Oct. 22nd, 2025 06:54 am
poll question! BRRRRRR edition
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k2daisyQuestion for the small DW crowd: when do you turn on the heat in the fall?
Do you wait for a certain date? A certain temperature? Or just when it's gotten too cold for you (or your pets) to be comfortable?
We had a big drop in temps at last, and it looks like this one is going to last. It's now consistently in the 40s with a few daytime spurts to the 50s. Our house thermostats says it's 58 inside, but it feels a lot cooler than that.
Aghans and blankets are all over the house. Poor Molly is living under a big fleece all the time right now.
R and I are discussing when to turn it on. I prefer a cooler house so this is nice for me, but tbh now that my hot flashes are over post-menopause it's verging on too cold for me. I doubt we will make it to November 1.
So what do you do?
Do you wait for a certain date? A certain temperature? Or just when it's gotten too cold for you (or your pets) to be comfortable?
We had a big drop in temps at last, and it looks like this one is going to last. It's now consistently in the 40s with a few daytime spurts to the 50s. Our house thermostats says it's 58 inside, but it feels a lot cooler than that.
Aghans and blankets are all over the house. Poor Molly is living under a big fleece all the time right now.
R and I are discussing when to turn it on. I prefer a cooler house so this is nice for me, but tbh now that my hot flashes are over post-menopause it's verging on too cold for me. I doubt we will make it to November 1.
So what do you do?
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I live in South Florida and my apartment doesn't even have central heat so I'm not terribly helpful, but we do get approximately three weeks of "winter" in January and I have a space heater that I pull out usually when my apartment gets below 66. Above that, I can power through with blankets and thick socks.
Also, hi. I think we knew each way back when in X-Files fandom. I noticed your DW was active again and added you to my reading list, hopefully that's okay. :)
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Wait, is this Christy? From the Harem? HHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!
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Florida does change your conception of cold. I've been here about ten years and have fully adapted to the 60s is chilly, 50s is cold, 40s is freezing rubric. :D
Close! I was in the Harem, but I was going by Emily M back then. Hi! ♥
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