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Old 24 September 2008, 07:33 PM   #1
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Anyone put their central heating on yet?????

Ooooh bugger the nights are getting cold!!!!!!!!!

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Must...keep...strong...and not...hit...boiler switch!!!!!!!!!!!

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Old 24 September 2008, 08:01 PM   #2
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Jim: it's too expensive to hit the heat switch....it's not cold enough here yet to really need heat on a regular basis, but it's just around the corner, and right now its around $3.82 per gallon, down a bit from a few months ago, but very expensive, and as the fall and winter arrive, it'll get damn cold and even more so....you won't be alone in shivering this year, believe me. I'm worried about many people not being able to afford heating their homes adequately. So MOVE OVER......BRRRR!!
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Old 24 September 2008, 08:29 PM   #3
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Old 24 September 2008, 08:41 PM   #4
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not recently but it was bloody cold last night.

I did put it on one night about two weeks ago-
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Old 24 September 2008, 08:48 PM   #5
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I am telling you its getting cold!!
it got down to 80 degrees last night-I had to actually put a t-shirt on to go outside and have a cigarette.
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Old 24 September 2008, 08:50 PM   #6
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I am telling you its getting cold!!
it got down to 80 degrees last night-I had to actually put a t-shirt on to go outside and have a cigarette.
tragic!!

its not hit 80 here all year- maybe high 70's at best- i need to move
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Old 24 September 2008, 09:02 PM   #7
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tragic!!

its not hit 80 here all year- maybe high 70's at best- i need to move
Your not wrong there Chris !! 'we' need to move !!
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Old 24 September 2008, 09:02 PM   #8
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No central heating for us yet this year. It's still quite balmy here and I think last year's renovations are going to make it warmer inside this winter.
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Old 24 September 2008, 09:04 PM   #9
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No. Too early. I tell the wife to dress warmer and use more blankets. People wonder why when they come over she has a winter coat on.
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Old 24 September 2008, 10:27 PM   #10
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Yes. When it starts to get cold I have the neighbor, a women, come over and keep me warm in the basement at night. She brings new meaning to central air.
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Old 25 September 2008, 01:04 PM   #11
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I am telling you its getting cold!!
it got down to 80 degrees last night-I had to actually put a t-shirt on to go outside and have a cigarette.
steve: you know, i'm tolerant, but if you keep this up......
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Old 24 September 2008, 08:50 PM   #12
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All our rooms are on temperature sensors - which are set all year round.
Monday morning when I got up, was the first time I could smell the radiatiors had been on - apart from that no...
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Old 24 September 2008, 08:58 PM   #13
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Cleveland is terriffic. AC during the day, and heat on at night.
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Old 24 September 2008, 10:43 PM   #14
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Ooooh bugger the nights are getting cold!!!!!!!!!

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Must...keep...strong...and not...hit...boiler switch!!!!!!!!!!!

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As my Mum would say put a bloody jumper on and stop your whingeing!!!
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Old 24 September 2008, 11:16 PM   #15
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I dunno I'm lucky or not. In my place, we only have 2 season.
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Old 24 September 2008, 11:54 PM   #16
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You gotta love the sign on Al's igloo "NO BEARS", Yikes!
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Old 25 September 2008, 12:34 AM   #17
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Just turned it on for the first time last night. The house got down to 65 so my wife told me "if I know what's good for me...."

Suffice it to say, I knew what was good for me
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Old 25 September 2008, 01:02 AM   #18
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Last week my wife was complaining that I needed to turn on the furnace. I refused. It warmed back up again this week, but the days are limited. Probably in the next couple weeks, I'll be bleeding the radiators and firing the boiler. In the middle of the winter, our power bill was around $400/month USD, and that's with the thermostat set at 64 when we're around, and 56 at night and when we're gone! This 94 year-old house is not very well insulated!
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Old 25 September 2008, 01:24 AM   #19
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In the middle of the winter, our power bill was around $400/month USD
Ouch Dave - and I thought U.K Energy prices were bad !!
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Old 25 September 2008, 01:11 AM   #20
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Ooooh bugger the nights are getting cold!!!!!!!!!

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Must...keep...strong...and not...hit...boiler switch!!!!!!!!!!!

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I live in Maine (New England), I put the heat on two weeks ago!!!
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Old 25 September 2008, 01:34 AM   #21
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Too late!!!!!!!!!!

Got home from work...heating on!!!!!!!!!

The wife must have thin blood!!!!

It aint even that cold yet!!!!!

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Old 25 September 2008, 01:52 AM   #22
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Too late!!!!!!!!!!

Got home from work...heating on!!!!!!!!!

The wife must have thin blood!!!!

It aint even that cold yet!!!!!

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And a thick skin being married to you.
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Old 25 September 2008, 01:59 AM   #23
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And a thick skin being married to you.
I don't know Joe - Both of them must have silky soft skin - with cuddling all those teddy bears !!






(sorry Jim - I should know better - but could not resist !)
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Old 25 September 2008, 02:01 AM   #24
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I'm the one with the thick skin...it has about 2 inches of blubber behind it.

Winter doesn't affect me....Bitsy the Walrus!

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Old 25 September 2008, 02:54 AM   #25
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I'm the one with the thick skin...it has about 2 inches of blubber behind it.

Winter doesn't affect me....Bitsy the Walrus!

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Old 25 September 2008, 05:28 AM   #26
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Not yet and I still have at least 3 weeks to switch my heating on.
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Old 25 September 2008, 05:49 AM   #27
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I own a heating and air company and firmly believe this winter will be crazy to say the least. I'm in south Georgia so it doesn't get very cold, but just about everyone is going to wait until the last possible minute to turn it on and it's going to be insanely busy.

See, usually old people turn their heater on at the first sign of any coolness in the air. Then you have the people who are kinda in between and aren't going to turn it on when it's just a little chilly, but they aren't going to wait either once they're uncomfortable. Then you have the die hards who wait til the very last second when it's just about unbearable. It was always a gradual progression.

I personally believe a lot more people will be in the last category than before due to fuel prices, and this is going to create a SERIOUS backlog in our industry. Imagine how busy a plumber would be if everyone fired up their water heater at the same time in a year. Do yourself a favor and at least fire it up to see if it's working so you're not in the same boat as everyone begging us to come out before we take care of the other people on the list in front of you due to your (A) newborn child (B) old people in the house with you or (C) child with asthma in the home. We've heard it all before.
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Old 25 September 2008, 06:23 AM   #28
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Central heating??? I just rub two girl scouts together...
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Old 25 September 2008, 07:18 AM   #29
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Central heating??? I just rub two girl scouts together...
Pat, the thread is about central heating, not baking brownies.
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We've had our first week with temps below 100F.


But the weatherman just said that they're headed back up over 100 next week...
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