𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓞𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓕𝓡 𝓦𝓪𝔂-𝓣𝓸𝓸-𝓒𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓣𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭

12/24/2022 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

I live in an early-60's-build house. For the most part, it's wonderful, but it has very little insulation. I've been meaning to rectify that, but didn't yet.

So, after spending a warm night buried under blankets, I wake up to a shivering-cold set of rooms, all under 60 degrees F.... even though me and the missus set all the baseboard heating to max and left both space heaters going.

So, I decide to go to Walmart. I find two pallets of space heaters, one of them Infra-red, and one of them Oil-radiant. Both are electric.

I go ahead and put one of each in my cart, get a few food items, then decide to pick up one more Infra-red heater.... maybe 5 minutes later.

BOTH PALLETS ARE CLEANED OUT... when I get to the register, everyone had a pair of those heaters in their cart.

[Lazamataz]

Please share your experiences with us..... good, bad, humorous, whatever you have.

[campaignPete R-CT]

My cats figure out how to stay warm in a cold house 🏡

🐈

[Lazamataz]

Please share your experiences!

[Lazamataz]

Perfect

[BrexitBen]

The Biden Blackouts are sweeping the nation.

Forget domestic energy capability.

Ukraine is much more important to the U.S citizenry.

[Chainmail]

5 degrees F this morning near Quantico VA. Doors of my car frozen shut, and even after a 20 minute drive, the electric windows frozen shut.

Sheesh. So much for “global warming”!

[PLMerite]

It’s 21 degrees here in NE Texas. 12 degrees where I used to live in Maryland.

[who knows what evil?]

Humorous: TVA (government) instituting 'rolling blackouts' (PURE BS) around East Tennessee as a result of the National Weather Service (government) declaring that we are ALL victims of this 'once in a generation' storm.

LOLOL!

[caver]

Same thing here. My fuel oil boiler can’t keep up with the cold. The thermostat is et to 72 degrees but the house never got over 67 degrees yesterday(Thursday).

[Sacajaweau]

we had a coal/wood furnace when i was a kid....all gravity, we piled coats on us at night. Mom would turn the oven on for a bit with a pan of water inside. Rushed to get to school where it was toasty warm.

It was a big job keeping that furnace going...but the "smoked" baked apples hot from the furnace were to die for.

[central_va]

It not the boiler. It’s your windows and lack of proper insulation.

[Lazamataz]

Luckily, I’m in a county where Buford Dam provides much of the power. Plus, it’s a Co-op, so they aren’t trying to milk every penny out of us.

[Thunder90]

Typical Midwestern winter up here... :) Merry Christmas yall! Say Ya to Christmas and da UP eh.

[Thunder90]

And yes I have been in Christmas on Christmas.

[DJ MacWoW]

I rent a farmhouse built in 1920....no insulation. Heat is set at 64. Had a windy day yesterday and everytime a gust blew, the furnace kicked on. Wind is a nightmare as it blows through the house. We have plastic on the windows but not the walls. ;-)
We keep the bathroom door closed with an electric heater on in the room. It gets down to 56 in there so it's a must to have the heater. It's a toasty 70 and everyone loves that room.

[MayflowerMadam]

Five degrees in Lenoir City, TN, at 6 a.m. TVA is having rolling blackouts, so we are powerless for 15-minute intervals every once in a while. (Does it bother anybody that “THEY” can control your heat remotely? I guess they always could, but after Covid these things seem more sinister.)

[MeganC]

Merry Christmas, Laz!

I keep asking Santa to bring you a cute blonde! Hope he comes through this year!

Hugs,
Megan

[Rocco DiPippo]

Installed two wood stoves this summer to offset the crazy increase in electricity rates here in Northen Sicily, Italy since I can get all the wood I need for free.

Today it was 65 degrees and hasn't been cold yet this year. Butttttttt . . if I'd said, "screw it" this summer and not installed the stoves it would have no doubt been record cold here since the middle of November. Lololol!

Hey brother, install a wood stove in your house! The quality of the heat a wood stove kicks out just cant be beat and there's nothing that can break either.

[PeterPrinciple]

everyone had a pair of those heaters in their cart.

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Aren’t there laws or regulations against hoarding? If not, it is on the way..........................

https://hoarding.iocdf.org/for-community-responders/working-with-hoarding-disorder-in-the-community/understanding-legal-issues/

Yes there are laws. And has Clinton told us, it depends on what is is.