Michigan Folks.. Have Y'all Turned On Your Heat/Furnace Yet This Fall?

by **Robert J Sakimano** Tue 6 Oct 2020 - 9:11

we've had plenty of chilly mornings in East Lansing, but I'm a big "put a sweatshirt on" kind of guy (I tend to like it chilly in the house, anyway. We keep the heat on around 64-65 in the winter, turn it to 60 or so at night).

We haven't clicked the heat on yet, but we have used a little electric space heater in our living room on a couple of mornings.

by **Motown Spartan** Tue 6 Oct 2020 - 9:18

Yes but my circumstance is different than yours.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Tue 6 Oct 2020 - 9:21

No but I had a fire on Saturday night

by **Floyd Robertson** Tue 6 Oct 2020 - 9:32

Ask me again around Thanksgiving.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Tue 6 Oct 2020 - 9:41

Yep. Cranked up to 80 bitches!

by **tGreenWay** Tue 6 Oct 2020 - 10:07

Bedroom has carpet and is a little warmer than the rest of the house, so heat is off at night. Wood floors elsewhere, and when the temp dips to 64° inside, Mrs. GreenWay turns on the heat to get to 68°-70° during the day. If she didn’t turn on the heat, I would have.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 9:07

still haven't clicked on the heat in our small East Lansing abode. lookin' like we might in the next day or two, though.

by **DWags** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 9:19

Wife did just yesterday. Walked in, and it smelled, I don't know how to describe it, "Dusty" "Warm"???? "Depressing". No open windows with a fresh breeze.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 10:58

DWags wrote:Wife did just yesterday. Walked in, and it smelled, I don't know how to describe it, "Dusty" "Warm"???? "Depressing". No open windows with a fresh breeze.

yeah, we almost always have a window cracked, as I thrive on the fresh air.

of course, I'm sitting here right now in jeans, boots, a t-shirt, and a hooded sweatshirt with a flannel shirt buttoned up over it. Michigan Folks.. Have Y'all Turned On Your Heat/Furnace Yet This Fall? 502811600

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as I said, I imagine, we'll get that seasonal smell of warmed up dust blowing through our heating ducts pretty soon.

by **tGreenWay** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 11:01

DWags wrote:Wife did just yesterday. Walked in, and it smelled, I don't know how to describe it, "Dusty" "Warm"???? "Depressing". No open windows with a fresh breeze.

It can get a little funky smelling in a closed setting with two old people whose skin is molting.

by **DWags** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 11:31

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
DWags wrote:Wife did just yesterday. Walked in, and it smelled, I don't know how to describe it, "Dusty" "Warm"???? "Depressing". No open windows with a fresh breeze.
yeah, we almost always have a window cracked, as I thrive on the fresh air.

of course, I'm sitting here right now in jeans, boots, a t-shirt, and a hooded sweatshirt with a flannel shirt buttoned up over it.

as I said, I imagine, we'll get that seasonal smell of warmed up dust blowing through our heating ducts pretty soon.

Yeah I cant describe that first smell. “Warmed up dust” I guess is accurate. It’s depressing.

by **tGreenWay** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 14:26

DWags wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:
yeah, we almost always have a window cracked, as I thrive on the fresh air.

of course, I'm sitting here right now in jeans, boots, a t-shirt, and a hooded sweatshirt with a flannel shirt buttoned up over it.

as I said, I imagine, we'll get that seasonal smell of warmed up dust blowing through our heating ducts pretty soon.

Yeah I cant describe that first smell. “Warmed up dust” I guess is accurate. It’s depressing.

Similar to the first few seconds of a summer rain after weeks of drought.

by **Motown Spartan** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 14:48

It’s fucking snowing up here right now!

by AvgMSUJoe Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 15:03

Motown Spartan wrote:It’s fucking snowing up here right now!

I'd point and laugh, but that seems just pointless in Michigan (cause soon enough, we will all get it).

by **Robert J Sakimano** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 15:34

Motown Spartan wrote:It’s fucking snowing up here right now!

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by **tGreenWay** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 15:51

Motown Spartan wrote:It’s fucking snowing up here right now!

Okay, okay, we get your point. Stop begging. Motown is tSwill Militia Santa Claus.

by AvgMSUJoe Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 15:54

tGreenWay wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:It’s fucking snowing up here right now!

Okay, okay, we get your point. Stop begging. Motown is tSwill Militia Santa Claus.

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by **The Pantry** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 15:55

Yeah, couple weeks ago when some nights were chilly, but it hasn't run much. Like it cool in the house but can't stand getting out of the shower to really cool air. The thermostat is set to kick the temp up to a balmy 66° in the morning then back down to 62 when I leave for work.

by **The Pantry** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 15:58

tGreenWay wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:It’s fucking snowing up here right now!

