People Will Freeze (Santa Rosa, Moriarty, Estancia: mountains, road, town)

[Vinegaroon]

Originally Posted by james57

This is certainly one of the silliest threads I have come across in some time. Only in NM where there tend to be some odd folks??

Yes, it is only in NM where we are united in our silliness. We think about silly things like heating houses, overpopulation and unwise uses of resources. The rest of the population can be proud that it does not do anything as unwise and silly as thinking about these silly issues.

[rybert]

I think it was a harmless comment.

I would have pasted a troll-doll photo earlier if it had been malicious.

[loborick]

Originally Posted by dracul

Vinegaroon: you beat me to the punch on this one!!! Outstanding idea! Thin out humanity by about 99% and the world may recover some balance. Luv it! I'll volunteer my truck...and my services!

Are you going to volunteer yourself and your family? For thinning, that is...

[Homewardbound66]

Originally Posted by Zoidberg

According to Salary.com, a Legal Secretary III (As opposed to I, II, III, IV) in Albuquerque has a median salary between 39k and 50k.

Uh . . . don't believe it despite the statistics. I was a legal secretary in Chicago and that salary is believable there, but not in Albuquerque. Husband is paid $20,000 under what he earned in Illinois and he's in computers. Salaries in Albuquerque are what they are elsewhere.

[Vinegaroon]

I think the average would be about $40,000 for a legal secretary.

[Homewardbound66]

"Salaries in Albuquerque are what they are elsewhere."

Should read Salaries aren't what they are elsewhere.

[snomom2000]

Originally Posted by Pintada Kid

If the Price of Food and Gas and Utilities and everything imaginable goes up like it has there will be people who wont be able to afford to eat or stay warm this winter or even afford to get to work. Back in the early 70s when i drove Propane Trucks propane was 11 cents a gal today its 2.50 a gal today. Unleaded gas at that time was 40 cents a gallon today its 4.00 a gal. Here in the center of N.M. where the temps can get to 25 below or colder in the winter its not unusual for a small home to pay 500 a month on fuel the Bigger homes will probably run 1000 a month or more to keep warm. pintada kid at webtv.net

I live in central NM and the coldest it's been at my house is -3 and that was just this past winter and it was the overnight low. You must be in the mountains. If I lived in the mountains I'd go with a wood stove and not propane, personally. I live in a double-wide and use primarily propane; we spent about $350/month last winter. The winter before we used our woodstove with propane back up and spent about $100/month on propane and about $600 for the winter in wood. It was a draw.

[Pintada Kid]

In the Center of N.M. at the 6000 elevation we get our first Snow in October and our Last one usually the end of May. Most winters get lots of Wind and snow in the center of N.M. Albuquerque temps are usually 20 degrees warmer or more sometimes in the winter compared to some places in the center of N.M. Clines Corners not far away at 7200 elevation get about 5 to 10 degrees colder then the center of N.M. 15 below was the coldest it got last year but usually we do get down to 20 below and sometimes the temps will stay in the teens or colder in the day try staying warm on 100 dollars a month and 100 dollars of wood in those kinds of temps and when the wind blows it doesnt matter how much heat you turn on the wind seems to be Colder with all that ice. Ive kept my eyes out on the Weather for years and the TV Channel Weather People are way off in the Temps for the Center of N.M.and the wind and snow reporting. Which endangers lots of travelers between Albuquerque, Santa Fe to Roswell because they are not getting the True Weather for the Center of N.M. in the 6000 to 7000 elevations two very Critical Areas where people end up getting Stranded in Snowstorms and Blizzards and Sleeping in their Cars because they didnt realize how bad the Weather was. In Turn that Causes problems for the Locals in the Small towns who cant get get around town because of wall to wall semis and cars and the fuel and food is taken up by people who are surrounded by closed roads and bad weather. pintada kid at webtv.net

[GregW]

PK - Where is the Center of New Mexico? Mountainair? Carrizozo? Vaughn? Corona?

[_yb]

Originally Posted by GregW

PK - Where is the Center of New Mexico? Mountainair? Carrizozo? Vaughn? Corona?

Willard is the center of NM. Not sure why he always says "center of New Mexico" instead of just Willard?