Since covid Charlie has been working from home, using the dining room as his office. Two doors allow him to shut the room off to make the numerous phone calls and Zoom meetings his job entails. But recently as it has gotten very cold here the past few weeks I kept noticing that his “office” stayed pleasantly warm while the rest of the house was fairly cool.
Of course being the mature adult I profess to be it never occurred to me to envy him his warm den. And of course it never crossed my mind to resent that he was comfortable as I put on another sweater. Fortunately my ordinary grumpy self quieted for a bit yesterday. I remembered that the thermostat for the whole house is in the dining room. The thermostat, recognizing that the dining room is now our desired 68 degrees, promptly shuts down the furnace for a bit. The rest of the house gets cold quickly since it is open without the benefit of the warm air in the dining room.
Now the question remains. Would I rather be warm or listen to the tedious bureaucratic conversations my husband has to endure that allow us to pay the heating bill? Good thing I have a lot of sweaters.
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Hmm… Think of the waste of space that is our bedroom. Half the time it isn’t used at all. Bedrooms can make good offices…
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OF course I could follow another’s advice and just stay in bed1
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Yes I would be tempted to move him to another room, nothing worse than being cold, except in your own house!
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I have had a lot of fun suggestions.
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It is widely accepted that our houses should be at at least 21C during winter, especiall for us ‘older people’. That is 70F, so you need to turn it up a little. (We have 22C here, until at least 9pm.)
Best wishes, Pete.
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*especially*
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That is fun to know. Perhaps because we dress so warmly in the winter(habit more than necessity) we have it set lower.
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My husband loves to have a fire in the living room. But that means our heating system thinks the house is warm even though rooms on other levels remain cool. So I have a nice space heater in my office and don’t hesitate to use it. I hate being cold!
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I have one in my office also for when he really needs to close the door.
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I vote for a warm house and let him have his meetings in a swim suit. He can always turn off the video…
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He liked this idea the best. He is planning to play surfing music as a background in his meetings.
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Fortunately we can detach our thermostat and move it wherever we wish!
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I am afraid if we pulled our old one off we would have NO heat.
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I think I would opt to stay in bed under a warm duvet.
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That idea occurs to me every morning1
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I’m glad that my wife and I typically agree on what constitutes the right temperature. We both prefer an open window at night to let in a little bit of fresh air.
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We like it cool at night also, just not freezing in the day.
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I’d be another suggesting he have a change of view, the back bedroom might be a good office for him, close to the bathroom- far enough away from the kitchen, sitting and dining room (where you could be). Find him a plug in heater if he’s complaining of the cold down there😊
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I love the ideas. Of course I am using the back bedroom myself.
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I hate being cold. I’d vote for his using the bedroom. LOL
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Hah. I am not sure about our bed as a Zoom background!
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There are tons of fake backgrounds you can put on your computer. I have a friend that puts a huge wall to wall bookcase behind him when he chats,
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I will have to tell him about that. He could have waves in the back with his swim suit.
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I’d but on the extra sweater or open the door and wear headphones.
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I think I will alternate between the two.
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Haha!
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Better to wear more sweaters and read in peace 🙂
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Exactly.
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Yep, when thought of that way, sweaters are not that bad.
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