Subj : Re: Stormy
To   : Barry Martin
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Sat Feb 01 2020 21:46:52

-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Jan-2020 10:03 <=-

 BM>> The striving not to kill the electric bill with heaters in the winter
 BM>> and window air conditioners in the summer!
 NB>> That, too... ;)
 BM> We're on the Budget Billing for electricity and gas (common bill): go
 BM> a bit in debt in the summer and winter, pay back in the spring and
 BM> fall. Try to not go excessively into debt so wear warmer clothes in
 BM> winter and throw on a sweater as necesary.  Haven't needed to use the
 BM> space heater up here this year; the little one near my feet seems to do
 BM> the trick. :) 

We tend to do pretty well, even without Budget Billing... Our heat is
oil, not gas, though... The gas is only for the water heater, I think... 
 
 BM>> Actually wasn't too bad up here last night: my feet were getting cold
 BM>> which tends to cool down the rest of me so did turn on the under-the-
 BM>> desk heater.
 NB>> That makes sense... :)
 BM> And it combined with the sweater generally works!  Have the heater
 BM> plugged into a timer, primarily so I don't forget to shut it off. 
 BM> Some heaters do come with built-in timers, here would be a nuisance to
 BM> crawl under the desk.

I'd have it on a timer, in that case, too... ;)
 
ttyl        neb

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