Nobody ever thinks to look at their heating system until it's already a cold snap and there's a weird noise rumbling in it.

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Growing up, my family shared one “vintage” heating pad from the 1970s. I occasionally used it for cramps, but hated the uncomfortably stiff plastic-ish material, and its dire-sounding list of warnings ...