During this heat wave, SAVE electricity!

[Greg]

A.C. is addictive meaning if you never have it or use it you will never miss it.

I kind of agree. I mostly only need A/C at night. I'm very fortunate that my wife also likes it cool at night. We keep a window cracked even in the dead of winter. I can deal with the heat during the day at home. Of course my wife would rather the A/C be on. Work is air conditioned, but sometimes coming out into the humidity at the end of the day actually feels good.

 

[deadheadskier]

A.C. is addictive meaning if you never have it or use it you will never miss it.

I can kinda see your point, but only to a certain limit. My apartment is a converted attic on the third floor of an old building. It's got decent windows and skylights to pass the air around, but it still gets DAMN hot. If it's 80 out and sunny all day, even high 70's, the passive solar energy through the skylight and the roof heating up, tips the mercury in here at 90+. If it's a day in the low 90's it reaches triple digits up here. I went through the first summer without an A/C and it was murder. Seriously, a camel would croke from heat stroke, it gets that bad.

I actually bought my AC unit last year on the morning of the Saint Patrick's Day major snow dump. I had a deal available to me on a coupon for Home Depot. I kid you not, I showed up there while there was a foot of snow on the ground, went up to customer service and asked where the A/C units are. The lady at the counter's jaw just drops and she says, "I've got 16 employees who can't make it in today because of this snow storm and you want to buy an A/C unit??" :lol: um yes mame, I do :lol: Sir, you're crazy....me 'maybe a little' :lol: The whole time the phone is ringing off the hook like crazy with people calling to see if they have shovels available :lol:

Oh and for those who are wondering why I wasn't skiing? I had to work at noon.

 

[snoseek]

I can kinda see your point, but only to a certain limit. My apartment is a converted attic on the third floor of an old building. It's got decent windows and skylights to pass the air around, but it still gets DAMN hot. If it's 80 out and sunny all day, even high 70's, the passive solar energy through the skylight and the roof heating up, tips the mercury in here at 90+. If it's a day in the low 90's it reaches triple digits up here. I went through the first summer without an A/C and it was murder. Seriously, a camel would croke from heat stroke, it gets that bad.

I actually bought my AC unit last year on the morning of the Saint Patrick's Day major snow dump. I had a deal available to me on a coupon for Home Depot. I kid you not, I showed up there while there was a foot of snow on the ground, went up to customer service and asked where the A/C units are. The lady at the counter's jaw just drops and she says, "I've got 16 employees who can't make it in today because of this snow storm and you want to buy an A/C unit??" :lol: um yes mame, I do :lol: Sir, you're crazy....me 'maybe a little' :lol: The whole time the phone is ringing off the hook like crazy with people calling to see if they have shovels available :lol:

Oh and for those who are wondering why I wasn't skiing? I had to work at noon.

Yeah I can see that kind of heat messing with overall health and well-being.

but the average home in New england never really needs A.C. with good ventilation. Sure there are hot days but you can get used to it fast. Landscapers, roofers chef's ect.... can work in extreme heat for 8+ hours and step into 90 degrees to cool off. I can think of so many times that it was 120 or so on the line and step out into 85+ and feel refreshed. It is a habit that can be broken as long as the sleeping situation is decent-sleeping in a room above 80 sucks.

 

[deadheadskier]

Yeah I can see that kind of heat messing with overall health and well-being.

but the average home in New england never really needs A.C. with good ventilation. Sure there are hot days but you can get used to it fast. Landscapers, roofers chef's ect.... can work in extreme heat for 8+ hours and step into 90 degrees to cool off. I can think of so many times that it was 120 or so on the line and step out into 85+ and feel refreshed. It is a habit that can be broken as long as the sleeping situation is decent-sleeping in a room above 80 sucks.

that's just it....if it bakes up into the 90's in here during the day, maybe it gets down to the low 80's around 4 AM. I can deal with 70's while sleeping, but my preference is for high 60's.

