I kind of expect this from the window plastic too (Adam@Home, 19 November)

[Joseph Nebus]

I never quite ran into this while sealing off the bedroom or
living room windows in my old and somewhat leaky apartment, but it was
in mind.

http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2009/11/19/

Amusing irrelevant anecdote work: one winter my brother and his
wife asked my father to help them in sealing off the patio door they
knew they weren't going to use for the winter months.

My father had gone through life without ever encountering the
idea of putting plastic hair-dryer-shrunk sheets up over the windows.
My sister-in-law was shocked, because she'd figured this was the sort
of thing my father lived for, what with it involving taping around the
windows and getting the extension cord for the hair dryer and all that
to gain a benefit in heating efficiency that doesn't quite feel like
it's fully proven.

Later in the day the attempt to replace the bulb in their
recessed and not terribly accessible bathroom light fixture allowed
her to learn, to her satisfaction, just how many Nebuses that *does*
take. It ended up being three, although my participation was not
really needed, and two would have sufficed if they could have done
without my running commentary.

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Joseph Nebus
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