Shooting the Breeze 17-19
05-26-2024, 06:43 AM
#4791
I'll extend an invitation to come play with our induction stovetop any time you want my dear.
I grew up with a gas stove and thought it was king for temp control.
Induction is so much better for cooking and clean up too.
as for water heaters...
electric heaters can't sustain uninterrupted delivery of hot water.
Heat pumps for water heaters can't really get the job done. I did the math.
Even a geothermal would have a hard time.
and as for the cost comparison between gas (propane no nat gas here) and oil, it's basically $ per BTU
I haven't run the numbers of late.
I grew up with a gas stove and thought it was king for temp control.
Induction is so much better for cooking and clean up too.
as for water heaters...
electric heaters can't sustain uninterrupted delivery of hot water.
Heat pumps for water heaters can't really get the job done. I did the math.
Even a geothermal would have a hard time.
and as for the cost comparison between gas (propane no nat gas here) and oil, it's basically $ per BTU
I haven't run the numbers of late.
05-26-2024, 06:58 AM
#4792
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05-26-2024, 11:39 AM
#4793
Waiting for my two grandsons, home from college, and other company to enjoy a bunch of steaks on the grill. I planned to watch the Indy 500 (never miss it) while waiting.
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valentine (05-27-2024)
05-28-2024, 07:33 AM
#4794
Like everything else I just got a 15 percent increase in my monthly landline bill. I’ve been on the fence about keeping it but I prefer using it when I have conversations with people rather than talking on the cell phone. I have also had it for 28 years with the same number so I occasionally hear from people who I haven’t heard from in awhile who have that number to get in touch with me. How many of you still have landlines?
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robb (05-28-2024)
05-28-2024, 07:49 AM
#4796
Like everything else I just got a 15 percent increase in my monthly landline bill. I’ve been on the fence about keeping it but I prefer using it when I have conversations with people rather than talking on the cell phone. I have also had it for 28 years with the same number so I occasionally hear from people who I haven’t heard from in awhile who have that number to get in touch with me. How many of you still have landlines?
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robb (05-28-2024)
05-28-2024, 08:04 AM
#4797
Rob, we still have a landline as part of the cable package. It would not save anything at all to remove it. Rick prefers it. I'm OK using my cell phone and I do, more often in the past, but the landline connection is better.
If we ever cut the cord with cable, I'd be OK if the landline was gone.
If we ever cut the cord with cable, I'd be OK if the landline was gone.
05-28-2024, 09:26 AM
#4798
We still have a landline and an answering machine. Thanks to Comcast, as Lainey said, it doesn't really cost anything and we are alerted to who is calling and it lets us know before we answer it if it is a spam call.
05-28-2024, 04:52 PM
#4799
Technically a cable phone isn't a landline even though it acts like one. Yup we have one as well.
Some cell carriers let you switch your landline to a cell number but then you'd have two cell lines.
Some cell carriers let you switch your landline to a cell number but then you'd have two cell lines.
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Lainey (05-28-2024)
05-29-2024, 06:35 AM
#4800
Like everything else I just got a 15 percent increase in my monthly landline bill. I’ve been on the fence about keeping it but I prefer using it when I have conversations with people rather than talking on the cell phone. I have also had it for 28 years with the same number so I occasionally hear from people who I haven’t heard from in awhile who have that number to get in touch with me. How many of you still have landlines?
Last edited by Kyras; 05-29-2024 at 06:44 AM.