What's mildly amusing you today? - Page 48

monster · 07-21-2011, 09:27 AM

My pic was used in the local news story!

infinite monkey · 07-21-2011, 09:47 AM

That's awesome! Can I have your 'graph?

monster · 07-21-2011, 11:22 AM

Will John's do?

or how about a cookie chart?

/yelliknowhellforsure

glatt · 07-22-2011, 08:21 AM

Mildly amusing me today is that some friends of ours were wondering yesterday why their house was so warm. They though their air conditioner wasn't working right or something. The wife mentioned it to the husband who reminded her that it was her fault. She had signed up at a farmer's market in the spring to be a family that lets the power company control their air conditioning on these hottest days of the year in order to avoid brown outs. She's very "green" and also you save a few bucks each month on your power bill if you let the power company have that control. It wasn't until this week that she really understood exactly what control she was giving up.

She had been talking it up in the spring and had my wife all convinced we should do it, too, but I was like "wtf? Why should we let the power company turn our AC off on the days that we need it most?"

So anyway, I heard all this, and now this friend is posting on facebook that we should all set our AC a few degrees warmer to take a little load off the grid. It's a good point, but I think she's just trying to get others to join her in misery.

infinite monkey · 07-22-2011, 08:30 AM

I'm already there.

The now defunct A/C in my kitchen (still plugged in so the temp readout is there) read 99 degrees yesterday. Not sure if it reads into 3 digits.

The one in the living room and bedroom are working their little hearts out but just cannot keep up with the extreme extended heat.

I may need to shell out the money for a new one for the kitchen but I keep thinking after the heat wave passes it'll be OK.

How did we grow up without A/C? Schools didn't have A/C. Our house didn't. I don't remember thinking much about it.

footfootfoot · 07-22-2011, 08:36 AM

As my friend is fond of saying:
"Live simply so that I don't have to."

HungLikeJesus · 07-22-2011, 08:38 AM

I grew up in Miami and we didn't have AC.

Trilby · 07-23-2011, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I grew up in Miami and we didn't have AC.

yes, but it was a dry heat.

Clodfobble · 07-22-2011, 11:55 AM

We were part of a program like that back when we lived within Austin utilities. The deal for us was you got a free programmable thermostat to replace your crappy old one. Aside from the free hardware and installation, you could then of course program it so it wasn't cooling when people weren't home during business hours, thus saving yourself the money that way rather than getting a specific discount each month.

They were very detailed about when and how they could cut off the A/C--it would never go off completely, the temp would just be set to a max of 82 degrees, for no more than 30 minutes at a time. In the three years we were on it, I only happened to see the under-remote-control display kicked on once, and never actually noticed a temperature difference at any point.

glatt · 07-22-2011, 12:00 PM

I was curious how it worked.

I'm exaggerating of course when I say they turn off your AC. But I understood I would be giving them the authority to take full control of my AC and in theory that was up to and including turning it off completely. It would make sense for them to just tweak it a little bit, since people would drop out of the voluntary program if their AC was turned off entirely for large stretches of time.

Clodfobble · 07-22-2011, 06:00 PM

Well that's just the contract that Austin Utilities drew up, it's surely a different system in Virginia. It also helps that there are a ton of Earthy/green folks around here who are all signed up on the program, so the burden is split between a lot more houses. If only a small percentage of your area has agreed to it so far, those houses could very well be suffering on a regular basis.

footfootfoot · 07-23-2011, 08:21 AM

We had a similar arrangement when I was a kid; my dad would shout "Goddammit, this electricity isn't free, turn out the lights when you leave the room!"

Then he would think he was getting over on the power company by installing 55watt bulbs instead of 60s. Despite being a very smart person, occasionally his calculations skipped a step or two.

infinite monkey · 08-12-2011, 02:24 PM

I just opened a can of diet coke and a cow orker clear on the other side of the room said "I just heard a beer open!" I said we were having brews and cooking shish kebabs on the grill, come on over!

Well, later on I'll be doing that.

infinite monkey · 08-18-2011, 09:04 AM

I was mildly amused at the Wally World the other day. A fairly big woman, in her 40s (who could walk quite well, thank you very much) was complaining to the greeter that she'd walked all over the store looking for a riding scooter, but they were all out. Hmmmph.

I thought "keep looking, you'll add years to your life."

I know I know. There are issues I couldn't know about; she might really be suffering. (Prolly "fibromyalgia")

Next time I'm going to go in and get a riding scooter because I'm too depressed to shop.

