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ARRRRGGGG!!!

Discussion in 'North & South Carolina' started by Ricambi America, Jan 9, 2006.

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  1. Ricambi America

    Ricambi America F1 World Champ
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    #1 Ricambi America, Jan 9, 2006
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  2. JoTeC

    JoTeC Formula Junior

    Jan 9, 2004
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    Joe Hullett
    27.79 a day for natural gas? I'm going to step up and say HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! I got a spare room out here Daniel... ;)
     
  3. Juan-Manuel Fantango

    Juan-Manuel Fantango F1 World Champ
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    Do you have no insulation or just 22,000 square feet?
     
  4. Ricambi America

    Ricambi America F1 World Champ
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    Both.

    105 years old. (i.e. no insulation) 6000 sq. ft.

    Ever seen the movie "The Money Pit"? That's pretty much what we have (minus the financial means of Tom Hanks to fix it back up!)
     
  5. BWS550

    BWS550 Wants to be a mod

    Apr 1, 2002
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    DANIEL DONT FEEL BAD

    LAST WEEKS FILL UP OF PROPANE



    820 GALLONS X 1.91=

    DO THE MATH......
     
  6. L8Braker

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    Nov 10, 2003
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    Daniel it may help to turn the thermostat down from 105 to 68-72 haha

    That is alot! Our new house is only 1/2 size of your house, but 90 years newer and the bill was just over 150 last month. Gas heating is nice though.
     
  7. EnzymaticRacer

    EnzymaticRacer F1 Veteran

    Feb 27, 2005
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    Sounds like you need to go drive the Ferrari more and just move into the garage... that way the engine can keep you warm for a lot less... hehehe.


    Thats terrible. Ofcourse, I'm watching the weather channel right now and the east coast looks like it is supposed to be getting a lot of warm days for a while... so maybe this month won't be so bad...
     
  8. Ricambi America

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    J -

    Let me tell you, it's ******* cold in our house all the time. (Baby's room has electric baseboard heat... so all you nazi's can hang up on your phone call to Child Services)

    Our digital thermostat settings are:

    10pm-4am : 60 degrees
    4am-9am: 67 degrees
    9am-4pm: 62 degrees
    4pm-10pm: 67 degrees


    :(
     
  9. ECTurboGSX

    ECTurboGSX Formula 3

    Dec 26, 2004
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    Maybe just use space heaters in the rooms you're actually in? Do you have fire places? I'm sure living in an old house has many perks, but that gas bill is crazy. Hopefully these warm days coming up (70 on thursday I think) will help you out a little.
     
  10. bruceski3

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    Feb 6, 2004
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    Sooner or later we might be seeing Daniel out on the corner with a bell ringing asking for donations to pay the Heating bill. Ouch a big dent in the wallet!! With no insulation I can see why its a lot with all that square feet.
     
  11. JoTeC

    JoTeC Formula Junior

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    I know the garage is climate controlled! :D
     
  12. BrianC

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    Apr 6, 2004
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    My house is <2000 sf, built in 1990.
    I keep it around 66 when we're home and 58 when gone and at night.

    Last month's gas bill = $93
    Today's gas bill = $220

    That's almost enough for an oil change in the 355! Almost.

    I ditto Mr Pass...
    "ARRRRGGGG!!!"
     
  13. Spasso

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    My heat is a 53 year old diesel fired, circulating low pressure hot water heat system. 2200 sq ft. in the house plus 1,000 sq.ft of garage floor. . 1400.00 for the entire year, 2.55 a gallon. Double from last year which was double from the year before.

    It's all relative I guess. 12 years ago I was paying .79 per gallon for 500 gallons once a year. Not bad for this part of the country, the NW.
     
  14. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    maybe, just maybe your house is haunted...
     
  15. Ricambi America

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    Oh, it's haunted all right. There's a witch here every day.


    :)
     
  16. Ski Guy 348

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    WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T LIGHT A MATCH ANYWHERE NEAR THAT HOUSE......
     
  17. L8Braker

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    ahhh hahaha good one Jay!

    Careful when you fire up that fire breathing 348 daniel!
     
  18. Ricambi America

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    Just so y'all know... this boiler of mine? I could buy SEVEN of the crappy Saturn cars like I drive for the price of this thing... or basically do 2 full engine-out services on my 348.

    It is a 12 section Burnham gas-fired boiler, rated at 385,000 BTU per hour. For reference, my commercial Wolf stove puts out 20,000 BTU -- and it's a damn monster.

    So I ask, "HEY PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS, WHERE'S MY ******* FRUIT BASKET OR THANK YOU CARD???"
     
  19. Juan-Manuel Fantango

    Juan-Manuel Fantango F1 World Champ
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    Thanks for throwing in the part about the Ferrari engine out service, I was beginning to think this was GasChat, and to think, I almost got sucked in.
     
  20. JoTeC

    JoTeC Formula Junior

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    GasChat... LMAO

    Daniel, Don't look for the fruit basket, keep an eye out for the personal lubricant... ;)
     
  21. ferrari308gtsi

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    Mar 24, 2004
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    Daniel, We live in an old house here in Michigan (1890) about 2800 sq. ft. Last month my heat bill was $727.00 and no kiss before they gave it to me. That's one reason my wife and I want to move.
     
  22. Ricambi America

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    Heh heh... but the good news is that it's 70-degrees outside right now! NC weather is bizarre.
     
  23. bpu699

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    My friends all own nice victorian homes...you know the ones: 5000+ sq ft, no insulation, single pane windows...

    We were comparing gas notes last month.

    Mine: 300$

    3000 sq ft or so, new house.

    Theirs: 700$

    Wow, I though, thats not bad...really thought theirs would be higher. Then, i visited Their house.... Everyone is in sweaters, heat is at 60 degrees!!!! 55 at night. Our heat is at 74 degrees 24 hours a day. We walk around in shorts. Our little kids play in their underwear...

    If you can't stomach paying to heat a large house to a reasonable temp (70 plus), perhaps its time to go smaller, no???
     
  24. JoTeC

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    Now's the time to do the winterizing on the home Daniel. I found this very helpful!
    http://home.earthlink.net/~overboost/HomeAndGardenTV.wmv ;)
     
  25. ferrari308gtsi

    ferrari308gtsi Karting

    Mar 24, 2004
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    It was 52 today here in Michigan. Almost got the Ferrari out, but theirs to much salt on the roads still. Then I heard on the radio its going to snow tommorow and buy saturday we could see 2 to 3 inches. Time to move!!!
     

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