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Jeremy Riggs


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When I tell them that I keep my thermostat at 54 to 56 degrees all winter long, but I get the last laugh!

How many people in Milwaukee got a heating bill for only $35 this month? WELL I DID!

WOO HOO!

That's about a fifth of what I was paying when I kept the heat at 70 all winter!

No way the MAN is gonna take advantage of me

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Im with you on that Riggsy, I keep my house at 67...if your cold... grab a blanket. We have about 6 in the living room... LOL

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Riggs, you keep your house that cold cause you are a penguin!


 


There is no way with kids that I could do that! My hubby and I are at war over the thermostat- me 69, him 73! But in the 50s no way!


 


I guess you had no Xmas lights up last month??



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Jeremy Riggs


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That's what I figure!

I always wear a long sleeve sweatshirt and it's just fine.

I can't stand paying $150 or $180 for a heating bill.

But I never expected $35. That's a record for me. Usually throughout the month there's a day or two I'll turn it up to 70 if I'm having company, but I think the last 30 days were probably a solid 55 or so the entire time. Add to that the fact we had a January that was 10 degrees above normal and I get a record setting low bill!

MORE FUN MONEY THIS MONTH!

WOO HOO!

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Jeremy Riggs


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I didn't put Xmas lights up Ruby because of the situation with my Dad.

But my electric bill was still $55. That's high, but I have five computers running constantly.

Oh, and if I had kids, they'd wear their snowsuits

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Jeremy Riggs


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Hey, ask poor ol' JD how cold it is in here some time.

The poor guy sits in a studio that's 55 or 56 degrees, with a ceiling fan blowing down on him!

Of course, he slams ice cold beers too, so I guess it doesn't bother him too much!

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Oh you have a gas and electric bill????

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What if they had to pee?

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that is the ONLY drawback to keeping the heating bills down...the toilet seat is cold... LOL, and it sucks getting out of the shower too... thankfully my batheroom is pretty small... and i like HOT showers... so it gets nice and steamy, so its not too bad to get out

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Jeremy Riggs


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Ruby,

They combined them recently, but they still break it out on the bill.

Natural Gas (Don't bother with the Taco Bell joke Dylan!)

and Electricity

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Exactly Mindy,

I got a small bathroom too, so I turn the hot shower on, shut the door and let it run a few minutes, by the time I'm ready to get in and out of the shower it's gotta be 90 degrees in there.

You gotta save $$ where you can. Unless you're loaded, which I am not.

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You know me too well...thanks for ruining a perfectly cheap one-liner.....I ask for so little.

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So your real bill is $90?


 


That is about average for a single person!



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Jeremy Riggs


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Not in Wisconsin my friend. And not if you have a house.

I rent, but I basically rent a house, and a typical summer bill, if I keep the temperatures average (which I did the first two years I was here) would be:

Summer: $140 Electric / $15 Gas = Total $155

Winter: $60 Electric / $150 - $180 Gas = Total $210 - $240

It's very expensive to heat and cool around here.

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We energies is always telling us what a good deal we are getting too...how they buy the commodities out of season to save us money

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Jeremy Riggs


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Yeah,

They love to point out that they're below the cost of most major cities.

They usually point that out every time they ask for rate increase, which lately has been TWICE a year.

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Dang that is high! We just went over the 200 mark for the first month ever! Add 35 for Xmas lights!


 


I had a fit. I live with four people who have every computer, tv and light on at all times. Every bathroom light stays on. Duane goes to bed and always leaves at least three lights on and the tv for little E. They try real hard around here to drive me crazy! Short drive I know, but they are pushing the car!



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As long as they dont tamper with the brakes, you are still good Ruby

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yep thats why I coctail it up in the studio- to stay warm! its not actually a beret that I wear for jazz 101, its a stocking cap. One day I got too close to the mic and my lip froze to it. that was bad, very bad......

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I think you are nutz.  I keep my house at 80 during the winter.  I freeze other wise.  My gas bill comes in around 150, but that includes warming up the jaccuzzi from time to time as well.  Summertime you don't even want to know.  I also keep the house at 80, and on really hot days will turn it down to 76.  My highest electric bill came in at over 800 for the month.  I redid the hvac in the house this fall so I have two air conditioners.  I hope it lowers my bill.  I have the larger unit cooling the west side of the house and the smaller unit cooling the east side.  But then too we are adding a room on the house.  Fun Fun Fun,

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We rent a small house. We don't turn up the heat past 55 degrees & our gas/electric bill was still $145! We have to kerosene heaters, electric blanket on the bed & regular blankets.

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I'm with CP on this one, gas is not the place where I can cut costs. We keep our house at about 69 in the winter, and that's a comprimise. This year we got plastic for the windows, and it's made a world of difference. I do live in a townhouse, about 1100 sq feet, but our gas and electric usually come to around $100 every month in winter, and a bit less in summer since we don't always use the AC.

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Oh we shut the vent to the room not in use and put plastic up! We know that there is a difference just so far not in cost.

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Jeremy Riggs


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Wow Mz!

You must get a great price on heat in Indiana!

I'm just short of 1200 sq. feet with my place and I could never get the bill anywhere near $100 a month if I kept it at 69.

And this is a very well insulated place.

In fact, my landlord spent nearly a grand to buy these snap on insulating covers for the all the windows (instead of the plastic, these are heavy plexi-glass sheets that mount on tracks that go around the windows).

I knew weiner gees was ripping us off! (That's what everyone here calls them since they changed their name to WE Engergies a few years ago)

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I rent a nice sized apartment yo. gas is included in the rent, heat with radiators included in the rent. My average electric bill is $17. $24 if I run the air conditioner a lot in the summer.


I locked into the lease for 16 months, so they can't raise the rent. 16 months will be july. I wonder how much they are going to try and sock me with for a new lease....



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Jeremy Riggs


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OMG!

That's cheap livin' JD!

So you're ENTIRE utility cost (not including phone of course) is about $18 - $24!

I was paying more for than that in my FIRST apartment back in 1988!!!!!

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I do not miss having a gas bill riggs! I had a place that had electric heat once- that was just absurd too! I did that with a room mate, and figured out that I could live in a place on my own for the same amount of money 1/2 the rent and 1/2 the electric cost there. 

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Jeremy Riggs


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You my friend are going to live in that apartment complex until the day you die!

You'll NEVER be able to enter the real world of utility bills and get your own house!

WOW! $20 a month. I'm in awe.

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yea, I like the place....I'm ok with that!

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