Aliantha · 08-27-2011, 04:22 AM

Max and I are watching Funniest Home Video's, and at the end of every video Max says, 'He fall down' then laughs.

It's just funny.

07-21-2011, 09:27 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My pic was used in the local news story! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-21-2011, 11:22 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Will John's do? or how about a cookie chart? /yelliknowhellforsure __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-22-2011, 08:36 AM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	As my friend is fond of saying: "Live simply so that I don't have to." __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-22-2011, 08:38 AM	#7
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I grew up in Miami and we didn't have AC. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-22-2011, 11:55 AM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	We were part of a program like that back when we lived within Austin utilities. The deal for us was you got a free programmable thermostat to replace your crappy old one. Aside from the free hardware and installation, you could then of course program it so it wasn't cooling when people weren't home during business hours, thus saving yourself the money that way rather than getting a specific discount each month. They were very detailed about when and how they could cut off the A/C--it would never go off completely, the temp would just be set to a max of 82 degrees, for no more than 30 minutes at a time. In the three years we were on it, I only happened to see the under-remote-control display kicked on once, and never actually noticed a temperature difference at any point. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-21-2011, 09:47 AM	#2
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	That's awesome! Can I have your 'graph?

07-22-2011, 08:21 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Mildly amusing me today is that some friends of ours were wondering yesterday why their house was so warm. They though their air conditioner wasn't working right or something. The wife mentioned it to the husband who reminded her that it was her fault. She had signed up at a farmer's market in the spring to be a family that lets the power company control their air conditioning on these hottest days of the year in order to avoid brown outs. She's very "green" and also you save a few bucks each month on your power bill if you let the power company have that control. It wasn't until this week that she really understood exactly what control she was giving up. She had been talking it up in the spring and had my wife all convinced we should do it, too, but I was like "wtf? Why should we let the power company turn our AC off on the days that we need it most?" So anyway, I heard all this, and now this friend is posting on facebook that we should all set our AC a few degrees warmer to take a little load off the grid. It's a good point, but I think she's just trying to get others to join her in misery.

07-22-2011, 08:30 AM	#5
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I'm already there. The now defunct A/C in my kitchen (still plugged in so the temp readout is there) read 99 degrees yesterday. Not sure if it reads into 3 digits. The one in the living room and bedroom are working their little hearts out but just cannot keep up with the extreme extended heat. I may need to shell out the money for a new one for the kitchen but I keep thinking after the heat wave passes it'll be OK. How did we grow up without A/C? Schools didn't have A/C. Our house didn't. I don't remember thinking much about it.

07-22-2011, 12:00 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I was curious how it worked. I'm exaggerating of course when I say they turn off your AC. But I understood I would be giving them the authority to take full control of my AC and in theory that was up to and including turning it off completely. It would make sense for them to just tweak it a little bit, since people would drop out of the voluntary program if their AC was turned off entirely for large stretches of time.

07-22-2011, 06:00 PM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well that's just the contract that Austin Utilities drew up, it's surely a different system in Virginia. It also helps that there are a ton of Earthy/green folks around here who are all signed up on the program, so the burden is split between a lot more houses. If only a small percentage of your area has agreed to it so far, those houses could very well be suffering on a regular basis. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-23-2011, 08:21 AM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	We had a similar arrangement when I was a kid; my dad would shout "Goddammit, this electricity isn't free, turn out the lights when you leave the room!" Then he would think he was getting over on the power company by installing 55watt bulbs instead of 60s. Despite being a very smart person, occasionally his calculations skipped a step or two. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-12-2011, 02:24 PM	#13
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I just opened a can of diet coke and a cow orker clear on the other side of the room said "I just heard a beer open!" I said we were having brews and cooking shish kebabs on the grill, come on over! Well, later on I'll be doing that.

08-18-2011, 09:04 AM	#14
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I was mildly amused at the Wally World the other day. A fairly big woman, in her 40s (who could walk quite well, thank you very much) was complaining to the greeter that she'd walked all over the store looking for a riding scooter, but they were all out. Hmmmph. I thought "keep looking, you'll add years to your life." I know I know. There are issues I couldn't know about; she might really be suffering. (Prolly "fibromyalgia") Next time I'm going to go in and get a riding scooter because I'm too depressed to shop.

08-27-2011, 04:22 AM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Max and I are watching Funniest Home Video's, and at the end of every video Max says, 'He fall down' then laughs. It's just funny. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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