I am so very cold

[mdmc]

no matter how we try, we can't get our flat above 65 degrees..

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Maybe you should bake some cookies or something...

I remember when my apartment building in Baltimore ran out of heating oil in the middle of a blizzard about 30 years ago. It wasn't fun...

I hope you can get warm soon!

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. When I was a young man, we couldn't get our flat above 6.5 degrees.

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And that was in August.
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And the landlord had all those sides of beef hanging all over the place.
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Rent was cheap, though.
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[quakerboy]

3. Hold on. Don't go to the light

I suggest (censored, so as not to get the thread locked)

[grasswire]

4. run your shower on hot water for a few minutes

That might help a bit.

But ya know, 65 is higher than many people set their thermostats. It would be too warm for me, that I know.

[valerief]

5. I don't understand. 65 is where my thermostat is set. Isn't it a waste of fuel to go higher? nt

[mdmc]

6. I think that it is actually much colder in here

I am usually more then ok with 65 degree temp..

[Mopar151]

7. Thermostat locked by the landlord or unusually cold weather

If your place is not sealed up well for winter (like in the South), look for air infiltration - 'cus that 'll make the cold spots more like 45. Hanging blankets over windows and doors is a pretty good temporary expedient, as are rolled up towels at the bottom of doors. If you don't have an electric blanket or heated mattress pad (the best!), use a heating pad to warm up the bedding, and throw on an extra blanket, comforter, or throw.

[mdmc]

9. thanks for the advice

we have now done all those things, including a heated mattress.. We live in an 1800's four story building. Our huge windows are far from well insulated

[hobbit709]

10. Plastic sheeting and duct tape will stop a lot of that on the windows.

[mdmc]

11. we did that and put huge pieces of insulation over the oversided front windows

[tigereye]

14. we use those oil heaters that look like radiators - they work pretty well

a bit expensive for the electricity though...


stay warm - make soup and bake some cookies... cooking always warms things up - we did that when our furnace was on the fritz last spring...

[Mopar151]

16. Stew, chili, and good ol' chicken soup

Could'nt hoit! But don't use a gas oven for a heat source - uses up the oxygen in the room, which leads to other problems.

[raccoon]

8. Come to SC. We need all the progressives we can get. nt

[Blue-Jay]

12. 65!?!

You're living the dream.

[mix]

13. My place is an icecube too...

I basically live in the only 2 rooms that stay warm...my bedroom and the kitchen.

[Taverner]

15. Time to set fire to the wood in the house :)

HA HA HA HA HA

Seriously - that sucks, I just have a fire thing ya know :crazy:

[Mopar151]

17. Chill, Beavis n/t

[Taverner]

18. what did they do in the olden times when they didnt have any TV?

[Mopar151]

19. Mad Magazine

Horrifying cliches, Spy vs Spy, Dave Berg