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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I am trying to think of when I turn my a/c OFF........oh, yeah, it was last January 22nd I believe.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
War, you and DH sound like me and Bill....I bet you are the one that pays the bills!!

We have central air for whole house but Bill likes to sleep in ice so we have the cooler for our bedroom, it only takes about 30 min to make the room icy but he will leave it on for hours

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ps we set the central air for whole house at 78, I have to make sure the Barbie room doesnt get too hot

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, yep, Pamy I am!

It's been 100+ here for several days. I have been leaving the swamp cooler off until about 1 or so and at that point even I can't take it and have to turn it on. Now with the kids out of school I'm turning it on about noon when it gets really hot.

Last night around 10 it got so hot and miserable I had to turn it back on even though everyone else was asleep by then.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 3:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
dh and i, at this time, don't have to worry about the high cost (we aren't paying for it). but, i do understand, and there is also the energy problem to deal with...but, when i have i hot flash...it's hard to think about the environment. my inner b***h comes out.

there are times when i have to "freeze" the apartment (hot flashes?). when it happens when dh is home....i do feel a bit bad for him. however, i've told him it's easier for him to get warm.

i do feel for him, though. so, this works for me. i have a spray bottle of water in the 'fridge. i blast/spray the cold water on me, focusing on the face, chest. i then make sure the fan is hitting me.

i know this won't save much energy for a family...but, just giving one suggestion. i don't know how much energy/cost a fan is compared to swamp cooler or ac.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Boy do I understand Abby and Wargod!!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Air conditioning is like food as far as I'm concerned. I HAVE to have it, and the cost isn't really important. Actually, it raises my electric bill only about $15-$20 during peak season, so it doesn't matter.

Kstme
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08-14-2000

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 4:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kstme a private message Print Post    
A/C went on around May 15, this year. We 'had' it set downstairs at 79, but Cami <2 yr old pup> can't take the heat, so it's set at 77. Upstairs is set at 75. We used to have it set at 74 downstairs and 68 upstairs, but after the rate increases, we simply had to reconsider...last month's bill for power ONLY was $428 <with the new adjustment> and the worst of the heat hasn't even hit, yet! argh! 110 in our neighborhood today!

Last year, our highest bill was around $500, this year, it will top that! We do live in a fairly large house, though.

War, I want your swamp cooler!!!! We can't use them here cause our humidity is nil!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Holy smokes on that power bill! My electric bill (which is lights, refrigerator and AC only) is around $40.00. Then again, in the winter, the heat bill is around $400.00 a month, higher if we have a freezing spell that lasts.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 4:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Huk ... my BF is from New York. Another coincidence!

We're both in Northern California now ... he does well in the heat & I hate it! I don't care what I have to pay, I'll skimp on other things to keep my a/c on as low as I want.

I agree ... air conditioning is like food!

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
huk, i'm w/you about a/c. if it came to a/c or food...i would pick a/c ANY DAY!

any home i buy, has a/c. if not, i already have the plan ready to put in a/c once i sign the papers and own the home.

actually, it doesn't even get THAT HOT here...but, i'm always ready for that heat wave. lol i have my priorities...i'll take a/c over diamonds, food, clothing any day! lol

eta: i was in the middle of a post when i got a phone call. well, that post is gone now...and the new one is above. anyway, the phone call was from my 86-year old mom. first thing she said was...it's 108 degrees here. she has a swamp cooler. she lives in the same house i was born in (1953). swamp cooler. she even had a new swamp cooler put in about 5 years ago. we(family) wanted to put a/c in the house. no, no way. the hollands, across the street had a/c put in. they took it out. their first bill was $400. so, my Mom won't have it. my Mom is so cute and funny. she won't accept any help. (and she gets mad when i send her flowers, wasteful. any gift is wasteful, (except money). for me, that's sad, but she is an amazing woman and i just do what makes her happy.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 5:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
I have paddle fans and rarely use them. I don't like air conditioning.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
well pamy, at least you take care of the important things! those barbies need it cold!

nick, come visit me, my A/C is at 70!


Abby7
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07-17-2002

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
anyone?too hot, miserable, can't take the heat?

anyone? too cold? can't take the cold?

well, come visit abby7.

i'll blast the a/c (or do the economical cold water spray bottle w/fan on you)

and....

i've got 3 light-weight robes (one from joely, two from another place).

lol

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
In the summer our electric bill is 300-400 bucks...in winter its about 100

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Friday, June 23, 2006 - 5:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
300-400 sucks! still, i wish my Mom would allow us (family) to pay for a/c and her monthly bill.

at 86, dealing w/heat can be fatal for her. yet, she's a smart woman...and if it comes to her health, she knows best. in fact, even though the heat does present a problem...she has more of a problem with getting too cold. she's a tiny woman, small-boned, just over 100 pounds.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
What's air conditioning? I could sure use it - but I probably wouldn't want to pay for it if I had it!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 7:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I really don't like A/C and luckily wouldn't need it too often here and don't have it anyway. Except in the car and even there I'd rather have an open sunroof. And, yeah, wouldn't even want to think about paying for it.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
I have to be cold at night so the AC goes down to about 67 and then up to 75 during the day. When I'm at work I turn it up to 80. I could probably turn it up a little higher, but I don't want my two feline gals (one with long hair) to get too hot.

I have average billing on both my electric and heat. My electric is $141 and my gas is $32, but I do have a small house.

Kstme, if it makes you feel better, the dj I listen to in the morning said this week that his electric bill was $2,100 and he has shut off part his house. Of course, I get the impression that his new home is probably a mansion.

Tater
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03-19-2003

Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tater a private message Print Post    
When it get's above 65, the AC comes on. Even if it's the middle of winter. Living in Arkansas the weather differs every five mins. It is usually set at 72. A few ceiling fans help it out. But in Juluy and August when it get in the 100's No AC setting can help us. We have to cook dinner in the morning and nuke it for dinner time. If we put on the stove it turns in to Hell no matter what the AC is set at.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Our electric bill for this past month (mid May to Mid June) is only $108, BUT, lol, thats with both kids in school, so no tv going, no lights, no opening fridge, or swamp cooler going til at least 3:30 in the afternoon. And with it not quite as hot as it will get.

Now, with both kids home from school, and Darren having some vacation time coming up, and the high temps hitting day after day, that will at least double. We'll go back to no lights at all til it gets dark outside, not inside, lol, and using things like the washer/dryer in the middle of the night so we're not charged more for using them during peak hours (and laundry will pile up for the next four months, sigh.)

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
I live in a meat locker year-round thanks to my husband's penguin blood. You know it is bad when your MIL comes over in 90+ degree heat and brings a sweater to put on in your house!