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headgasketidiot t1_ixm2x4s wrote

Reply to comment by MrHoonigan802 in Best heating oil company to use? We need kerosene but can't afford $7/ gallon at the company we called. New to this type of heating and kinda struggling to figure this out. Company says minimum of 100 gallon order. Our tank is 275g . 275x7= omg in gonna freeze to death. by [deleted]

I'm really sorry you're in this predicament, and I feel your pain. I moved here 5 years ago, and right after closing, our house's heating system failed and we didn't really have the cash to replace it or install a stove. It was a very long, hard winter.

My only thought is go meet your neighbors and ask them for advice. We didn't know any of our neighbors then. Now that we do, they've all said how happy they would've been to help us out any way they could've, as I would for any new neighbor. If nothing else, you can have a friendly place to warm up on the coldest days.

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MrHoonigan802 t1_ixm3d20 wrote

I don't have neighbors unfortunately and fortunately

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headgasketidiot t1_ixm3kls wrote

Neither do I, but I've learned "neighbors" here is a pretty expansive concept. My nearest neighbors are just under a mile away, but it doesn't stop us from treating each other as neighbors. I'd say anyone within 5 miles is basically a neighbor.

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MrHoonigan802 t1_ixm3yj9 wrote

On that note, I'll see if anyone friendly is around. I've discovered only 1 in 5 people here are nice and welcoming . Maybe it's just my area but I've only met grumpy alcoholic farmers that don't like people.

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headgasketidiot t1_ixm4rtv wrote

That's a shame and honestly a bit surprising. Basically everyone around me is pretty friendly. Every time I'm doing some chore and my tractor looks like it's struggling with the mud, I've got every old farmer pulling over to see if they need me to bring their tractors over to help.

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MrHoonigan802 t1_ixm5bmr wrote

Like I said, could be my area. I was living in a camp in Eden for a while and met lots of great people that I still see regularly. Killington was nice people but too uppity and busy for my liking.

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