jokes on you I work a CWS and am off today

I just purchased Plan B and I can confirm the packaging states that it works by preventing ovulation.

its frustrating cause these kind of unrealistic claims probably do more damage in the long run. This kind of similar to Tesla not being honest with winter range.

Also way to leave out that you have a second source of heat before you have to rely on strips. A VERY atypical heat pump installation.

okay given the extra details I absolutely do not believe your claims. Heat pumps are the future, but there is no way you're running a heat pump at 70F in teens weather and only using strips for 2 hours over the course of several days. And definitely not from a unit from 2006.

your heat pump experience does not seem to be anything close to the norm from what I've seen. In fact it seems downright unbelievable.

I don't think you need a thermostat set to 72F just because you have dogs.

if OP had been running a heat pump his bill would have been even crazier since he's trying to run his T stat at 72F. I agree heat pumps are a great thing and the disadvantages are overblown, however; one thing that I don't think we talk about enough when it comes to heat pumps is lowering expectations. You can have your heat pump set to 72F, when its in the teens outside and expect it to keep up. OP would have ended up using mainly strip heat, resulting in an enormous bill.

Part of adopting heat pumps is going to be to communicate to people that you need to keep your heat set low, and wear warm clothes inside in the winter. Far too people have this expectation to wear shorts and T shirts inside, while their heat is cranked up in the winter.

That doesn't seem "wild" at all. Windows make very little difference compared to insulation.

you're not gas heating?

yes if you heat one room and turn down the central heat. I doubt anybody actually does that, and I doubt OP plans to do that, since he's stated he has to keep the heat on higher for their dog.

so you're complaining that your bill is higher cause you keep the heat on all the time now?

Guys did you not remember of the exceedingly cold temps we experiences around Christmas? That is this bill. Of course your bill is super high. Especially if you were running in the 70s.

a space heater will not be cheaper at all.

72F is way too high. 68F is the American average.

If you have LEDs ensuring lights are off isn't going to make a dent. Neither is leaving appliances unplugged (you'll maybe save $50/yr). If you want to save money turn down your damn heat. That is by far the largest constituent of your bill.

we use homicide rate cause its much harder to "juke" the stats. You can't really rely on those other stats cause we know they're lied about in the US (and probably elsewhere).

I get what you're saying, but reddit, especially this subreddit, nor twitter, nor facebook are real life. And its a huge problem in the 21st century that we mistake these spaces as being representative of real life.

thank you for the details!

I mean are you plugged in to every vehicle collision in the area? Those happen every day. This is so notable because of how rare it is.

not too familiar with the Baltimore system, but are they even able to do that? I thought it was more or less automated and out of the conductors control unless they put it in manual.

This probably is due to the bitter cold. That can wreak havoc with rail causing it it crack when the train comes over it.

so that itself is a good reason not to do this if you have SmartBenefits.

okay far enough, can you unlink if you've already factory reset the first phone, or if your phone was lost/stolen/screen broken?

I do, one thing to note, there is no way to migrate your card from one phone to another. You have to get a new card, report the virtual card as "lost/stolen", and transfer the balance to a new virtual card on your new phone. This makes its a huge pain in the ass if you have SmartBenefits.

we can't really help you unless you provide more information. You need to get your old bills and tell us how many therms you've used in the past.

you need to look at the therms not the price. Has therm usage notably changed between this month last year, and last month?