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  • I Ian Shlasko

    It's a nice place to visit (Which I do, about twice a year - Parents are near Sarasota), but I wouldn't want to live there... You guys have no terrain. It's too flat. Import some mountains, or at least hills...

    Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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    Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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    Southwest flys pretty much everywhere I want to go for $90 bucks each way.

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      Ok suppose the gas price is the same as here, you would have used approximately €516 worth of gas which is 846 cubic meters of gas at €0.61 per cubic meter. I don't believe you could have used that much..

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      R Giskard Reventlov
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      harold aptroot wrote:

      I don't believe you could have used that much.

      Neither do I. Still don't think I'll get too far: I'll need to check and make sure I didn't misread the meter before I call them and also take a good look at previous bills but I'll either have to pay or go without I suppose. Just had a quick look: 680 units since September.

      Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells

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        harold aptroot wrote:

        I don't believe you could have used that much.

        Neither do I. Still don't think I'll get too far: I'll need to check and make sure I didn't misread the meter before I call them and also take a good look at previous bills but I'll either have to pay or go without I suppose. Just had a quick look: 680 units since September.

        Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells

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        1 21 Gigawatts
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        You sure you don't have a gas leak? Any gas fires in the house?

        "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" ~ Albert Einstein "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair

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        • R R Giskard Reventlov

          Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.

          Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells

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          I live in South Carolina USA. Most of our systems focus on cooling. IN the winter we run the A/C backward basically to heat. Most years this works out OK. This year my heating system didn't even shut off most of December and January resulting in electric charges that are 2.5 times more than I have ever paid in the same period ( same house) in a few years.

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            You sure you don't have a gas leak? Any gas fires in the house?

            "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" ~ Albert Einstein "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair

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            R Giskard Reventlov
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            1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

            You sure you don't have a gas leak?

            BANG! Not that I'm aware of.

            1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

            Any gas fires in the house?

            The entire system is only 4 years old. Actually, hmm, just had the boiler serviced a couple of months ago. Hmm. Ta: probaby a red herring but worth looking at: the boiler has kept losing pressure since it was serviced.

            Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells

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              Imports System.Terrain
              Imports System.Terrain.Hills
              Imports System.Terrain.Mountains

              Happy now?

              OSDev :)

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              Imports System.Terrain
              Imports System.Terrain.Hills
              Imports System.Terrain.Mountains
              Imports System.Hurricanes

              FIFY

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              • R R Giskard Reventlov

                Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.

                Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells

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                jeron1
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                I feel your pain. Our gas bill is ~$350-400/mo from Dec. through March and that's keeping the very average size house less than 70F. :(( And our winter (northern Illinois) hasn't been bad this year.

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                • F fred_

                  I live in South Carolina USA. Most of our systems focus on cooling. IN the winter we run the A/C backward basically to heat. Most years this works out OK. This year my heating system didn't even shut off most of December and January resulting in electric charges that are 2.5 times more than I have ever paid in the same period ( same house) in a few years.

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                  Electrical heating? Ouch.

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                  • I Ian Shlasko

                    My heating bill for this winter, in New York City, was almost zero... Quad-core desktop + Big screen TV + Good quality windows = No need for a heater, unless it drops below 0F outside. Actually I've been opening the windows a little now and then, to cool the place down. Now... Summer on the other hand... My air conditioner pretty much has to run for four months straight...

                    Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                    Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)

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                    Dan Neely
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                    I've got the same problem. Adding insult to injury the heat I almost never use (I only actually turned the heat on for a few days when the highs were in the single digits this winter and only actually heard it kicking on once per evening) is paid for by the landlord, but the air conditioner runs on electricity I pay for. :doh:

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                    • P Pete OHanlon

                      Marc Clifton wrote:

                      I can easily spend 300USD a month on heating

                      I assume that you burn hobos to make up the shortfall.

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                      VB developers are more plentiful though the quality does suffer compared to hobos ;P


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                      • L Lost User

                        Electrical heating? Ouch.

