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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. "Anyone can replace a window AC." No, they can't.

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 12:47 PM

Jun 2018

While I was trying to install my heavy old AC in a living room window on Thursday I dropped the damn thing out the window and it broke. It would seem that my tired old carcass is no longer strong enough to manage carrying the AC from the porch and wrestling it into the designated window - I figured this would happen sooner or later. So I went to Best Buy and bought a portable AC, which is on wheels and can be moved here and there and stored in a closet over the winter. Unfortunately I had to ask them to deliver it because it's too heavy for me to carry into the house and I'd probably drop that one, too; but I'll have it on Tuesday. And I managed to survive yesterday with the help of the upstairs AC (which is small and light enough for me to manage, at least for now), several fans and some cold drinks.

I didn't check, but the new AC is probably made in China. So it goes.

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Hottest Day of the Year in St. Paul, MN Yesterday. [View all] MineralMan Jun 2018 OP

"Anyone can replace a window AC." No, they can't. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #1

Well, maybe not "anyone," but this 72-year-old geezer still can. MineralMan Jun 2018 #2

Home maintenance chores are more difficult The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #10

True enough. I thought about a portable unit, too, but MineralMan Jun 2018 #12

Glad to hear that AC needs were met quickly and cheaply for you. I, however, do not ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #3

Always heard West St.Paul was a Hot Spot. Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #4

We need to get used to it. roamer65 Jun 2018 #5

This. NickB79 Jun 2018 #7

Yes. The entire mid-section of the country and the east coast MineralMan Jun 2018 #8

Higher temps - well that's because of the urban heat island effect that screw up temp measurements progree Jun 2018 #11

I just put in a new heat pump and furnace a month ago NickB79 Jun 2018 #6

For us, the initial expense is the problem. MineralMan Jun 2018 #9

ok USALiberal Jun 2018 #13

There is a great read over at Weather Underground malaise Jun 2018 #14

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I can use my furnace blower as a MineralMan Jun 2018 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Jun 2018 #17

With the humidity as high as it was, I doubt that would be comfortable NickB79 Jun 2018 #18

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