Tag: furnace
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Bloody Nose
I got my first bloody nose of the season. Once we turn the furnace on the dry air makes my nostrils weird. This time it was even more strange because it happened in the shower. I went to open the door and realized that there was blood on my hands. It’s difficult to dry off…
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Venting the House
Spring is almost here. The temperatures are becoming pleasant. So today I turned off the furnace, opened the windows and doors, and turned on the house fan to pull fresh air into the house. I had to wait until the children were gone to do this because they don’t like everything open. They won’t be…
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Thanksgiving 24
It’s a relatively typical day at home. We don’t do turkey, but three of my four sons are here, and they are having a good afternoon. We have a lot of reasons to be thankful. The furnace works, the refrigerator is full of food, the plumbing is decent, the electricity is on, and I obviously…
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Does the Furnace Need to Be ON?
It’s that time of year in Wisconsin that the windows can still be open during the day to have cool fresh air circulate through the house. But the nights are getting too cold to leave them open. So I play a little game at night after I close the windows where I try to guess…
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What is luxury?
I have modern conveniences which I would not want to live without. Our house has electricity, plumbing, refrigeration, and a furnace for the winter. We have a working router and modem that provides the house with Wi-Fi. Two hundred years ago people could not have dreamed of the “luxury” surrounding my life. Places in the…