Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire

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Ms3r4ISU

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If you were going to grab a meal from a quick food place for you and your spouse, do you know what they typically order. I could probably correctly get my wife’s meal 75% of the time.

This came up because my wife flew through Panda Express. She obviously didn’t know my typical order from there. I think maybe subway she would be good.
To answer your question, maybe and only if it was Chinese food. Even then, neither of us have a regular order anywhere. Except maybe starting a sit down meal at a sitdown restaurant with a martini. Unless it’s a glass of wine.
 

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Not exactly sure.
To answer your question, maybe and only if it was Chinese food. Even then, neither of us have a regular order anywhere. Except maybe starting a sit down meal at a sitdown restaurant with a martini. Unless it’s a glass of wine.
When we do a sit down, I change it up. Fast places, I’m pretty consistent. My wife will scour the menu while at fast food joints as we stand and wait on her. Then she will order the same thing she always does.
 

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Fast food orders - I could probably do right by my husband 90% of the time. The problem comes in...does he want beef or chicken?
 

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I usually don't turn it on until Mrs. Velo complains, but really, who are we trying to impress? Or is it the $0.14 in heating costs saved?
I know, it's just getting acclimated to spending the next 6-7 months in a 66 degree house.
 

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I usually don't turn it on until Mrs. Velo complains, but really, who are we trying to impress? Or is it the $0.14 in heating costs saved?

I moved to heating season a few weeks ago but some of those days only needed a quick morning heating bump. Now it's 70 during the day, 65 at night season.
 

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Fast food orders - I could probably do right by my husband 90% of the time. The problem comes in...does he want beef or chicken?
Panda I’m always Beijing beef with steamed rice. Orange chicken with fried rice isn’t really close.
 

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Turned the heat on earlier in the week. Comfort > savings. Now the debate in our house is leaving the back door open for the dogs to go in/out on their own. I am okay with reasonable temps but MrsWx seems to want it open all the damn time regardless of temp....so thats great.
 

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I turned the heat on. It's going to be pretty cool the next few nights (or maybe 150+ nights) so it's not like the house was going to warm up much.
I only keep it at a balmy 66 anyways.
 

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I usually don't turn it on until Mrs. Velo complains, but really, who are we trying to impress? Or is it the $0.14 in heating costs saved?
Well you must have a well insulated house for 14 cents to heat house. Congrats!
 
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