# I finally succumbed... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 10, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435 "2005-11-10T20:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/1 "2005-11-10T20:07:46Z")
It felt pretty damned chilly out tonight, and I finally gave in and turned the furnace on for the first time this season. This is the longest I’ve ever gone without turning it on. Normally it is on by mid-September. :tup: to global warming! ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/2 "2005-11-10T20:12:46Z")
You are crazy…mine has been on for almost a month now…but I have a drafty house…I need to go buy some window plastic ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/3 "2005-11-10T20:25:40Z")
:tdown: to high heating bills this winter. ---
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/4 "2005-11-10T20:52:57Z")
:tdown: to not having control over your heat and an asshole for a landlord ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/5 "2005-11-10T20:54:22Z")
:tdown: to haveing a 120 year old house that u can literaly feel a breeze go threw. ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/6 "2005-11-10T20:55:39Z")
> [@2TurboZ](#): > > You are crazy…mine has been on for almost a month now…but I have a drafty house…I need to go buy some window plastic Storm windows help quite a bit too. I put them in a month ago. ---
**Author:** ![98SS10](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/98ss10/32/7288_2.png) [@98SS10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98SS10)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/7 "2005-11-10T21:17:00Z")
I have storm windows and my shit still sucks. :Tdown to old houses! ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/8 "2005-11-10T22:26:35Z")
Then do what I do and add duct tape… :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/9 "2005-11-10T22:30:16Z")
The old part of my house is about 100 years old. The other half is only 17 years old… not a breeze through here. Thank god. ---
**Author:** ![1sik\_bmw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1sik_bmw/32/7341_2.png) [@1sik\_bmw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1sik_bmw)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/10 "2005-11-10T22:34:47Z")
98ss10 i just laughed for 5 f-in minutes at your sig. ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/11 "2005-11-10T22:50:27Z")
hahaha…good windows + leaving all the computers’ monitors ON = teh win. Still haven’t turned on the furnace and it’s still 70-ish in here. ---
**Author:** ![Real\_Deal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/real_deal/32/7332_2.png) [@Real\_Deal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Real_Deal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/12 "2005-11-10T22:50:35Z")
I turned mine on today lol put it on 71…It was down to like 64 w/out it:) but my place is only 6yrs old and i get sunlight most of the day. ---
**Author:** ![funkylemons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@funkylemons](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/funkylemons)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/13 "2005-11-10T23:17:59Z")
my heats been on for a while… but no breeze… i just like it @ 72 degrees 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/14 "2005-11-10T23:18:14Z")
Wood Stove was rocking out today. Shit is hot in herrrrrrrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/15 "2005-11-10T23:25:22Z")
how do u make the plastic stick to the windows, does it really help that much? ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/16 "2005-11-11T01:32:35Z")
tape it around the windowframes to create an air pocket between the glass and the plastic. it DOES help significantly, otherwise you lose heat right through the window. and if you’re in the heights… do it up man ---
**Author:** ![73ghia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/8baadc/32.png) [@73ghia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/73ghia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/17 "2005-11-11T05:37:16Z")
OMG it helps a ton… I put some in my apt… and I love it… I was sleeping with like 4 or 5 blankets of increasing size… now I’m down to the two lowest sizes… ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/18 "2005-11-11T07:03:37Z")
good to know… will plastic it up this weekend… btw… what kinda tape did u use… masking??? ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/19 "2005-11-11T07:18:21Z")
though your window is a major contributor in the breeze that goes through your house… I also like to cover the entire window area. I use a staple gun… and 2 ply plastic. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435/20 "2005-11-11T07:20:56Z")
haha. my heat is included. so like any red blooded american, my windows are open and me heat is on. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-finally-succumbed/4435.md?page=2)