Plans for today (2024)

JAS_OH1 said:
But I love spring, summer, and fall here. There are days in the summer where we see a high of low-to-mid 70s, so nice! Every rare once in awhile we get summer temps for a day or two of above 95. Doesn't happen that often.
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Yeah, but how long is it in the 50s or below?
 
medtran49 said:
Yeah, but how long is it in the 50s or below?
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But I don't mind it in the 50s. My gripe is that it's cloudy a lot in fall or winter. But we just take a lot of trips in winter. I guess I'm mostly glad we don't get hurricanes, floods, and strong earthquakes. The occasional small tornado comes through (very rare here).
 
JAS_OH1 said:
But I don't mind it in the 50s. My gripe is that it's cloudy a lot in fall or winter. But we just take a lot of trips in winter. I guess I'm mostly glad we don't get hurricanes, floods, and strong earthquakes. The occasional small tornado comes through (very rare here).
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Yeah, but the below part length is what i was really wondering about. Weren't you complaining about how cold it is earlier? I could probably deal with 50s by changing the way i dress, but below that? I was dying when i was at my dad's in north central Mississippi in late January and February. It was freezing outside, lows mostly in high 20s, here and there days lower, and highs in 40s. My dad was cold so he would push the thermostat up to mid 70s, then it would get hot in the house, then he'd complain about being hot, then I'd have to explain why and that he couldn't do that with the thermostat, repeat ad nauseum since he would forget due to dementia. We had a big argument 1 night about that and when I took him to Memphis the next day to visit stepmom in hospital, he told her that damn woman staying with him was keeping the house too cold. We guessed he had forgotten who I was the night before and that's why he argued with me the way he had.
 
medtran49 said:
Yeah, but the below part length is what i was really wondering about. Weren't you complaining about how cold it is earlier? I could probably deal with 50s by changing the way i dress, but below that?
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Yeah, I can do 40s, too. But the high today was 30 and the low was 20. Tomorrow the high is 25. That's cold but it will get colder in January. If it was 40s I'd be ok.
medtran49 said:
I was dying when i was at my dad's in north central Mississippi in late January and February. It was freezing outside, lows mostly in high 20s, here and there days lower, and highs in 40s. My dad was cold so he would push the thermostat up to mid 70s, then it would get hot in the house, then he'd complain about being hot, then I'd have to explain why and that he couldn't do that with the thermostat, repeat ad nauseum since he would forget due to dementia. We had a big argument 1 night about that and when I took him to Memphis the next day to visit stepmom in hospital, he told her that damn woman staying with him was keeping the house too cold. We guessed he had forgotten who I was the night before and that's why he argued with me the way he had.
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That's so sad.
 
Just to clarify, as an adult, I had never been in weather that cold for more than a few days at holidays in someone else's house, so had no idea what to set thermostat at. So, I asked 1 of my aunts what to set thermostat at and did that, mid 60s IIRC. Stepmom said that's what she normally kept house at and that daddy always complained about cold because his chair was next to the French doors, just to give him an extra blanket for his lap and legs.
 
medtran49 said:
Just to clarify, as an adult, I had never been in weather that cold for more than a few days at holidays in someone else's house, so had no idea what to set thermostat at. So, I asked 1 of my aunts what to set thermostat at and did that, mid 60s IIRC. Stepmom said that's what she normally kept house at and that daddy always complained about cold because his chair was next to the French doors, just to give him an extra blanket for his lap and legs.
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Understood. Because I grew up in NW Florida where they do have winter (for about 2 months, LOL), we got freezing cold snaps in late January to early March. My mom kept the thermostat on 68 in winter and 78 in summer. I only knew that this was the correct setting because she screamed at us if we adjusted it by even 1 degree! I keep my thermostat here in OH on 70 in winter and 75 in summer.
 
It's more common here to have a timer on your thermostat and to set the heating to automatically go off completely at night, with it set to come back on an hour before you'd normally get up.

Saves a few bob and most peeps here do not like sleeping in a warm room. They're more likely to have a winter weight duvet than have the heating on at night.

21-22c (70-72f) would be a common choice for those who can afford to turn the heating up.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
It's more common here to have a timer on your thermostat and to set the heating to automatically go off completely at night, with it set to come back on an hour before you'd normally get up.

Saves a few bob and most peeps here do not like sleeping in a warm room. They're more likely to have a winter weight duvet than have the heating on at night.

21-22c (70-72f) would be a common choice for those who can afford to turn the heating up.
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It's -8C out tonight. We've got winter blankets on the bed but I'll keep the heat on!
 
TastyReuben said:
One of the things I needed to do today was pack my suitcase for tomorrow’s flight. I still can’t get my head around this, no matter how many times it happens:

“You need to pack your suitcase, I’m too busy to do it.”
“No problem, I prefer to pack it anyway. You don’t need to pack it. I’m not a child.”

I proceed to pack my bag in a neat and organized manner (I’m a little fussy, I like things to be shaped the same, so I use a little folding thing that makes most things the same shape, so they’re easier to fit).

“Ok, all done. There’s spare room in there in case you need it.”

<She looks at my compact and efficiently-packed bag, all the shirts here, all the socks there, even edges, nothing crammed, and says…>

“No, no, no, that’s all wrong! Get out of the way! I’ll do it! I should have just done it to begin with!”

Then she repacks it, and it looks more or less the same, except maybe the shirts are over here, and the socks are over there, instead of the other way round.

🤷🏻‍♂️
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I'm only ever asked to pack when 1 of 2 things has occurred.

One, there isn't enough space in the case for everything but it has to fit,
Or two, you don't need to actually carry it.

I used to have the same problems with my rucksack (backpack) as well.
 
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