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Every room in the house has their own smart thermostat Upgrading your thermostat is a low cost, but surprisingly efficient way to save money. I went for years with a basic dial thermostat. I kept the temperature at 74 degrees year around since I hated messing with it. I would leave for the office, to […]

Have young children crawling around or pets? They will enjoy this heating system too. I have been looking into getting heated flooring for my home. The pros are just too vast to ignore. First, since the heating system is either with hot water or electric, there is no air being blown. That means the sound […]

When I first moved into my home I wasn’t pleased by the boiler system in the basement. It was big, ugly and took up so much space. The boiler required metal grates in my living room floor. The idea is that the heat would rise from the boiler in the basement and then warm my […]

Most people think of Thomas Edison (1847-1931), the famed American inventor as the creator of the world’s first incandescent light bulb. The truth is that he did not invent it, but he managed to get a patent on the first light bulb design that was practical and affordable for lighting a room in a typical […]

There is a story floating around on the internet about some physicists in the Antarctic who have found evidence of a parallel universe. The claims were made based on the detection of some kind of “energy” coming from beneath the ice of the South Pole. I am assuming they eliminated Santa Claus and Superman because […]

Characters from the 1960s sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show” live forever with streaming services and YouTube. One such character is “Aunt Bee”, who is the aunt of the main character Sheriff Andy Taylor. Andy is a single dad to his son Opie, so Aunt Bee fills the role of housekeeper and matriarch to the household. […]

I am a decent singer and often get applause at karaoke events when I belt out one of my beloved 1960s hits. Unfortunately, my talents do not extend to my legs, so I watch in envy old films with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire and videos of the more modern Savion Glover perform his tap-dancing […]

My dog is very well behaved. I have been training him since the day I brought him home. Of course, the older he gets, the less training he needs. But still, dogs just have a habit of trying to get away with something new every once and awhile. That was one concern I had when […]

It is always hard to get out of bed in the morning but this morning was the worst. The reason for this was because it was so cold in my bedroom. I knew that I had left the gas furnace on all night long. After all, I do all of the time this time of […]

I have been having a hard time getting a new HVAC installed. I have known from the get-go that my house would be challenging. The previous owners just had a window A/C unit and space heaters to keep the house comfortable. We have a moderate climate here so that is doable. However, it is not […]