Bleak midwinter, you betcha
Dec. 18th, 2006 08:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
truepennySo, Wednesday night our furnace died.
Our oil-burning, asbestos-swaddled furnace.
Thursday (starting at a quarter after midnight) and Friday, when not gallivanting about with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heresluck, were spent largely on the phone, calling people to come look at the furnace, to come look at the asbestos, to deal with the asbestos, to install a new furnace, etc. etc. etc. I'm in fact still trying to find someone to come pump out the fuel tank. On the other hand, the new gas furnace should be arriving with its entourage in about half an hour, and that's good, because we have space heaters and the house holds its heat remarkably well, all things considered, but the thermostat says 54 this morning, and I'm cold.
You will not be surprised to learn that we had four-cat bed-and-heater detente most of yesterday afternoon.
Short review of The Virtu, and ditto of Mélusine.
Review of The Virtu at myshelf.com.
A thoughtful review of Mélusine.
oldcharliebrown quotes the IROSF review of Clarkesworld Magazine 1.
The Bone Key is available for preorder from Clarkesworld.
Our oil-burning, asbestos-swaddled furnace.
Thursday (starting at a quarter after midnight) and Friday, when not gallivanting about with
heresluck, were spent largely on the phone, calling people to come look at the furnace, to come look at the asbestos, to deal with the asbestos, to install a new furnace, etc. etc. etc. I'm in fact still trying to find someone to come pump out the fuel tank. On the other hand, the new gas furnace should be arriving with its entourage in about half an hour, and that's good, because we have space heaters and the house holds its heat remarkably well, all things considered, but the thermostat says 54 this morning, and I'm cold.You will not be surprised to learn that we had four-cat bed-and-heater detente most of yesterday afternoon.
Short review of The Virtu, and ditto of Mélusine.
Review of The Virtu at myshelf.com.
A thoughtful review of Mélusine.
oldcharliebrown quotes the IROSF review of Clarkesworld Magazine 1.The Bone Key is available for preorder from Clarkesworld.
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Date: 2006-12-18 03:27 pm (UTC)Just to add to the angst, how's the hot water heater looking?
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Date: 2006-12-18 03:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-12-18 05:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-18 05:35 pm (UTC)I just got a new gas furnace last Tuesday. It took one guy (the whole "entourage") a whole 8-hour day to install, 9 a.m to 5 p.m. almost exactly, including taking out the old one. (No tank and no asbestos to worry about, though.) It's much smaller than the old one, and will probably be much more fuel-efficient. And I installed a digital programmable thermostat, which sets the temp back when I'm not home, so that should help too.
Meanwhile, like you, I was doing the space-heater bit -- two heaters in different parts of the house, and a spare that doesn't work quite as well but helped some when I really needed it. It was not bad when the weather was nice but when the nights got down into the teens, it was chilly. And my electric bill soared!
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Date: 2006-12-18 06:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-18 06:47 pm (UTC)Thank you for sharing the pictures!
*delurk*
Date: 2006-12-18 11:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-18 11:59 pm (UTC)Also: Yay, gallivanting! *g*
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Date: 2006-12-19 04:54 am (UTC)