Rick my brother-in-law and Nikki my non-furry daughter arrived together Wednesday night for the annual Thanksgiving extravaganza. They brought their own blankets, not because we don't have any but because we don't have enough to ward off what they feel is an abnormal ambient temperature in our house. We have the thermostat set so that the heater comes on at 60°. 60° seems reasonable to me. It always felt good in the Spelunkers Cave at Six Flags and it was about 60° in there.

I like to think of Rick as a Gecko. In the morning he stays huddled in a little cave of blankets until the sun, shining through the windows, has warmed the walls and floors of the house to a more acceptable temperature. Rick is also the only person who knows where the ironing board is in our house, including us. We let him use it when he comes to visit and in exchange he cleans the cobwebs off of it and the iron. He is also full of useful information. In fact he's the one that told me how to make the ° symbol. He works in heat and air business which is one of the reasons he doesn't understand the near perfect balance of temperatures inside and outside our house. He knows there is an entire industry focused on keeping those temperatures as unbalanced as possible.

Well I guess heat and air guys don't really want to upset the balance, it is just their job. As the minion of the gas and electric companies they are tasked with providing the method of unbalance. If your utility bill is hell, and the gas or electric company depict Beelzebub, then heat and air guys are like that kid you grew up with that tried to convince you it was a good idea to stick a firecracker up a cats ass. When I was a kid that guy was Bobby Mopin, he lived a couple houses down the street. I wouldn't do it. Just like I won't adjust the thermostat.


As a side note let me say I use the word "guys" to identify a group of people. It has nothing to do with the sex of the members. I know there are heat and air gals also. In the above example the heat and air girl is like that girl I grew up with that wanted me to stick other stuff somewhere else. When I was a kid that girl was Bobby's sister. That family had issues......


BTW: alt+0176 = ° Thanks Rick