My darling wife hung much of our laundry out this year which seemed to make a difference in our electricity useage but not as major as I would have thought. In another couple weeks I'm going to stop sending dryer air outside to see if it will impact our oil usage...
-Curt --- On Sun, 9/21/08, Bill R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Bill R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [MBZ] RE What about you? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008, 2:01 PM I change out light bulbs when they burn out, but having so many little ones running about they do tend to spend a lot of time on. Other than convincing my darling wife that she is not really hot, and the sweat running down her back must be from a thyroid problem [so her ophthalmologist thinks, also] there is not a whole lot more we can do. In a few weeks the windows can be opened and that will help a lot for a month or so -- maybe we could cut down on the washer/dryer use by all becoming nudists. Old chubby white guy, cute wife, 91 YO MIL ... OUCH - my EYES ..my MIND .... We will come up with the money somewhere. BillR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 9:44 PM To: Diesel List Subject: [MBZ] RE What about you? HOLY SNOT! I start to get real upset when we go over $60... Of course the A/C hasn't been on since July. Very mild summer here this year. We burn about 500 gallons of oil and 2 cords of wood in the winter, the tax is about $1000 a year. Pretty easy on the wallet this house. I expect the oil bil to go down when I insulate the attic better and again when I have the furnace replaced. The electric goes down a penny or two every time one of the old 100watt bulbs (the old man that owned the house had all 100watt bulbs) dies and I replace it with a 9w cf... -Curt Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:25:29 -0400 From: "Bill R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] What about you? To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am looking at an absolutely ridiculous electric bill for last month. I used the same amount of electricity as the same month last year, but my bill is much higher due a fuel surcharge. A normal Summer electric bill for the house and apartment would be under $400, this year it is $525. I assume everyone is getting some of this - but more than a 25% increase is pretty steep. BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD 304k miles _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