New England isn't nearly as bad as other places I've lived in summer in terms of oppressive heat, but it's not Colorado. I spent one summer out there, even when it got up into the mid-90's during the day, it always dropped down to the low 60's at night. No doubt, the climate in Colorado kicks ass

 

[krisskis]

Its 62 degrees here now and im roasting!! I dont know if its the alcohol or a hot flash...i just tild the husband i was going to turn on the AC and he llooked at me like i was crazy...LOL.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

All of you turn on your A/C units this weekend to high .. we need to make a little money here.

I get my electric from PPL..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Its 62 degrees here now and im roasting!! I dont know if its the alcohol or a hot flash...i just tild the husband i was going to turn on the AC and he llooked at me like i was crazy...LOL.

Oh no after 5 marinis..Kriss is in rare form..

 

[Mildcat]

I'm not ready for the days when my balls stick to my leg..uke:

If you washed them once in a while that might not be a problem. :idea: :razz:

 

[severine]

Its 62 degrees here now and im roasting!! I dont know if its the alcohol or a hot flash...i just tild the husband i was going to turn on the AC and he llooked at me like i was crazy...LOL.

You're funny when you post drunk.

 

[Paul]

Yeah I can see that kind of heat messing with overall health and well-being.

but the average home in New england never really needs A.C. with good ventilation. Sure there are hot days but you can get used to it fast..

Northern NE, maybe. But in Southern NE its the damn humidity that gets you.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

My AC is cranking at my place...it will probably be on at least through next week..but I keep a window open in my bedroom for fresh air..When I drive around in the summer..I like to have the AC on and the windows down..then everybody can hear my rap music blasting..yes I'm a conservationalist..

 

[Moe Ghoul]

My AC is cranking at my place...it will probably be on at least through next week..but I keep a window open in my bedroom for fresh air..When I drive around in the summer..I like to have the AC on and the windows down..then everybody can hear my rap music blasting..yes I'm a conservationalist..

You mean a conversationalist. Good thing yer getting another car, your AC will die if you roll with open windows.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

You mean a conversationalist. Good thing yer getting another car, your AC will die if you roll with open windows.

I'm not getting another car for another year or two..my lease is up in October but I'm taking the option to buy as I'm already way over the mileage..

 

[Dr Skimeister]

I'm not getting another car for another year or two..my lease is up in October but I'm taking the option to buy as I'm already way over the mileage..

Good luck negotiating a fair buy-out that you won't be losing a bucket of bucks on.

 

[Philpug]

I [hart] Air Cond. In the summer time, I go outside, just so I can come back in. :beer:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Good luck negotiating a fair buy-out that you won't be losing a bucket of bucks on.

I know what the option to buy is..about $11,500 for a 2006 Impreza..and there's a good chance my company is going to buy it and it will be a company car which would be sweet and save me a couple hundred bucks a month..

 

[severine]

I [hart] Air Cond. In the summer time, I go outside, just so I can come back in. :beer:

Me, too. I don't do well with humidity. I wilt like a flower. Although where I used to work, my boss (and most of the others I worked with) were menopausal and they had the AC cranking as early as March. It was a relief to go outside on my lunch breaks. I felt like I was in the refrigerator all day!

 

[MichaelJ]

I definitely need a/c to sleep, and I need it in the den to protect the computers and, yes, keep the humidity away from the cat litter (trust me, it makes a *huge* difference). I like but don't need it in the living room or kitchen, but someday do want central just because otherwise the humidity gets the dust damp and it gets all over everything and that's a concern, especially with the electronics.

This weekend, though, we'll be up in the mountains. It might hit the 90's in the valleys but should be 60's up on the ridge. That'll be nice, at least until the thunderstorms form...

 

[Dr Skimeister]

I know what the option to buy is..about $11,500 for a 2006 Impreza..and there's a good chance my company is going to buy it and it will be a company car which would be sweet and save me a couple hundred bucks a month..

Several years ago I had a lease on a Ford Explorer that was over the permitted milage at end-of-lease. The vehicle had become the proverbial "piece of shit" by then too. The buy-out was way more than the Blue Book or Edmonds value of the vehicle. It wound up costing me 5k to terminate the lease and get rid of the vehicle.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

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