Okay, okay, we get your point. Stop begging. Motown is tSwill Militia Santa Claus.

Doesn't live far from Christmas, MI. I propose we all send our Christmas cards up there for him to get postmarked at the Christmas post office.

by **tGreenWay** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 16:02

The Pantry wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

Okay, okay, we get your point. Stop begging. Motown is tSwill Militia Santa Claus.
Doesn't live far from Christmas, MI. I propose we all send our Christmas cards up there for him to get postmarked at the Christmas post office.

Good idea. Next year, before Halloween, we can send someone to Hell for the same reason.

by **tGreenWay** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 16:03

Freeze Warning for EL/Ingham Co. tonight. This sucks.

by **Motown Spartan** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 16:04

tGreenWay wrote:
The Pantry wrote:Doesn't live far from Christmas, MI. I propose we all send our Christmas cards up there for him to get postmarked at the Christmas post office.

Good idea. Next year, before April Fool’s Day, we can send someone to Ann Arbor for the same reason.

FIFY

by **The Pantry** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 16:05

Natural gas bills have been almost nothing since May. Just got the lowest electric bill I can recall...$45.

by **tGreenWay** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 16:09

Motown Spartan wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:

Good idea. Next year, before April Fool’s Day, we can send someone to Ann Arbor for the same reason.

FIFY

Excellent. <rubshandstogether>

by **y2kMgrad** Thu 15 Oct 2020 - 19:16

Not the furnace yet, but we have run the gas fireplace a couple times already, which basically warms up our entire upstairs pretty quick.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Fri 16 Oct 2020 - 5:50

I slept in until 5:30, woke up and the lovely wife had clicked on the heat.

31 degrees in East Lansing, so not exactly unheard of.

by **tGreenWay** Thu 23 Sep 2021 - 9:51

Did it. The indoor temp dropped to 64° and that was enough for me.

by **kingstonlake** Thu 23 Sep 2021 - 10:07

Last night. Thermostat read 64°

by **kingstonlake** Thu 23 Sep 2021 - 10:08

tGreenWay wrote:Did it. The indoor temp dropped to 64° and that was enough for me.

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by **tGreenWay** Thu 23 Sep 2021 - 10:35

kingstonlake wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:Did it. The indoor temp dropped to 64° and that was enough for me.

She let you in the house?

She’s on the road today and has no idea I snuck back in. Michigan Folks.. Have Y'all Turned On Your Heat/Furnace Yet This Fall? 1494614055

by **The Pantry** Thu 23 Sep 2021 - 10:46

tGreenWay wrote:Did it. The indoor temp dropped to 64° and that was enough for me.

64 isn't bad. I usually set the thermostat to 62 winter nights.

by **tGreenWay** Thu 23 Sep 2021 - 10:50

The Pantry wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:Did it. The indoor temp dropped to 64° and that was enough for me.
64 isn't bad. I usually set the thermostat to 62 winter nights.

Yes, I remember your comments from last year and thought of you as I posted. You’re definitely an outlier. Sixty-two degrees wouldn’t be pleasant for me, and life is too short to live unpleasantly if you’re able to do something about it.

by **Motown Spartan** Thu 23 Sep 2021 - 11:03

Twice. Saturday night into Sunday, and this morning when I woke up. It's been down into the 40s at night.

by **tGreenWay** Thu 23 Sep 2021 - 11:34

Motown Spartan wrote:Twice. Saturday night into Sunday, and this morning when I woke up. It's been down into the 40s at night.

It was 45° when I got up this morning. Ditched the shorts and t-shirt in favor of sweats. When that didn’t work, the furnace was the next option. Happy I did it.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu 23 Sep 2021 - 12:23

tGreenWay wrote:
Motown Spartan wrote:Twice. Saturday night into Sunday, and this morning when I woke up. It's been down into the 40s at night.

It was 45° when I got up this morning. Ditched the shorts and t-shirt in favor of sweats. When that didn’t work, the furnace was the next option. Happy I did it.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Sat 8 Oct 2022 - 8:20

Clicked it on for the first time this morning.

34° in the hamlet of East Lansing.

by **Trapper Gus** Sat 8 Oct 2022 - 8:37

Sometime in September, but the climate control is set during the summer to turn the heat on when the temp in the house is below 60.

by **tGreenWay** Sat 8 Oct 2022 - 10:16

Yep, it’s on. And OTPT—I’m back in sweatpants.

by **The Pantry** Sat 8 Oct 2022 - 11:40

It's on. Been too chilly, too early for the season. Hoping for an Indian summer.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Sun 8 Oct 2023 - 10:53

37° this morning.

Clicked the heat on for the first time this season this morning.

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