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                        Dan Neely
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                        No, heat pumps[^]. They work great for cooling but their efficiency as a heater sucks when it gets really cold. When really cold is rare they're still better than spending a few grand on a separate furnace; but that doesn't make them cheap to run when it happens.

                        3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                        • R R Giskard Reventlov

                          Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.

                          Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells

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                          In my Gasoil heated house we used to get a bill for 700$ USD every second week. ...You guys are telling me you spend more then that for an entire season??

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                          • I Ian Shlasko

                            My heating bill for this winter, in New York City, was almost zero... Quad-core desktop + Big screen TV + Good quality windows = No need for a heater, unless it drops below 0F outside. Actually I've been opening the windows a little now and then, to cool the place down. Now... Summer on the other hand... My air conditioner pretty much has to run for four months straight...

                            Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                            Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)

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                            Marc Clifton
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                            Ian Shlasko wrote:

                            My heating bill for this winter, in New York City

                            Ah, but I'm in upperstate NY, in Philmont, about 40 miles south of Albany. Marc

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                              In my Gasoil heated house we used to get a bill for 700$ USD every second week. ...You guys are telling me you spend more then that for an entire season??

                              Check out the CodeProject forum Guidelines[^] The original soapbox 1.0 is back![^]

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                              jeron1
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                              Yikes!

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                              heated house

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                              700$ USD every second week

                              = poor house.

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                              • R R Giskard Reventlov

                                Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.

                                Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells

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                                Lost User
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                                The misses once used over 200 quid a quarter in the garden one summer! NOT TO MENTION THE DAMNED PHONE BILL. I tell you, go away contracting and the wedge gets used up chatting togod knoes who! Mind you, she hasnt smacked the car up for a few years so shes getting better.

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                                • D Dan Neely

                                  No, heat pumps[^]. They work great for cooling but their efficiency as a heater sucks when it gets really cold. When really cold is rare they're still better than spending a few grand on a separate furnace; but that doesn't make them cheap to run when it happens.

                                  3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                                  "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's a duck" Its purpose is (temporarily) providing heat and it's mainly using electricity -> electrical heating Anyway my point wasn't that a machine like that should always be called an electric heater, but that it's going to be expensive - and a few grand on a separate furnace? Why? How are they getting their hot water? Surely they take hot showers over there? :)

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                                  • R R Giskard Reventlov

                                    Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.

                                    Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells

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                                    Chris Austin
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                                    Natural Gas here in the Dallas seems inexpensive and at our house we use it for cooking, heating and the water heater. We kept the house at 68F/20C and our bill was usually under $125 during the coldest months. This could also be due to having our house really well insulated and facing east-west so it gets lots of sun. It gets a bit more painful in the summer though and why we installed a solar cells a few years ago.

                                    And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell

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                                    • L Lost User

                                      In my Gasoil heated house we used to get a bill for 700$ USD every second week. ...You guys are telling me you spend more then that for an entire season??

                                      Check out the CodeProject forum Guidelines[^] The original soapbox 1.0 is back![^]

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                                      Chris Austin
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                                      Holly Crap. I think our gas bill is under $1K US for the entire year.

                                      And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. --Isaac Asimov Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell

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                                      • P Pete OHanlon

                                        Marc Clifton wrote:

                                        I can easily spend 300USD a month on heating

                                        I assume that you burn hobos to make up the shortfall.

                                        "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                        As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                                        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                                        Mark_Wallace
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                                        Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                        I assume that you burn hobos to make up the shortfall.

                                        Luxury! We couldn't afford 'oboes; we 'ad to chop off our legs and burn 'em over a single, wet match, that we'd saved up for for three weeks, then eat what were left for breakfast, when it were cold and clammy!

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                                        • D Dan Neely

                                          I've got the same problem. Adding insult to injury the heat I almost never use (I only actually turned the heat on for a few days when the highs were in the single digits this winter and only actually heard it kicking on once per evening) is paid for by the landlord, but the air conditioner runs on electricity I pay for. :doh:

                                          3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                                          RichardM1
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                                          :laugh: It just stands to reason.

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