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Originally Posted by covingtoncat73
When I was living in a badly-insulated, converted barn in the country, my electric was around $300 a month during the summer months (this being the south and me liking AC). This was on a electric system that is one of the most expensive in my area. My little house in the city is half that.
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We once lived in a trailer where some brainiac had put the thermostat right over a vent. Needless to say high bills and it wouldn't get hot or cold.
Though for a trip, the heater went out one November. I called the repair place and the receptionist told me over the phone that it wasn't broken. (I guess she was planning a party while the boss was going to be away.) I asked for her hvac license number. She went and told the boss what I had asked. He got on the phone. I told him my name and the problem. He asked what time do you need to leave your house. He then apologized for his receptionist, and I had two guys at my house within 10 minutes. The boss said he would have done it himself but he needed to go home and shower and that he would see me later that afternoon.
My father had been in HVAC until the day he died. The boss was going to my father's funeral. We both found the timing amusing.