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Inaugurating the Air-Conditioner
May. 10th, 2016 02:28 pmIt's not going to get cooler. I'm going to pop on the air-conditioner. I feel a little bad about it, because it looks as though Pop trapped himself into a financial corner. Last night, he asked me about the last Amazon bill. He was kind of hoping that I had not paid him, but it was easily proven that I had. Apparently, Pop does not pay off that bill right away when I give him the cash. He pockets and spends my money, and then puts the bill in with the others and pays it like he pays his other bills. As last night shows, this creates an opportunity for mistakes and misunderstandings. And he is apparently running on a really tight leash. Maybe it's nothing, but ... you can feel the edges fraying. It would be easy for him to lose himself playing Big Daddy to Kay and Lorie - 50 dollars here, and 50 dollars there, "Yeah, sure, no problem, I got it!"
"It's a big dramatic issue to put on the a-c?"
Pretty much. You should understand. I remember you setting your summer thermostat to 86 degrees! I couldn't believe it. I couldn't imagine anyone ever doing that.
"Remember, I am more of a tropical person. 90s are a little too uncomfortable, but I don't need the temperature to be in the 70s. That's Siberia!"
Well, truth be told, in the height of the summer, in the heat of the afternoon, even with our a-c running full blast, we cannot get the temperature down to the 70s - too small a motor for too much house, not to mention the cheap windows and insulation. Sometimes, especially in the big room, where I am usually working, it is almost 86 degrees, even with the air-conditioner - but I don't like it!
* * *
When the house cooled down, I happily thought we were in for another smooth year of no-hassle cooling. However, I forgot that we know another way for the air-conditioner to fail: the way it failed last year - which I forgot about. I was reminded when I stepped through the doorway of the big room and my stocking foot got wet. A leak? I looked at the freezer, but there was no water on the floor around it - then I remembered! Yup, it is the a-c that is leaking. Pop, obviously, is not happy about it, but he sounds prepared to call the repairman. After all, Kay should be here in a couple of days, and she is like me in preferring a nippy coolness to perspiring in the heat.
"It's a big dramatic issue to put on the a-c?"
Pretty much. You should understand. I remember you setting your summer thermostat to 86 degrees! I couldn't believe it. I couldn't imagine anyone ever doing that.
"Remember, I am more of a tropical person. 90s are a little too uncomfortable, but I don't need the temperature to be in the 70s. That's Siberia!"
Well, truth be told, in the height of the summer, in the heat of the afternoon, even with our a-c running full blast, we cannot get the temperature down to the 70s - too small a motor for too much house, not to mention the cheap windows and insulation. Sometimes, especially in the big room, where I am usually working, it is almost 86 degrees, even with the air-conditioner - but I don't like it!
* * *
When the house cooled down, I happily thought we were in for another smooth year of no-hassle cooling. However, I forgot that we know another way for the air-conditioner to fail: the way it failed last year - which I forgot about. I was reminded when I stepped through the doorway of the big room and my stocking foot got wet. A leak? I looked at the freezer, but there was no water on the floor around it - then I remembered! Yup, it is the a-c that is leaking. Pop, obviously, is not happy about it, but he sounds prepared to call the repairman. After all, Kay should be here in a couple of days, and she is like me in preferring a nippy coolness to perspiring in the heat.
