It must be cold

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
12/29/2015 at 13:32 • Filed to: None

I just heard my heater fire up, and I have the thermostat set to something in the mid-50s. One less reason to get out of bed.

DISCUSSION (9)

BrtStlnd > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
12/29/2015 at 13:58

You set your thermostat in the 50s?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > BrtStlnd
12/29/2015 at 14:08

Perhaps I should just turn off the heater entirely. My place is 1200 sq. ft. and has an electric central heater that is going to bankrupt me if I’m not careful. I have a level pay plan for electricity, but my monthly payment went from $96 to $149 despite using 4.8% less power than last year. Not having any income at the moment means I have to cut back anywhere and everywhere, and so I generally just heat whatever room I’m in rather than the whole house. That and sweats - lots of sweats. Winter sucks.

I Will Always Be The Honey Badger > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
12/29/2015 at 14:29

Kinja'd!!!

Yes. Yes it does. Note the -63 windchill.

Edit. At least it’s supposed to warm up this week.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > I Will Always Be The Honey Badger
12/29/2015 at 14:38

Yikes - that’s cold! I shouldn’t bitch too much since we haven’t had a single flake of snow (yet), but I still don’t like winter all that much. Having been born and raised in the LA/Orange County area, I held the belief that snow was something you visited for fun, not something you should actually live with.

Now that I’m in the midwest I understand the appeal of having actual seasons, but I still don’t care much for winter. However, if someone else was paying the utility bills I might not mind it as much...

I Will Always Be The Honey Badger > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
12/29/2015 at 15:26

I’ve been in LA exactly once on a business trip. Another cold week like this one and I’m going to start looking at real estate listings again. Orange County sure had lots of cool cars.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > I Will Always Be The Honey Badger
12/29/2015 at 15:46

I had to look up where La Crete was - holy fuck.

Out of curiosity, what goes on up there? I mean, it’s eight hours just to get to Edmonton.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
12/29/2015 at 15:47

We just got our first significant snowfall last night; and it looks like it’s just tapering off now. -9 Celsius ain’t so bad, but I’m inside playing Fallout anyway.

I Will Always Be The Honey Badger > gin-san - shitpost specialist
12/29/2015 at 17:40

Nothing. Nothing goes on up here. Unless you like being outside in the cold. Ice fishing, snowmobiling, skating, hockey, hauling firewood. At least we have a decent internet connection up here. For me, it’s just Netflix and wrenching in my garage in my spare. Of which I have a lot since it’s cold 8 months of the year. The summers are awesome, though. It doesn’t really get dark all summer.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > I Will Always Be The Honey Badger
12/29/2015 at 18:30

I would like to do ice fishing and snowmobiling; skating I’m not that great at but still enjoy from time to time; hockey is a disaster since I have never played it before (on skates), and my skating definitely not good enough for any sort of hockey; firewood I can haul. The problem is, I would never want to do this in that kind of cold. I can deal with small amounts of Ottawa cold.

At least a decent internet connection and a car to work on will easily take up a lot of time. Now, when I look at places I could potentially move to, I check to see if good internet service is available. If it’s really bad I rule it out immediately.