NOTES FOR THE MONTH

06.05.08

SATURDAY, there is a RECYCLING day at the FALLS VILLAGE Town garage. You need an ENTRY ticket to drop off your stuff and you MUST get that ticket at your Town Hall by its closing time on Friday to participate. IF you are reading this SATURDAY morning, it may be too late.

Costs are going up for home operation at all levels; it will be interesting to see what heating oil, propane, and electric pricing will be for this coming heating season. Will there be pre-buy pricing for propane and oil, or not? My last oil delivery this Spring was at $3.97 per gallon! No matter what, it is going to be costly to heat your home this coming season. Do the math with your annual use to "predict" next season’s possible cost. It may shock you.

Programmable thermostats, proper storm windows, and other energy efficient methods may be more important than ever. Actually sweaters may be big "wear" items for some this year.

The weather has been near perfect for the week, however the storms that are coming through are accompanied by rather high winds. Trees and limbs have been falling all over, causing some power outages.

Finally my safety tip for this week involves your automobile. Check your tire pressures; there are a lot of underinflated tires around. I see at least one car with this problem every day.


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