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nmmi

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11. 68-70 (in winter) depending how I feel and how many layers I'm wearing. But right now it's more like 63 deg because
Sun Dec 1, 2024, 10:25 PM
Dec 1

the f'ing heat regulation system has an issue, which it does sometimes when its especially cold outside like below say 20 deg F. My furnace has plenty of capacity, it just doesn't come on very often and the temp sinks and sinks. I've had this issue a couple of times before in the last several years and they replaced something on the furnace, I'll have to look it up. (The thermostat is fine).

When i have my tune-up in the spring, I'll do something about it (unless it gets worse in which case I'll do something pronto). But for now -- 2 layers of pants, and 3 on top: sweat shirt, sweater, jacket. Plus scarf, balaclava + knit stocking cap. It's working out OK.

I was sick for months last year and kept it at 72-73.

Note to myself: radio clock thermometer reads 65 but I think it reads 2 deg too high.

Edited to add The 68-70 range I try to achieve is in the winter. In the summer, the thermostat is set at at least 80 degrees, I forget. I haven't run the A/C at all in the last 2 years (S. Minnesota). When needed, I'm comfortable with a big box fan combined with a little personal fan.

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i do things lower than most. Except today Tetrachloride Dec 1 #1
65 -68, depending on how drafty the place feels. Ocelot II Dec 1 #2
72 Betty Boom Dec 2 #22
++ cadoman Dec 6 #60
72, year round. Meadowoak Dec 1 #3
80 in summer 75 winter. onecaliberal Dec 1 #4
72 elleng Dec 1 #5
I live in Florida, but my 2 cents? Lunabell Dec 1 #6
Heated steering wheels seem ridiculous but they are kind of nice. mobeau69 Dec 1 #10
Funny story about my heated seat. Lunabell Dec 1 #12
LOL mobeau69 Dec 1 #16
68-70 (in winter) depending how I feel and how many layers I'm wearing. But right now it's more like 63 deg because nmmi Dec 1 #11
Oh, layers!! Lunabell Dec 1 #13
You are not like these Twin City dwellers then. OldBaldy1701E Dec 5 #46
Many times I step outside in the morning when its like 68F and hear air conditioners blasting away at both neighbors' nmmi Dec 6 #48
Exactly. OldBaldy1701E Dec 7 #61
55 in Maine Easterncedar Dec 1 #7
55 degrees?!? Boy, you must LOVE winter! JoseBalow Dec 4 #42
I do love winter Easterncedar Dec 4 #43
Glad I'm not the only one! imaginary girl Dec 6 #54
72 in Winter, 76 in the summer. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 1 #8
Similar in NoVA. I program the thermostat to save energy at night and when I'm not in spooky3 Dec 2 #26
I keep it at +69F... 2naSalit Dec 1 #9
We keep the main floor at 70 degrees, and the upstairs bedrooms at 69. patphil Dec 1 #14
68 in winter, 70 in summer Luciferous Dec 1 #15
Mid to upper sixties at night. Lower to mid seventies during the day. dgauss Dec 1 #17
64 in winter / 72 in summer SharonClark Dec 1 #18
I've been wondering about getting electric socks The Wandering Harper Dec 2 #19
They may be better now than they once were. taxi Dec 2 #27
66 day, 62 night WilliamPlanke Dec 2 #20
ND winter, 69 day, 59 night fargone Dec 2 #21
Winter during the day KitFox Dec 2 #23
Somewhere between 72-76 mwmisses4289 Dec 2 #24
I set the thermostat at 68 during daytime, in winter. love_katz Dec 2 #25
Its 27f outside, 65 while sleeping, 68 while up and about. nt yaesu Dec 2 #28
60-62 happybird Dec 2 #29
68 in winter, 61 summer n/t sarge43 Dec 2 #30
Usually at claudette Dec 2 #31
It is 9 degrees Fahrenheit currently Dr. Shepper Dec 2 #32
Kind of embarrassed to say, after reading these temps. Mike 03 Dec 2 #33
Mines at 75 as well. jimfields33 Dec 2 #36
My internal thermostat seems to run higher compared to other peoples internal thermostat Niagara Dec 2 #34
Michigan here DetroitLegalBeagle Dec 2 #35
North Dakota DeepWinter Dec 2 #37
A hot water bottle helps. I'm sitting at the computer with one between my feet nmmi Dec 3 #38
68-69 on winter days, and 60 at night. 3catwoman3 Dec 4 #39
I keep it at br. justaprogressive Dec 4 #40
72 in SW PA debm55 Dec 4 #41
About 75 year round. Enough south-facing glass that in the winter I sometime have to open windows highplainsdem Dec 5 #44
After years of 68, we finally decided crank it to 70! bif Dec 5 #45
68 degrees jmowreader Dec 5 #47
upper 50s low 60s Eugene Dec 6 #49
Upper Michigan here. 70 year round Kaleva Dec 6 #50
I have a woodstove ShepKat Dec 6 #51
67 winter/78 summer Diamond_Dog Dec 6 #52
65 except my bedroom 63 SaveOurDemocracy Dec 6 #53
66 during the day, 63 overnight. Hassler Dec 6 #55
59 at night, 64 daytime. n/t Harker Dec 6 #56
63 in winter. irisblue Dec 6 #57
I have parakeets to keep warm, so 75 Beringia Dec 6 #58
This year - it's 70. dwayneb Dec 6 #59
During winter, 68 during the day, 60 at night. Elessar Zappa Dec 7 #62
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