Good luck, stranger! :)

I’m curious, what is the construction of an average 70s home in your region?

I don’t believe the government has any running initiatives to improve energy ratings on old houses, but there are certainly standards for new builds like you would have today. Generally speaking, because the summer sun disproportionately heats up our metal roof (and our ceiling cavity is not insulated), it will get to around 2-3 degrees hotter inside than it is outside, if no climate control is used.

The advantage on a sunny winter day, is that it can be 10 degrees outside, and 17 inside if we’re lucky :) (but of course that heat vanishes the moment the sun goes behind the trees.)

Nice! Contribute literally anything, it all helps. 10 year reddit lurker here, also making an effort to bring something to the table. Until it gets busy. Then I’ll fade into the background again :)

Ahh yes, we also suffer from a lack of insulation. Empty ceiling and walls. The 50s was a pretty relaxed era for Australian housing.

And I can only assume, at this point, you are also about to lose a wife?

It’s been about ten years, give or take. Thank you and fuck you for breaking my streak.

Edit: welcome 🙃

If you hadn’t specified, I would have sworn that, with your vivid description, you must have been talking about 23 Farenheit. On a 23C day, I would be in the garden in short-sleeves soaking up the heat! Hahaha

That sounds like a good productive temperature 😀 I must admit, I run a little foot heater during the mornings at work (office, onsite) to defrost my extremities!

Interesting idea, banking some heat ahead of a storm. We regularly lose power here, but not for any significant length of time (minutes, not hours or days)

I don’t know if our doors seal well enough to maintain any kind of temperature differential between rooms. I had never considered the consequences! It’s kinda humid around the hills though, so we keep windows open during the day to keep fresh air moving around, even during winter (Southern Australia)

I think we would have to set fire to our curtains to sustain 23C in here… that’s crazy talk! Y’all run around in socks and underpants? lol

Hahaha twenty-two?! I fear I may not know that feeling again until October!

Ahh how I wish for good insulation! Empty walls and breezy windows for us. How very grateful we are that Australian winters are mild 😬

I’m not even sure they would be moved to “sheer horror”.

If I saw a video of a monkey, flinging poo at another monkey, instead of using it to fertilise their banana trees, I would just chuckle and eat another biscuit. I would then move on to the next video, or seek out yet more biscuits.

I feel as though this is the relative scale of empathy we evoke as a species at this point 🤣

I bet they don special PPE, and socially distance back at home after they’ve visited. And not just since COVID.

This. This is my favourite take on the whole conundrum.

It is worth noting that 0.01% of bacteria do not survive because the alcohol is ineffective; but because they were fortunate enough to avoid contact. Under nails, between folds in skin, under microscopic imperfections within the creases and scars on your hands, etc. Full coverage to the human eye does not equate to absolute coverage on a microscopic level.

Thank you - also “new”, as of now!

Not OP, but thank you for taking the time to explain :)