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... and I thought I was a crazy living with 55 degree temps. I bought my 2100 sq/ft 2 story house 4 years ago, and whenever I didn't have roommmates, I would set the t-stat for 55 degrees and just wear wool socks, sweatpants and a sweater. Sometimes I'd wear a beanie to keep the ears warm. I just couldn't justify warming all that space just so I could be comfortable in a t-shirt and shorts in the winter. Cold hands do make it more difficult to type though!

Nowadays I set the programmable t-stat to 67F when the wife is home, and 55F at night and during the day while we're at work. You've inspired me to go lower to 50F.

I went until the second week in November without turning the heat on this year, but then again I live in the Portland area and it hadn't started getting too cold yet. With an unusually sunny October with only a couple days of rain, the house kept warm with the southern windows open to the sun.

Spending Christmas with the parents was miserable, with Mom running the heat to 80 degrees! Menopause does weird things to women, and I'm not looking forward to my wife roasting me out of the house when she gets old. Maybe they will invent personal environmental controls by that time. A "Select Comfort" of home heating of some sort.