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Cold Enough Yet?

“Don’t touch that thermostat!!” Have those words echoed in your home yet this month? The age old family battle continues. To heat or not to heat.

Colder temperatures outside at this time of year are leading to cooler temperatures inside if you’re not turning on your furnace. But what must the temperature be inside your home that determines ‘the furnace must come on’?!

We’re all different in that regard aren’t we. My wife is away at the moment so I’m not in a battle with her over this right now. If she were home anyway she’d probably be more concerned about her dying plants that I’ve neglected to water…..over the last couple of weeks. Or maybe the plants are dying because they’re freezing to death inside the house? It is kind of hard to give moisture to the plants inside when the water is frozen.

Maybe it is time to turn on the furnace…….

  • Born in Cochenour a “few” decades ago, he lives and breathes Sunset Country. He's been on-air for CKDR and you for over 38 years and by his own admission he's still trying to get it right! When not on-air Richard likes to cosplay as 'Spider-Dad McCarthy'. Listen weekday mornings from 6 to 10 on CKDR and on 'the web' at YourSunsetCountry.ca. Find out what's happening in Sunset Country with McCarthy In The Morning.

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Dryden, CA
12:48 pm, May 19, 2026
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