Reading through the dating threads and such on here I think he is quite lucky! Sure makes me glad I'm not in the dating scene.

chowser51 · 10-23-2021, 11:08 PM

I usually turn it on at 60F. Or earlier if a cat or dog sneezes. Well cat. The husky likes it cold.

Cyn-BMW · 10-24-2021, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

Reading through the dating threads and such on here I think he is quite lucky! Sure makes me glad I'm not in the dating scene.

You have a point. Look at all of Sara’s BS!

Cyn-BMW · 10-24-2021, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

We jumped in the car at the airport and I said "so are you my girlfriend now" ....and she said yes, so i guess from there she was

That reminds me of one of my girlfriends. I met her on a Wednesday, took her back to the ranch and knocked it out that night. Then on Saturday we went to the L.A. auto show. We were sitting at the Yard House drinking beer and somehow the subject of BF/GF came up. I asked her if she wanted to be my GF and she said yes.

MaC-N54-E82 · 10-24-2021, 01:01 AM

Why fight it?

At our homes A/C is set at 68 in the summer and heat is set at 70. Makes zero F'n sense but much more important things in life. I also feel the earlier comment about the pool. Same situation. Heat for 6 hours so she can sunbath on a floaty for a hour. So be it.

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