I bought the set of Tesla charging adapters for the road. Cool. But then I get a pic of what’s installed at my in laws’ house, didn’t get that one. Found one online, $70. Oof. I’m out $320 so far for charging paraphernalia. So far.
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Yes. In this case an electric mattress pad. One of the best life decisions/purchases I’ve ever made. Turn that thing on full blast when I get home from work (it doesn’t need that long; it’s just a convenient time to remember to do it), and turn it off the moment before crawling into bed for the night. The warmth melts me into a peaceful slumber.
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I had a few of those, but they all broke. Now I use an electric blanket under another blanket, same effect, I lie on top of it. I often will leave it on while I sleep, on low, but I really like to be warm when I’m sleeping. It’s very nice.
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Similar… every electric blanket or mattress pad I’ve ever bought seems to fail 366 days after I purchase it and they come with a one-year warranty. I gave up.
I did like having it though and hopping into a toasty bed.
@1695814 if you’ve happened upon a good brand, I’d be curious what it is / where you bought it. I assume it’s not Sunbeam.
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In my house the cats function as bed heaters
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I can’t remember all of the details anymore, so the untrue parts of the following are not intentional…
I think the first one we bought was a WestPoint Home/WestPoint Stevens. That one lasted ~10 years ± 10 years.
The one we have now is, in fact, a WestPoint Home/WestPoint Stevens. I don’t recall when we bought that, but I bought one for each of my daughters back in 2010, so it was probably around then.
I did have trouble with one of the controls (probably the first one bought around 2000). I’m pretty sure that it was out of warranty, but when I called up customer service they sent me one for free.
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My number one problem sleeping is being too warm. I’m the winter we use a wonderful fluffy down quilt that keeps the bed really snug
I bought an electric heating pad years ago, though, for muscle aches. I wonder what happened to it.
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I had my surgery post-op today, husband had to drive me, and since my son was off school today, he had to come with. They went to the pet store next door while I was at the appointment, for a total of thirty minutes, and managed to buy two new pets during that time. Guinea pigs. We now have 7 pets, and sadly that isn’t the highest number we have ever had.
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Family must have read your happy thoughts post and seized the opportunity.
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Now Mr. NA is gonna get good grades, keep his room neat and tidy, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNND take care of the critters, RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHTTT???
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I was going to write guineas have a short expected lifetime (compared to turtles say), but I see the pet tally has already decreased. Sorry for your loss.
But guinea pigs breed enthusiastically, and are good parents, and have a high infant survival rate.
My town doesn’t collect trash. We can bring it ourselves to the dump, or hire a 3rd party trash hauler. The trash company we used was bought out by a larger one, which bought all the other competition, and is now a monopoly. They just doubled their weekly fees. We may be hauling our own trash to the dump in the future. Not something I want to do. 
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Pronoun antecedent disambiguation required 
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Funnier had you left it.
but confusing.
I smell opportunity! …or maybe it’s just that pile of trash that’s been sitting there for too long.
Get a couple neighbours together, everyone take a turn weekly. Its common practice rurally i think. And, burn barrels but thats probably not an option.