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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Maybe your house is better insulated than mine, but I'm blown away that you keep it about 70. We're set to be about 68 in winter in Georgia, so I can't imagine what you'd pay to keep it 73 in Michigan.
Even if you aren't friendly with him, if you have a 90+ neighbor, I'm going to say it's your civic duty to check on him if it's that freezing cold. It might be your moral duty to check in on him daily, but that's probably between your moral code and you.
I'm trying to really put myself in their shoes and I can see why you'd wait. I think what I'd really do is try to set up a rotation of checking with my other neighbors so it wasn't super awkward.
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I keep my house at 45. The heat kicks on to let it get no colder than that. I am fully clothed at home, have a blanket (not the slanket or the snuggie though
) and I have one space heater that I can set to maintain a certain temp (I set it at 55 so I can sleep, any higher than that I get too hot). I don't have central air, just these dumb space heater type things for each room, though there is one that runs next to the exterior pipes for the kitchen. It really doesn't bother me too much, but yeah, the temp in my house has been in the mid to upper 40's. I also have a second space heater I will turn on in my office only when I am in there working, and I turn all the power strips off when I leave.
Oh and it is in the Idaho Administrative Code that power can't be turned off December through February to those who declare there are children, elderly, or infirm residents, and they have payment plans set up
http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa31/2101.pdf My roommate moved out and the power dropped $50 and it has been colder.