I just got my electricity and gas bill, and now I'm not so smug about
the gas I'm saving not driving into work. :|

Gas was higher than usual because I'm home all the time and we've had a
cold snap and we have gas furnaces. Electricity wasn't too bad
(especially since we had a 2 1/2 day power outage) and since gas prices
surged I've been charging my car at home (Plug in Prius, 10 mile range)

I'm saving around 2 hours a day, though - and my boss is 3 hours ahead,
so being available in the mornings is helpful.

And, the coffee service here is better on an order of magnitude -- no
more stale industrial lowest-bidder coffee made in a dirty pot, or,
worse - Keurig coffee.

I just made my wife a double latte for the road and I an Americano with
my Gaggia Brera, a working-from-home gift. It's already paid for itself
in time and cost compared to going to a coffee shop every morning for
your fix.


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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

I just got my electricity and gas bill, and now I'm not so smug about
the gas I'm saving not driving into work. :|

My gas and electric was never too bad when I was WFH 5 days, it isn't too
bad now that I am only WFH 2 days. However, the cable bill has gone way
up, and that is what also supplies the Internet I use to do my job. :)




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On 26 Jan 2023, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

Gas was higher than usual because I'm home all the time and we've had a cold snap and we have gas furnaces. Electricity wasn't too bad
(especially since we had a 2 1/2 day power outage) and since gas prices surged I've been charging my car at home (Plug in Prius, 10 mile range)

Yup My Electric/Gas Bill was $530ish bucks. Mostly Gas but with the cold snap here I'm not surprised the furnace ran so much. I am sad about the price of natural gas though.

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I just got my electricity and gas bill, and now I'm not so smug about
the gas I'm saving not driving into work. :|

Just tell your boss that, and I'm sure he'll find a way to make sure you have to move three hours east so you can sit in the office and have video calls from there.

Gas was higher than usual because I'm home all the time and we've had a cold snap and we have gas furnaces. Electricity wasn't too bad

In Germany, it's been warm for the season, so after an early-season cold snap, it got warmer again and, while I'm getting tempted to turn on heat again, I haven't had it on since early December, I think.

It feels so odd.

That said, the _building_ is still heated, and I'm in a middle floor of a building that touches the buildings next to it.

So between that and whatever heat I and my computers produce, it stays 20C (68F) or above, if it's around (or above) freezing.

And, the coffee service here is better on an order of magnitude -- no
more stale industrial lowest-bidder coffee made in a dirty pot, or,
worse - Keurig coffee.

And you _know_ the place uses new equipment, just purchased late last year.

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Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

That said, the _building_ is still heated, and I'm in a middle floor of
a building that touches the buildings next to it.

So between that and whatever heat I and my computers produce, it stays
20C (68F) or above, if it's around (or above) freezing.

My first apartment was a studio apartment in San Francisco in a building
built in the 1930s. Great art-deco lobby, old elevator with the metal
gate door, and free steam heat. My apartment stayed toasty all winter.

I started my BBS in that apartment, and was worried about the increase
in my PG&E bill running a 286 computer 24/7. It went from $15/month to $18/month. Those were the days!




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Re: Re: Working from Home costs
By: claw to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 27 2023 07:27 am

On 26 Jan 2023, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

Gas was higher than usual because I'm home all the time and we've had a cold snap and we have gas furnaces. Electricity wasn't too bad (especially since we had a 2 1/2 day power outage) and since gas prices surged I've been charging my car at home (Plug in Prius, 10 mile range)

Thought I'd jump in here and give you a reference point from my neck-of-the-woods! I'm not sure where home is for you, but here in the Greater Birmingham, Alabama USA area the past month has been the highest utility bills since I've been in this house. Typically my power usage is around $219, which includes a $15 a month utility pole open-ended light for my cul-de-sac. This month it has creeped up to $342 for barely any heat increase. I have two furnaces and units on my house. Downstairs is a 240VAC electric furnace, and my upstairs (sleeping floor) is on gas.

Now my gas bill actually shocked me more than the electricity. The only things I have on gas here are the water, and the upstairs furnace. Typically, my gas bill is around $15-$30 if I'm really abusing the gas. This month, my gas bills was $70! For what?!

We've had (counting in my head) perhaps 5 total nights of below freezing temps, otherwise its 45 degrees fahrenheit and up during the winter months at night.

Just for reference. I'll stop babbling now!

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wow a $18 power bill? Man I can't even imagine

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On 29 Jan 2023, Taphophile said the following...

Thought I'd jump in here and give you a reference point from my neck-of-the-woods! I'm not sure where home is for you, but here in the Greater Birmingham, Alabama USA area the past month has been the highest utility bills since I've been in this house. Typically my power usage is around $219, which includes a $15 a month utility pole open-ended light for my cul-de-sac. This month it has creeped up to $342 for barely any heat increase. I have two furnaces and units on my house. Downstairs is
a 240VAC electric furnace, and my upstairs (sleeping floor) is on gas.

Now my gas bill actually shocked me more than the electricity. The only things I have on gas here are the water, and the upstairs furnace. Typically, my gas bill is around $15-$30 if I'm really abusing the gas. This month, my gas bills was $70! For what?!

We've had (counting in my head) perhaps 5 total nights of below freezing temps, otherwise its 45 degrees fahrenheit and up during the winter
months at night.

Just for reference. I'll stop babbling now!

(taph)

Well It wouldn't hurt to explain that I live in USA/MN/StPaul. So its cold here and here we go again its below zero now so I'm sure I will get a repeat of last months bill :(

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