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Unbearable is kinda relative. I have to keep going and I can't just stop eating all together. So while I'm struggling, I'm enjoying the few days when I'm fasting. I'm cleaning today, so it's likely I'll be sore.
It's okay though, Sunday I'll have been fasting a whole 24 hours and I get to rest. So it'll be nice!
How's the home coming?
Heating is on! Been painting most of the day. Builder was there plastering our bedroom.
We move back in Friday. The bathroom fitter will be finished Monday. Granite worktop people in to measure up Monday. Going to be a busy week.
Sounds busy but the good productive type of busy. I'm in the hectic type of busy, I really want to lay down but I'm only half way through my routine. Dirty body doesn't belong on freshly washed sheets (Gah!) so I have to keep going until I'm done.
The weather in Texas is bipolar again. It was getting warm, then suddenly it got cold last night. Our thermostat doesn't switch over automatically from cold to heat and vice versa.
It's not that bad though because the newer thermostats, they will go into energy saving mode and turn our apartment into a furnace in the summer.
This sounds very frustrating! Have you had second or third opinions on what treatment strategies are the best approach?
Here the weather is just wet and windy. Nothing else on the horizon.
As for thermostats I’ve no idea how our new ones work. We have one in each room. Once we have moved back in I’ll have a look at the manual.
It had just gone on. Plus as the underfloor heating had just been poured the day before, you can’t run it too hot. It’s up to about 16 now.
Also, just to be more clear of my new approach, I am not going on a total abstention from the Internet. I do have to use it for work purposes, and I still check in on the headlines once or twice a day to stay abreast of world affairs. I'm just reducing the recreational use of the Internet.
Just after a few days of this new practice, I've read a lot more in my books and actually for the first time ever, I'm reading 2 and 3 books at the same time.
It's all about us, each, decide what we value most for our time spent on things. I don't believe there is any way to be right or wrong in this context. If we get great value out of the Internet, such as these forums, then that is fantastic.
There are endless opportunities and means for spending our time on things. The connections the Internet provides are certainly a part of life and shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. We have to decide for ourselves how much of it is healthy and know when it becomes too much.
That video of the dogs was awesome!
I agree! The flip side is a room full of people all staring at their phones.
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Can’t you set the desired temperatures?
Those are interesting minimalist controls. I wonder if the Circle with slash is program, A is auto and M stands for manual?
Here is the thermostat that came with my furnace. It includes a programmable schedule, and the ability to set a heat and cold temp for either the AC or the heat to come on. what I like about it most is that I can put it on permanant hold and then adjust the heat and the cold trigger temps.
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That's what I do with mine: I set it to "Hold" and that way I can manually adjust the temperature up or down as needed at any time. I am retired so am at home a lot and not absent on a regular daily schedule, so it is pointless to set it at one temperature and leave it that way all day. I usually turn the temperature down at night, too, no need to heat up the place when I am all cozy and warm under my duvet anyway.
When it is cold in Texas (relatively speaking
) That’s when it’s on hold, when we wake up in the morning and it’s 65 in the house, I want the temp to warm up gradually as it warms up outside.What is interesting is that during the heat months, I’d never set the temp at 65 because that would be freezing and expensive with the AC running a lot. The thing is when it’s 95 outside, when set at 74-75, it feels comfortable because the air runs often enough and keeps the humidity low. At night it goes to 73, and then 72 for an hour before we get up, before it starts drifting back up to 75.
I grabbed a manual to read up on when I was there earlier. We have one in each room but there is still a lot of moisture from the drying process.
Hopefully a week will sort it out as we move in Friday!
The thermostat we have is very old. I like it. Our local power company requires that inside city limits we get energy saving thermostats in apartments. I live outside the city limits thankfully. While my thermostat does not automatically switch between heat and air conditioning (I have to do it manually), at least I don't get to see 80°F+ here.
It was a nightmare with my health conditions and watching that thermostat say "Energy saving mode" and having no way to do anything about it.
It was a nightmare with my health conditions and watching that thermostat say "Energy saving mode" and having no way to do anything about it.
Not much need of AC in these parts.
How you feeling today? Any better?
Wow. And just wondering, for when I upgrade my own heating system: how does one program the audio output (surely there is such?) for equivalent of "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." ??
I'm a big fan of manuals, especially if they are well written and readily comprehensible.
My thermostat does not switch automatically between A/C and heating; that's a manual process I engage in twice each year: once in the spring and once in the fall. I also a lot of times deliberately set the thermostat at say, 85 degrees during the spring, summer and fall when I've got the A/C set up, and that way I can open my windows and let in good fresh air without shutting my A/C off totally.
I am definitely one who prefers to read something, a manual, a tutorial, whatever, rather than watch a video! Sometimes if I'm still not sure about something, I'll read everything first and then watch a video if there is one available. Sometimes seeing something in action does help, but only if I have a pretty good idea of what to do in the first place.
I am definitely one who prefers to read something, a manual, a tutorial, whatever, rather than watch a video! Sometimes if I'm still not sure about something, I'll read everything first and then watch a video if there is one available. Sometimes seeing something in action does help, but only if I have a pretty good idea of what to do in the first place.
I keep manuals for just about everything I ever bought in a drawer of an old map chest I use as a coffee table. Most of them I never look again at once I've set up or used the corresponding item. But a few times that habit has saved me money because the manual had part numbers in it which, while obsolete, have translations to compatible parts in newer models by the same manufacturer. This has been the case for me twice now w/ respect to little parts in two different gas furnaces. And... both times the tech was happy to have the info since the parts were only labeled in the manual, not on the tiny pieces themselves. LOL when I get this furnace replaced I'm gonna SELL that manual to the techs who take the old one away.
Are you saying that these thermostats won’t let you change their settings?
I’m sure I’ll get my head round them. You can also connect to the internet so you can control them remotely, but I’ll not bother with that.
When I dial back the internet - and like you, I have an occupation that requires connectivity for multiple reasons - I dial back interaction with people. I use my cloud services, I research code/implementation techniques/issues, read album reviews, handle client and personal email/Slack/messages, but any kind of forums, Disqus, comments, talkbacks, etc., I avoid. My overload comes from people, not from general information consumption.
Anyway, today, oh, so much going on, and looking forward to our (effectively) long weekend
Killer food from a really great local taco joint, fun drive up into town (a bunch hoots at the car, hahahaha, the other day at the grocery the wife said like 3 different people came up to ask about it
)Watching the start of the 500, not a NASCAR person, but the start is pretty epic
Hit up the beach for a couple of hours, I feel like a zombie, I'm so pasty and gray
Scored Parasite for ~$8
Getting ready to queue it up, excited to see itEven managed to slip in a little work, slick implementation for the data access to services model migration I'm doing as a __major__ project
As technology and copyright laws gets more complicated, having access to these manuals is like gold for end users - sometimes you can figure out your washer / dryer is not working because of a special 6 amp slow-blo fuse for $5 - but - untill you know the part number "and specs" you are "out of commision" - as you point out to "have translations to compatible parts"
Good luck "Selling the Manual" because they mostly want to sell new equipment products that can "Hopefully" last the warranty period and then the seller is is off the hook and both the retailer and manufacturer can hope that after the warranty most end users will "buy new" rather than fix old products especially when the end user has no "repair or parts information"