# Thermostat Wars (in your house or place of work)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 8, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermostat-wars-in-your-house-or-place-of-work/520397 "2009-12-08T01:51:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermostat-wars-in-your-house-or-place-of-work/520397/61 "2009-12-10T21:33:43Z")

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Irishfella LOVED it last summer when I was pregnant- he was able to bring out the fan for the first time ever!

Apparently when I’m pregnant my thermostat resets back to “normal person” and away from “reptile”.

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**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermostat-wars-in-your-house-or-place-of-work/520397/62 "2009-12-11T05:24:28Z")

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Hahah, **irishgirl**. I don’t suppose that staying pregnant is an option, huh?

P.S. If you’re no longer pregnant, your profile needs updating. 🙂

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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermostat-wars-in-your-house-or-place-of-work/520397/63 "2009-12-11T13:45:28Z")

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> At work, I just suck it up and deal because there’s no other option. One centrally-located thermostat controls the temperature in all of the buildings, and I imagine that said thermostat is on the top of a mountain in Colorado, surrounded by armed guards.
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> At home, Mrs. Homie and I fight about it during the summer. She thinks we’re poor and that we’re going to not be able to afford the electric bill if I run the A/C at anything cooler than “so hot it will make a pig sweat.” I, OTOH, grew up in a house where it was freaking sweltering, and I swore when I left home that I was never going to live like that again. I keep it at about 58F in the summer (I’m not kidding).

Wow, 58 is, ah…ridiculously cold! I like it pretty cold in the Summer too, but damn. How DO you afford that electric bill? Something like 64-66 degrees too hot for ya?

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermostat-wars-in-your-house-or-place-of-work/520397/64 "2009-12-11T15:52:39Z")

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> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> Wow, 58 is, ah…ridiculously cold! I like it pretty cold in the Summer too, but damn. How DO you afford that electric bill? Something like 64-66 degrees too hot for ya?

City-owned electric utility, subsidized by taxes, etc. My electric bills aren’t too bad in the summer, really. Generally in the $125 range monthly. _Winter_ freaking kills me. :eek:

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