It's getting c-c-c-cold
 

Those of you in similar climates (it's been in the 40s in the a.m. and not getting quite up to 60 in the daytime)...have you turned on your furnaces yet?

I don't mind the chill, I wear warm clothes and I have a down comforter...but that getting out of the shower part might just kill me!

How many of you have your heat going already?

Turn the heat on in September?! No way. It could be snowing outside and I wouldn't be able to force myself to turn the heat on in September.

By the way, this proves global warming is a crock. ;)

I know...it seems awful to turn the heat on already. But I hate being cold.

I just turned OFF the air conditioners (to be fair, I get no air circulation in my place.)

I miss summer already.

global schmobal...it sure isn't warm!

Shawnee - this weather is Perfect!

It is nice...to an extent.

I'm a summer girl, though. Bring on the heat.

I perfer the season of death. :)

The only heater on here is Diz's warming mat, but that works on body pressure.

But Mum was shivering while cooking my lunch today (not a usual occurrence, see the Happy thread) so I expect the heating will be on far sooner than I would like. I'm a very hot person, and love nothing better than snuggling into Winter clothes and feeling the burn in my face & fingers. Sadly - despite what the 'rents think - we live in a temperate climate. We have nothing like the extremes you have in the US. I doubt there'll be more than 20 days below freezing (32) before the year turns into Spring again.

Still, Mum & Dad have a couple of Autumn house-sits coming up. OFF goes the heating! Yay!

I had oil delivered yesterday.....will have the heater guys out to do the annual service soon.....

Yeah, I should probably have my furnace given a once-over. Thanks for the reminder.

don't want to end up with CO poisoning. Lord knows you'll get no sympathy around here if you do.



mwuh huu huu

"Did you hear? Shaw died from CO poisoning."

"Fucking attention whore."

;)

Arsehole

It's a hard call in between seasons. I get chilly then turn on the furnace and realize it's too hot. I do the same with the ng fireplace too.

Shawnee - get a bathroom fan/heater combination. Unless you have a huge bathroom, a couple minutes of this will warm you right up.

My bathroom is extremely small, but that's a good idea...find a small one so I don't keep running into it.

Also, go buy a man's bathrobe (the big fluffy terrycloth kind) and put it on right out of the shower instead of a using a towel.

I haz a big fluffy bathrobe, but I can't stand putting anything on until I am completely dry. I'm weird.

Is it terrycloth, like a towel?

I have two robes, one for right out of the bath and one for lounging around in.

I has gotten down in the 30's at night here. I doubt we will turn on our heater for another month or so though. I just need to get out extra blankets because it is much harder to get up when you wake up cold.

For me it's harder to get out of bed when the bed is all duck-down snuggly and the air is cold.

@pico...maybe I'll look for a decent terrycloth robe. Even towels, unless used and washed, drive me crazy if they're not really absorbent.

It's still too soon to joke about?

They make bathroom fan/light/heater combinations. You could replace your current fan/light with one. Then it's out of the way. Like this:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...20with%20Light

Interesting. I've never seen that kind of thing, and my light is a fluorescent above the sink...this gives me some ideas for changes.

I am having some work done on my bathroom...new floor. I'd love to replace the whole damn thing.

I missed something.

Do you have a bathroom vent fan? That's what this would replace.

Nope.

:(

I was referring to this:
I think it's funny how whenever someone defends me they also call me an asshole.

Ohhhhh, I'm a bit slow on the uptake.

A couple of morons must have rubbed off on me.

I hate cold. Cold can die in a fire for all I care.

Heat&Humidity can die in a fire.

Heat can die in a freezer.

I'm with jinx: cold can die in a fire. A blazing, merciless, toasty warm fire.

First figure skating class today. Usually I have to go in from the hot outside and change out of my shorts and add several layers and skate through the mist. Not so today. It actually felt warmer on the rink than outside :eek: No heating yet, though.

Had to break out the hats and gloves this morning. Frosty

Frosty? Give me 50cc's of hot fudge, stat! Hold still, you're going to feel a slight chocolately sensation.

ooo-eerrrrr...... :worried:

Is from the Simpson's - PraiseLand episode. I'm a geek.

I'm just cold. The heating isn't on and I'm starting to think maybe it should be.... it is October after all....

and ye call yerself a Brit! No heat until mid-November! ;)

I'm all merkinized now. I had no problem putting long pants on in August this year.... and calling 70 cold. :p

^ did you see how i said pants instead of trousers and used the proper temperature scale, none of that foreign centipede thing?

Yes, dear. We're all very proud.

heh heh...trousers...trouser snake.

Maybe that's why we went to "pants."

Oh but I hate it when someone says pant. You read it in ads "A lovely tweed pant, great for the office or a night out."

Pant?

you watch out. I'm eligable for citizenship now, you know..... be afraid.....

Does anyone else keep trying to click on dar's links, that aren't links?

It is permissible to build a fire in a fireplace in October. But no heat yet.

Rats must just be me.

must... find... fireplace... under.... all.... legos.....

Good job I bought new display shelves for the legos last night..... the hearth cannae take any more, she's goin' ta blow!

Already, as if on cue, I'm getting itchy winter skin.

that's herpes.

:lol2:

Herpes? What is that, some kind of greek god disease?

Well, it's definitely cooler. High today is 86 F. That may not seem like much, but boy is it nice.

No furnace yet.

I don't even really know what a furnace looks like, or what you're supposed to do with this mythical "heating oil" stuff. My heater is part of my central A/C. I grab the little switch on the thermostat and click it over from "Cool" to "Heat." Which is something I'll do when it gets to be about 60 outside, I suppose. We always have a lot of false starts around here--it'll drop to 55, then the next week be back up to 85, and this will usually happen several times before we really settle into the cold weather.

I just broke out the down comforter. It's gonna be so cozy under there tonight while my nose is cold. :)

I was holding off, but dammit. I'M COLD. Heat just went on.

I can feel it seeping into my skin already.

Having two teenage daughters in the house affects my cultural exposure. So it's not so surprising that this thread reminded me of this:
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We coulda used some heat today but ended up just staying out all day instead. I hope we have some false starts...

I read that as "false farts" -- which, you know, might work in a pinch.