Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for November 18, 2018

Rose and Jimbo made the agreement, Vicki didn’t!

In my building the landlord supplies the heat. Legally they have to give us only 68 degrees, but they’re a non-profit Christian organization and give us 73 degrees. I still need to use a space heater on my tootsies on the coldest days.

I have a bit of control, double glazed windowsas of last year. Cozy!

My alter ego fights the good fight but she knows she won’t have long to wait before I punch the keypad.

Wouldn’t her alter ego be tough enough to laugh off the cold? Although she might profitably purchase a more practical leather jacket and leggings

The way Rose is doing this reminds me of Mort from the Topps Bazooka Joe bubble gum comics.

I keep my thermostat at 66 in the winter and 72 in the summer. I am perfectly comfortable.

Alter egos are wimps?

Maybe if she traded that mini for a pair of leather pants…

Lighting a fire in the fireplace actually cools the home over all. The radiant heat from the fire warms the immediate room but as hot air goes up the chimney, it has to draw air in to replace it and usually draws cold in inside from cracks etc around the home.

My father built his retirement home and the first fire filled the house with smoke even though the damper was open. Seems the home was sealed so tight air could draw in from anywhere and thus little air could flow up the chimney. Luckily the bottom of his fireplace had a panel to dump ashes down into a brick column going down into the basement (full two car garage). Opened up the panel to allow air in from the basement which wan’t sealed that tightly and everything was fine.

instead of cranking up the heat why don’t you buy a thermometer? If your house is colder than the thermostat says it should be then it means you’re bleeding heat through some poorly insulated area, wasting energy and money. Buying some weather strips to insulate a window is MUCH cheaper in the long run.

Alter egos don’t pay the bills…

He should have gone with Hot Chocolate and Toasting Marshmallows in front of the fireplace with a Down Comforter wrapped around Both of them.

68° is too warm for me any time of the year. Even on nights when it drops below freezing here, my thermostat is set at 50° and during the day, no higher than 60°

I set the thermostat to 70 year round. Too cold for my husband, but he can put on more clothes/blankets/heating pad/whatever. However, if I get overheated I get a terrible headache and sick to my stomach. So I control the thermostat. Besides, my husband can’t figure it out (or says he can’t)! LOL When we make the bed, we use a sheet (for both), a doubled electric warming blanket (only on his half), and a thin, thermal blanket (for both). I often kick off the blanket and just use the sheet. Still together after 35 years, so I guess it works.

“All of me is cold.” Hmmmmm?

Living on sea shores near equator makes the idea of cold pretty cool!

68 in the winter, 77 in the summer.

Well, if you’re imagining yourself with a bare midriff and a micro-mini skirt, of course you’re going to feel cold!