Let's Talk Electric Blankets

[pissclams]

I like them but Gooch won't let me have one.  
Which is made worse by the fact that he keeps the thermostat at "freezing".

Seems like you need to show him who wears the shoes in the family.

Mrs. Gooch ---->     <----- Gooch

Mrs Gooch definitely wears the shoes in the family.

[Trim]

why on earth do you need an electric blanket? i mean what?

My room is about 70% windows and it gets really cold at night in the Winter.  I'm talking like 50-55 degreesish cold. 

"Turn up the thermostat"

Great idea, but I thought of that already and it doesn't work in my room. 

I'm using a pretty good combination of electric blanket and space heater.  Aside from the burns, it's been great.

Dear God, are you homeless?  I am sure we could set up some sort of collection thingy or something. 

Dlew's room is basically the outdoors-ish lawn/plant section of a Wal-Mart.  'grats, hogs.

[Dr Rick Daris]

dlew-

get a second electric blanket and put it under the fitted sheet that you sleep on top of and continue to sleep under the other one. your mind will be blown.

[DQ12]

why on earth do you need an electric blanket? i mean what?

My room is about 70% windows and it gets really cold at night in the Winter.  I'm talking like 50-55 degreesish cold. 

"Turn up the thermostat"

Great idea, but I thought of that already and it doesn't work in my room. 

I'm using a pretty good combination of electric blanket and space heater.  Aside from the burns, it's been great.

Dear God, are you homeless?  I am sure we could set up some sort of collection thingy or something. 

Dlew's room is basically the outdoors-ish lawn/plant section of a Wal-Mart.  'grats, hogs.

Pretty great description.  Except without the plants.

Just as many ants though, probably.

[CNS]

Get a down comforter.  Are fantastic.

Either that, or enjoy your eventual house fire. 

[8manpick]

Oh man I love sweating all night then taking a shower in the morning, only to have the water really hurt the fresh round of blisters on my legs.  That said, I'm too afraid my house will burn down, so I don't use an electric blanket.

[OK_Cat]

i didn't read any of this thread, but i keep my house at 68 degrees 24/7/365. 

[Mikeyis4dcats]

electric mattress pad > electric blanket

[DQ12]

Mom wants me to go to the ER.  Something about "burns being easy to get infected." 

FWIW, probably 2nd degree.

[Tobias]

[sys]

people that sleep in the warm are hella gross.

[Lynchmobrules]

electric mattress pad > electric blanket

This.  Go get an electric mattress pad. 

[felix rex]

people that sleep in the warm are hella gross.

They have to wake up smelling like a gym sock. 60-65 degrees is ideal for sleeping.

[Stevesie60]

people that sleep in the warm are hella gross.

They have to wake up smelling like a gym sock. 60-65 degrees is ideal for sleeping.

Truer words have never been spoken.

[DQ12]

people that sleep in the warm are hella gross.

They have to wake up smelling like a gym sock. 60-65 degrees is ideal for sleeping.

Truer words have never been spoken.

60-65 is great.  I agree.

55 is just absurd though.  Hence, the EB.

[Dugout DickStone]

Help me out here?

[Tobias]

Help me out here?

all the talk about dlew's 55 degree apartment resembling wal-mart's outdoor section and/or him being homeless made me picture him living in charlie's squalid apartment on it's always sunny.  we'll know for sure when he starts posting a 'clams cooking thread about how to best prepare filet mignon on a hot pad.

[kim carnes]

people that sleep in the warm are hella gross.

They have to wake up smelling like a gym sock. 60-65 degrees is ideal for sleeping.

Truer words have never been spoken.

60-65 is great.  I agree.

55 is just absurd though.  Hence, the EB.

Maybe get a space heater and point it at your bed?

[DQ12]

I do.

[kim carnes]

I do.

You're going to need to elevate that so it points at you, otherwise it won't do much good.

[michigancat]

another alternative to the electric blanket is putting a hot water bottle under your covers before you get into bed. Can be really good for warming your feet, but obviously not as much surface area warmed.

[Tobias]

well, now that we know a space heater is involved next to the electric blanket, the ball game has changed...

so like, can we set some kind of limit on how long between posts is long enough to send out a search party?  24 hrs, 48 hrs. ???

[felix rex]

My parents claim they used to heat bricks in this big ass iron oven thing that is still sitting outside in their yard (I think they think it's decoration or something). Anyway, they'd supposedly put the hot bricks at the foot of the bed in the winter to keep their feet warm. Maybe you can try that (but it may just be a weird euphemism for sex)? 

[kim carnes]

My parents claim they used to heat bricks in this big ass iron oven thing that is still sitting outside in their yard (I think they think it's decoration or something). Anyway, they'd supposedly put the hot bricks at the foot of the bed in the winter to keep their feet warm. Maybe you can try that (but it may just be a weird euphemism for sex)? 

I don't see how this could possibly work.  I wish it were true, but I just don't see how it could be.

[felix rex]

My parents claim they used to heat bricks in this big ass iron oven thing that is still sitting outside in their yard (I think they think it's decoration or something). Anyway, they'd supposedly put the hot bricks at the foot of the bed in the winter to keep their feet warm. Maybe you can try that (but it may just be a weird euphemism for sex)? 

I don't see how this could possibly work.  I wish it were true, but I just don't see how it could be.

As a sex euphemism or a foot-warming device? The latter seems  tricky (or at least kinky). The former seems pretty obvious.