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krispos42

(49,445 posts) Sun Jan 12, 2020, 11:44 AM Jan 2020

I woke up this morning, my house was 71 inside [View all]

Thermostat set a 64.

It's January 12th, in Connecticut.

I have the windows open; it's STILL 71° inside. I turned the heat entirely off for now.

This is insane. Birds are chirping outside, and the cat is glued to the screen in the window. And shedding.

Yesterday I was out doing errands in a tee-shirt and jeans, and had my sunroof cracked open.

This is insane!

The only thing spoiling this is the cold that I have.

I think I'll take advantage of this and change the oil in my car.

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I woke up this morning, my house was 71 inside [View all] krispos42 Jan 2020 OP

I live in Orange, and it's the same here... First Speaker Jan 2020 #1

We're not that far away. krispos42 Jan 2020 #13

I like it cold when it is supposed to be cold. 14 degrees F this am when pup and I went out for our hlthe2b Jan 2020 #2

Yikes, thermostat at 55. Florida girl here, I think I would freeze dewsgirl Jan 2020 #5

Nah... I occasionally use a space heater, but usually just wearing a turtleneck and a light fleece hlthe2b Jan 2020 #7

I honestly wasn't aware, you could set a thermostat that low. dewsgirl Jan 2020 #9

I only care about making sure pipes don't freeze when I'm not home. hlthe2b Jan 2020 #10

Indeed, unfortunately we will.😉 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #11

Seriously, set to 55 in CO? I would freeze, hlthe2b! Laffy Kat Jan 2020 #14

Maybe it is the insulation in my house. Only at night when it is subteens outside do I really hlthe2b Jan 2020 #15

We got about 4" of snow yesterday, and today it's in the high 20s, but will reach the tblue37 Jan 2020 #3

My Lenten Rose plants greymattermom Jan 2020 #4

In. No. FL it is getting up to over 80 6 days in a row. lark Jan 2020 #6

Friday we had temps in the 60's with thunderstorms and tornado warnings. Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #8

72 in Atlanta Cattledog Jan 2020 #12

Forsynthia's bloomed this morning. Crazy. DEbluedude Jan 2020 #16

It is gonna go down whistler162 Jan 2020 #17

Yeah, I had to have the air conditioner on yesterday. Normally, it would be around 20-40F. Rainbow Droid Jan 2020 #18