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[Ideologue]

And you know I'll have to use them constantly, because it's below freezing for half the year. In fact, I might asphyxiate from the gas, due to being trapped in a blizzard or avalanche, before I even have the chance to explode.

[Savonarola]

In Pittsburgh, I'm probably gonna have gas heat. The alternative is a radiator. Either way, I expect to die, it's just a choice of kinds of explosions.

Maybe you'll just die of asphyxiation, like Zola.  Think of how jealous Valmy will be. 

When are you moving to Pittsburgh, Ide?

[Ideologue]

Like Aug 1-15. In that timeframe.

[Savonarola]

Like Aug 1-15. In that timeframe.

That will give you a chance to adjust to the brutal northern lands before the onset of winter.  Do you have a job lined up in Pittsburgh?

[Ideologue]

I have prospects. I'm a highly educated, experienced professional.

I'm considering taking the Penn bar. Ugh.

[Valmy]

Maybe you'll just die of asphyxiation, like Zola.  Think of how jealous Valmy will be. 

I would be a beautiful tribute to a beautiful man

[Savonarola]

I have prospects. I'm a highly educated, experienced professional.

I'm considering taking the Penn bar. Ugh.

I take it then you're moving there for a woman; (I assume one who has a job in Pittsburgh.)  How long have you been together?

[Ideologue]

Since January. She's going to grad school in the liberal arts at CMU. It's sort of like a job.

[Malthus]

Since January. She's going to grad school in the liberal arts at CMU. It's sort of like a job.

I take it that you haven't incessently worried her ears with your "STEM" lecture? 

[Valmy]

In the liberal arts? Dear God man how could you let this happen?

[Josquius]

Her job is to lie back and mass produce heirs for ide, she can study whatever she likes.

[Savonarola]

Since January. She's going to grad school in the liberal arts at CMU. It's sort of like a job.

In a decade a job that might actually pay.   

I liked Pittsburgh, I thought it had a neat downtown (although my basis for comparison is Detroit.)  Is she going for her PhD?

[crazy canuck]

I have natural gas fireplaces and radiant floor heating throughout the house.  That works very well when it is cold.  We have no A/C at all and that normally isn't a problem because summer temperatures are normally moderate.  But this year has been a significant exception.  If we have many more summers like this I am going to look at installing an A/C system of some sort.

There are various options for that, if you don't already have ducts. I went with a ductless wall-mounted unit, because my house is relatively small & compact and it was easy to have installed.

My problem is the large square footage even if I was only going to cool the top two floors.  I should have given global warming more serious thought when I bought this place. 

[Grey Fox]

You can buy one big enough to cool any square footage, do not worry.

[Malthus]

I have natural gas fireplaces and radiant floor heating throughout the house.  That works very well when it is cold.  We have no A/C at all and that normally isn't a problem because summer temperatures are normally moderate.  But this year has been a significant exception.  If we have many more summers like this I am going to look at installing an A/C system of some sort.

There are various options for that, if you don't already have ducts. I went with a ductless wall-mounted unit, because my house is relatively small & compact and it was easy to have installed.

My problem is the large square footage even if I was only going to cool the top two floors.  I should have given global warming more serious thought when I bought this place. 

There are also units with mini-ducts, ans a unit in the ceiling - that could work.