MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Totally!

I was telling others, we always get one last hurrah of a summer-y weekend in fall. You guys just happened to be here during it.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

As I said somehwere above, I control the temp in my own place (as much as you can with a radiator, which these have nice little dials on them and such, so it works OK). It's just with radiator heat they have to get it ready and turn it on for the whole building, and some point and in the spring they'll turn it back off for the whole building. If a building has a certain amount of rental units or more (I think 6 or 8) landlords must pay for your heat, you don't pay it yourself out of pocket each month. Of course, the rent price throughout the year reflects it, but you don't suddenly have large heating bills in the winter.
Also - it's illegal for anyone (landlord/power company) to turn off anyone's heat for lack of payment. People could die, even inside.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

It's raining pretty good right now here in the SF Bay Area.

Sowhat said:

@ your avi

CarrieMpls said:

That's a good thing of course, but how do they avoid getting people that use the system and intentionally don't pay the bills? I suppose they have to take them to court then?

I'm currently in a house that has geothermal heating. It's awesome. Dirt cheap, silent and environmentally friendly.

retina said:

People generally pay their bills unless they honestly can't. And it hangs over their head forever if they don't. You can also get state assistance if needed. I believe my grandmother was on a special plan before she died. You can also get on a special payment plan so you pay the same every month throughout the year to help you budget so you're not paying crazy amounts in the winter and nothing all summer. Then at the end of a year they reassess the actual amount of energy used and they reduce or raise your payments (or even skip a month or two) depending on how it worked out.

EverSoulicious said:

It's 2-Prince.

I got it from another thread where somone put Princes head and face on a picture of 2-Pacs body.

Sowhat said:

roodboi said:

oh hell yes.. even outside if that's your thing...

Sowhat said:

It is?!!! Send it this way!! We have a 40% chance later this evening, but it never happens! I swear about 3 weeks ago it rained for 10 minutes, and people were coming out of their house/work/store/school/office to stare at the rain!

CarrieMpls said:

Ah, I missed that. You get to control it. Good.

I've known people who were just at the mercy of whomever was heating the place. Lame.

Yeah, that's interesting. We don't have that kind of regulation here, I guess 'cause it doesn't get that cold. I pay for my heating oil, and if I can't, I'm allowed to die.

roodboi said:

roodboi said:

sorry Carrie...:ashamed:

PaisleyPark5083 said:

I can see it now...." What is that wet stuff falling from the skies????"

roodboi said:

you got spanked

roodboi said:

CarrieMpls said:

no no no no.....no hugging more spanking

EverSoulicious said:

.....

roodboi said:

if you get up earlier than 7 AM, you'll feel it.

It's going down to 2 tonight.

And still no heat.

JustErin said:

They've apparently turned it back off. It hasn't kicked in all day and I've tried turning it back up.

CarrieMpls said:

That used to happen to me when I lived in dorms. I bought one of those cheap 20 dollar heaters from walmart and it did a great job warming up the space.

Volitan said:

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CarrieMpls said:

I just can not have my son in this cold. He is finally better after being ill for a few days.

If it isn't turned on tonight I am going to break into the room and turn it on myself.

No joke.

"Don't I keep the heat on!!!!!"


Sorry Carrie. I had to throw in a Purple Rain reference.....

I should probably turn the heat on in my building. It's supposed to drop into the 40s here tonight. None of the other tenants have complained to me yet though.

mochalox said:

honestly, you can't even compare north Georgia weather to coastal south Georgia weather during fall and winter...

HA!

I won! My landlord finally relented and is here to turn on the heat!!