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It's official. I'm crossing party lines.
Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> Kathleen > wrote:
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>>Saerah Gray wrote:
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>>>Omelet > fnord
>>>news
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>>>>In article > ,
>>>>Saerah Gray > wrote:
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>>>>>Omelet > fnord
>>>>>news
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>>>>>>In article >,
>>>>>>"Giusi" > wrote:
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>>>>>>>http://www.judithgreenwood.com
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>>>>>>>>"Omelet" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>>>>>>>>newsmpomelet-
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>>>>>>>>>I have thyroid issues. I need to keep my thermostat at 72. ;-)
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>>>>>>>>I do not even have a thyroid and I have never heard this
>>>>>>>>suggested as the mildest of help. In thirty years of treatment
>>>>>>>>in three countries, no one has told me to override my body's
>>>>>>>>thermostatic abilities. My two sisters, both medical
>>>>>>>>professionals, also are being treated for thyroid problems and
>>>>>>>>they also never heard of this.
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>>>>>>Huh?
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>>>>>>I keep it at 72 for personal comfort. It's has nothing to do with
>>>>>>treatment! My medication tends to make me feel hot, and I don't
>>>>>>like that.
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>>>>>>Period.
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>>>>>You said you *need* to keep it at 72. You don't. You made it sound as
>>>>>if your condition required you to keep the air on.
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>>>>It's for personal comfort...
>>>>I hate being HOT.
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>>>I'm with you on that. I wear short sleeves in the winter. 
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>>I'm miserable all summer long, wear shorts and sandals with a sweatshirt
>>or fleece tunic until outdoor temps drop below 35. My husband runs
>>around bumping the thermostat up in the name of ecomomy, even though I'm
>>sweating buckets, but in the winter I won't let him get away with that.
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>>"Oh, no, Mr. Economy. I think not. Take your fingers off the dial and
>>go put a freakin' sweater on."
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>>Fortunately two of his sisters are currently dealing with the same suite
>>of symptoms and they have backed me up so he knows damned good and well
>>that I'm not just being difficult.
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> My thermostat wars during the summer are legion with my 76 year old dad.
> ;-) I'll come home from work in the morning in the middle of summer and
> find the damned heat on.
Can you say "justifiable homicide"?
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