Well no *wonder*...

We have radiator heat, which is wonderful. The boiler does double duty as the building's hot water heater, which is similarly wonderful.

This winter the skin has been peeling off my fingers, as happens every year in the intense dry and cold. Seems a bit worse this year though.

Then I noticed that while washing dishes, the hot water seemed... hotter. So I took a meat thermometer to it.

144F. Yup, hot enough to cook beef to Medium.

Hmm, maybe gloves would be in order...

(OTOH, the dishes look *fabulous*.)

Well no *wonder*...

We have radiator heat, which is wonderful. The boiler does double duty as the building's hot water heater, which is similarly wonderful.

This winter the skin has been peeling off my fingers, as happens every year in the intense dry and cold. Seems a bit worse this year though.

Then I noticed that while washing dishes, the hot water seemed... hotter. So I took a meat thermometer to it.

144F. Yup, hot enough to cook beef to Medium.

Hmm, maybe gloves would be in order...

(OTOH, the dishes look *fabulous*.)