Re: Sleeping on a futon couch


ReaderRabbit wrote:
amanda wrote:
bae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
In article <1167154137.323754.131610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Amanda <amanda772008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[It's too cold to sleep in her bed and she doesn't want to use more
bedding, so she's sleeping on the futon downstairs, or else putting
an electric space heater under the covers with her.]

Have you considered getting an electric blanket?

I don't want heat directly to my body even for a little bit much less
though out the night. My bedtoom is fine but would be perfect if the
ambient temperature is like downstairs.

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I don't understand why the downstairs is warmer when heat is known
to rise.

Me neither. Actually, I was referring to downstair living room. I think
that when I have the central heater on during the day, the living room
gets the heat well while my upstairs bedroom doesn't and hence the bed
is pretty cold the whole day. The bedroom design is terrible in this
house. Th room is connected, with no dorr, to an area where there are
2 closets, 2 basins a shower room, a jacuzzi, and a small rest room.

The electric blanket suggestion is good because electric
"blankets" have changed recently.

I see.

You can now buy an "electric throw" which is 4 feet by 5 feet and
which you place on top of your bedspread or quilt. They are made
in China (surprise!) and Sears sells them for US $35. The power
usage is only 115 watts and the thermostat has 3 settings.

When I bougth an electric bedspread (twin size) 11 years ago which I
hardly used all these years because I moved soo after that, I wished I
bought the electric blanket but you said they have changed.

The throw is washable but cannot be drycleaned. The conductor
is rigid wire, probably 16 gauge.

I did remember seeing those. I can use it when sitting at my computer
desk as well instead of this portable heater that makes my office chiar
so hot at one side. This is a great suggestion.


Cheers, David H in Texas
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