On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:39:27 -0700, the infamous pyotr filipivich
scrawled the following:

Let the Record show that jeff_wisnia
on or about Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:59:36 -0400 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Poll question:

How many guys here have wives who mistakenly think that when warming up
a cooled down house the rate of temperature change produced by a typical
home heating system will be faster if they shove the thermostat setting
all the way up to 90F than if they just move it to the appropriate setpoint.

Then of course, they forget to reset it when the place reaches a
comfortable temperature which some time later causes the man of the
house to snarl, "Why the hell is it so damn hot in here?"

Ah, but there is a difference here. As I heard it, God created
Adam, and he said "Yoicks its hot! I can't wait to invent air
conditioning." Shortly afterwards, God takes advantage of Adam
knocking himself out trying, and creates Eve. Her first words are
"Good God, it's cold in here, why not create some warm clothes and
central heat!"
And it has been a problem ever since.

Ayup. If any of my short list of girlfriends ever had control of the
thermostat, I could bop around the house naked without a care for
warmth. I was still hot. (No, not like that. Well, OK, that, too, but
I meant the "I-feel-like-I'm-in-Hawaii-on-the-beach" warm.)
It's a major reason I never got married. Common sense prevailed.

God, that was a meanass thing to do with male/female thermostats.


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