At this time of year, my house temperature hovers in the upper 50s to lower 60s. It's a little tricky, depending on the outside temps. If it remains 40 F or above outside, the stove is overkill--and it doesn't draft well if it's that warm, anyway. If it gets too chilly in here I turn on a space heater to chase the chill away. So my inside temps hover in the upper 50s, lower 60s. One night last week the overnight low was 20 F and it was a little too cold in here the following morning. The following night I lit the stove at 9 pm and it was wonderful. The residual heat from the stove kept the house a comfortable low 60s through the rest of the day. That was the first night this season of lighting the stove. I lit it last night again. Probably will not light it tonight since the low is supposed to be 36 F. If it's too cold in the morning I'll light the stove. Inside temps rarely go over 65 F in the winter here.

@jon-nyc I am going to steal that quote. Thanks

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So, I just took down the two plastic panels covering the "light box" over the 2 sinks in the his and hers bathroom. This is what I found: One incandescent bulb that was working but was literally pulled apart. The base of the bub was disconnected from the rest of it and you could see the wiring inside the bulb. It was working and just hanging there waiting to start a fire. Apparently, one of the grates had knocked into. I imagine the previous owners did the damage, ignored it, and flew back to Canada, with the electric never turned off, of course. I'm sorry but what id One soft white incandescent. Um, why? One incandescent lamp light. Again, why? I put in 3 LED's of the right length and closed the 2 panels, making sure the grates were in place and made sure the bulbs (I wrote down the bulb height) were not touching the grates. Then I tried to investigate the light in the "VENTLINE" brand (I wrote it down) but couldn't get the plastic covering off and had to give up for the day. I know this was a vacation home but a vac!ation home will burn to the ground as soon as any other.

The best flight attendant instruction that ever was or will be- “In case of a loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks above your seat will deploy, please place the mask first and then assist your child or other passengers. Why do airlines announce like this. It sounds funny and crazy right. For everything we say children first. But here, why do we put them as second. Well, there is a reason for it and let me explain to you simply. You may be thinking in other way, If I do not try to put the oxygen mask to my child first, then child will die before I. Who wants this? No. absolutely not. You are wrong in thinking this way. If the flight is at an higher altitude like 20,000 ft. or above, within 20 to 60 seconds one can get unconscious. This is the main reason flight attendants always advise you to put the oxygen masks first and then assist your children or other passengers – in case of an emergency. Meanwhile, if you try to put your children oxygen mask first and if it takes time, unfortunately you will not get enough time to put your mask within a few seconds, resulting death for both of you due to Hypoxia. Also if you do not give yourself oxygen first, definitely you will not get the chance to assist your child to get the oxygen they need. You should not forget that on high altitudes depressurization and unconsciousness could happen within a few seconds, so during this very minimal time if the parents waste time for putting children oxygen masks, the result will be death for both of them due to nil oxygen. This is the reason flight attendants always announce on board, in case of a cabin pressure, please put your own oxygen mask first and then assist your children or other passengers. Help yourself first so that you can help others, which will save everyone’s life." https://cockpitvoice.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/oxygen-mask-adult-first-and-then-children-why/ It's a good philosophy of life. Many people repeat it out of context for its wisdom including myself. I admit it, through. I haven't always followed this advice. Sometimes I've encountered exigent and complicated circumstances and I've had to wing it (pun intended). This part was was- Yikes!- "If the flight is at an higher altitude like 20,000 ft. or above, within 20 to 60 seconds one can get unconscious." "... you should know that in a commercial passenger flight the oxygen masks contain enough oxygen only for 12 minutes and after that everyone on board will go unconscious due to Hypoxia (oxygen deprivation)." Ftr, The oxygen masks descend during a hard landing on a flight I took a long time ago. It happened once to me. Also, did get lucky in the late '60's and throughout the 70's. Plane crashed seemed to be happening all the time.

Wasn't he a Fox New anchor? Isn't this the appropriate credential for being a high government official?

@shirokuro Interesting! I don't know why I like like dance music so much and can't dance.

He has acknowledged that the ad is from his campaign but trying desperately to turn it back on her. Slimebucket. I'm voting for Don Kissick, the Libertarian. I really don't care what happens to the other two. If Acton wins she will be one term and unable to shove anything through a GOP legislature. Divided government will probably be better than Vivek with a rubber stamp legislature.

A clump of washed-up trees. Get a life.

@steve-miller Great minds think alike. See: https://wtf.coffee-room.com/topic/4177/chicago-toy-town

Putin and his GOP and AfD bitches want peace in Ukraine like Ben Gvir and Smotrich want peace in Gaza. They really do want peace, but on terms that would be devastating to the locals.

Link to video This is so stupid. Assertion- They survived the plane crash. Argumentum ad nauseam Maybe these random pieces of shoe leather and whatever else have nothing to do with the crash. Maybe (and there is no evidence of it) they are part of the debris field. Argumentum ad nauseam everywhere you look. Then you get to their imagined survival. This is a mystery. I'd like to know the answer- assuming for the sake of argument they survived the crash- How many days or even hours did they survive on a remote atoll, exposed to the elements, with no food, and no drinking water? Yes, they were heros. Yes, they should be honored. Stop making money off the tragedy, and let them RIP.

just yesterday I signed up for a voucher program that our local transportation agency offers to seniors/geezers. if you are over 65 you can get a $60 monthly credit for any Uber rides starting and ending in our city. OK, not totally life-changing money, but it makes my monthly round-trip to the airport free and that’s kind of fun.

Yeah, good on Leslie Stahl. And Bari Weiss? Urgh.

Yes, they were aristocrats, weren't they?