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2000-12-23

Speaking of cold weather.  Our night time temperatures for the past few days have been near -20�C and daytime at -10�C.  My USMA thermometer hanging on the window outside is showing -12�C at 12:45 h.  It isn't to bad if when the wind is blowing and you wear two layers of thermal underwear. 

I refuse to listen to the official broadcasts as they would confuse me with their nonsense.  when out-of-towners ask me how cold it is, I give the the Celsius reading that I know.  They never question it, maybe just a WOW!!  Maybe they think I am telling them wind-chill.

They only problem is the price of natural has doubled since last year, and it is expected to triple.  It went from 0.15 $/m� now to 0.30 $/m�.  The November gas bill is 10 times higher then July/August.  And November wasn't as cold as December is now.  The furnace starts every 10 min and runs for about 5 min.  Soon, we will have to live like Europeans, only heat half the house and keep the setting at 18�C.  I keep the setting at 21�C now. 

Anyone else experiencing similar?


John

Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt frei zu sein.

There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)



 

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