Yes, you read it here first. I have come up with the solution to deliver us from our reliance on oil and electricity. It’s the perfect plan. Obviously if we can keep the thermostat lower in the winter and raise the air conditioner temperature in the summer, we’d save energy and money – right? So here’s the brilliant plan:
In the winter, take some sort of drug that lowers hormone levels so that you get hot flashes. (Naturally, if you are already in menopause, you already have that covered & don’t need any drugs.) If you can get those hot flashes fired up enough, you’ll barely have to turn on the heat all winter. There’s even evidence that this might work for men. Of course that article speaks about how to avoid them and that’s not what we’re talking about here but I just wanted to illustrate that my energy saving plan will even work for you guys.
For that hot weather, we need something a bit more drastic. I got this brainstorm at ‘that time of the month’ when I felt colder than normal. You’re going for anemia here. You want to drop that iron level down. Sure you might pass out and feel weak but hey, it’s a small price to pay to feel cool during the hot summer months.
If you do that for a few years, I bet you can save enough money to go on a nice, European vacation. Now would all that sweating through hot flashes and passing out from anemia be worth it?
BWAHAHAHA! And I am walking, talking proof that your idea works, at least the winter part of it! What with my own personal summer going on all the time, I save enough money from low heating bills in the winter that I can really crank the air during the summer. Save the planet be damned when summer rolls around!
I’m afraid I will be giving that a shot in the next few years. I did have a friend that had a hysterectomy and kept having hot flashes at her sons football game. I didn’t buy any hand warmers that year, I just held on to her when my hands got cold.
I’ve taken meds that gave me hot flashes. NEVER AGAIN would I do that!!! I’d rather pay 15K a month for a power bill! Of course, I don’t have 15K/month for a power bill, so then they’d turn off my air and I’d go c-r-a-z-y! Ugh, the thought is stressing me out. Hot flashes were THAT awful!
Not that I have an opinion or anything…
Monkling, go eat some chocolate and lie down until these thoughts pass. Make Theresa move over – this is an emergency.
Heh. Clearly I have never had a hot flash. Not that I’m in any rush but I was wondering why I’m the only female on my mom’s side who hasn’t hit menopause yet (& I’m NOT the youngest) & mentioned it to my gyn doc who replied I must have young ovaries.
Wow! I would have thought you’d have had a hot flash, afterall you wear old lady deodorant.
JUST KIDDING!!!!!