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all right let's go the phones are taught a body in greer how you doing bonnie i'm good god uh... i was thinking about the stress on the power grid right after i read this thing about uh... want to build a huge complex by fall rivers yeah yes and i'm they're gonna choke greenville to death yeah but nobody's gonna be able to get around to do anything that's right and didn't they pass a thing of no restrictions on buildings
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Yeah, mean, they're downtown. They're trying to make it like uh Charlotte or even Atlanta eventually. They want it. That's good. Yeah, I know, right. That just always seems to work out. you know, that's what you get when you have a city council like that. appreciate it. Bonnie Bob is in Piedmont. Bob, welcome. Hey, Charlie. Thank you for taking my call. Yes, sir. And before I forget, I want to... oh
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Congratulations on your birthday. Oh, well, that was back in February, but I appreciate that. Thank you. had a great time. you. I was listening back then. I appreciate it, Bob. I just want you to you went ahead and struck a nerve when you were talking about the spam phone phone calls. Yeah, I didn't hear how many calls that you had since you've been on six, but I've had 15. Have you had 15? I've had 15 from three o'clock and I had 12.
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from two o'clock to three o'clock. Wow. Do you remember when they used to throw people in jail for spam over the internet? Why aren't they going after these people? But they don't even, know, there's no longer a do not call list. Right. Yeah. I believe that fully. I get the same calls over and over and over again.
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uh I feel your pain, man. It is so annoying. Annoying. I appreciate it. Let's go to Brian in Spartanburg. Brian, how are you? Hey, so going back to a previous caller that was talking about his air condition, he has the availability to stay home and turn it way down and get his house home. Yeah. And then turn it off at peak times. oh If you have a Honeywell thermostat and you use scheduling, they have a thing called adaptive technology.
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I had to call Honeywell about it one time and if you use that It will turn your your unit on at different times, right? Yeah, if it's a really hot day It's gonna turn it so if you won't if you get home from work at 5 and you want it at To drop 5 degrees by 5 Well on a 70 degree day, it's gonna turn on at 4
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on a 90 degree day, it's gonna turn on at two. So you're really screwing yourself with that. The best thing to do is just keep the temperature the same all the time. You're not saving any money. You're using more power by trying to drop it to three to five degrees that you have in the schedule, than you are just keeping it at the exact same.
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And now that we've got summer coming up, mean, people need to be reminded that you are never going to get that house more than 20 degrees below outside temperature. You can if it's built right. If it's built right. Yeah, but I mean, my goodness, how many of those? I mean, I live in I live in a what I think I think our neighborhood is about 20, 22 years old now. None of those houses are acting like that. So I wish I did. I, you know what? I appreciate it. Thank you very much, Brian.
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I was going to tell you how much my electric bill was.
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But after all of these people that have been texting me how much they pay in electricity every month over on the text line, I'm not going to tell you.
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Because I believe you would hate me. I really do.
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I mean, I'm seeing three JJ's electric bill. was like, you gotta be kidding me. That's how much you're paying over at Duke Energy? That's unbelievable. That is crazy. I'm on Lawrence Electric. Man, I'll write that check. I'm like, yep, you got it, Lawrence. Here you go. Here you go. I'm happy to pay that. There you go. Two things.
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Two checks I do not mind writing, especially moving up here from Charleston. Number one, I don't mind writing my mortgage payment. Light bill, it was up there, JJ. It was up there. was, I mean, all right, I'll tell ya. Last month it was $90. 90 bucks. Now know it's just me and Sheila, but still. Let's go to Scott in Greenville. Scott, welcome.
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Alright, John, I've heard a couple of callers and possibly you, opining as to why the junk calls can't, we can't stop the junk calls. Yeah. answer's pretty simple. If the legislators were to pass any kind of legislation that says can't do that, they can't do it. Remember what happened during the election season? That's right. I have to unsubscribe from something I did not subscribe to. Yeah.
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Yep. they have exempted themselves from the no-call list. Yeah. And nonprofits as well. They're not going to cut off their own phone calls. Yeah. You're right about that, Scott. You're right. I appreciate it, buddy. Thank you. We'll take a quick break and be right back. It's the Charlie James Show, News Talk 98.9, W-O-R-D, the voice of the Carolinas.
Mar 11, 2026
