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Car Drama & I can has AC!!!
15 years ago
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Kyoo no tema wa kore desu....
I wanted to put in something about Furizona's 2nd annual camp trip, but that will be another day, so suffice to say it was loads of fun.
Instead, I shall speak of Tuesday's adventures (july 13th). It started when my car decided it wasn't going to start. GAH! So, not only did I have to call in absent & get another ding on my record, but also miss out on a day's wages.
So I sat in my apartment sweating buckets because it's humid as hell in Tucson right now (hellooooo, monsoon season!) and a swamp cooler, which is what the apartment came with, doesn't do crap in humidity except move air. Fortunately I have a 2nd-hand window air-conditioning unit (in exchange for the supah-faggot using my apartment as a storage unit for some of his furniture). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the @#$%'in window screen off. After much whining from my landlord, who for some reason did not see the need for cold air in humid 100-plus degree heat, he agreed to tell the handyman about it a couple days ago. Happily the handyman came yesterday. He had the screen off in like 2 minutes. Fuckin' show-off. (The secret? take the glass part of the window off FIRST).
I made come Pedro over to help me out, and finally the a/c was in & chugging away. We sat & sweltered while waiting for someome to help out with a jump for my car. Some of the monotony was broken up by me cooking us a meal, and giving my car's battery a bath of baking soda & water for the nasty buildup of dry acid schmutz.
Hob to the rescue! His mother had jumper cables, hurrah! After a great deal of alarming sparks & nearly killing Hob's mother's car's battery in the process, Pedro called his brother for a consult. After many alarming suggestions on what the problem might be, it was decided to check out the jumper cables. Surprise! One side was mis-labelled. We gave it another go, with success. We all trundled down to a local Auto-Zone, where Mike the Uber-Dude confirmed that my battery was crap. Sadly, no $$ was coming my way until payday. Hob to the rescue, again--he loaned the funds for a portable charger to tide me over until I can get a new battery.
However, don't think Hob is a total altruist. He exacted a price for his Knight on a White Horse service. I had to promise in front of witnesses (Pedro & Mike the Uber-Dude) not to upload any comics picking on Hob for the next three months. Worth it! I haven't had to use the charger (yet) but the battery protests every time I try to start the car. I'm very, very relieved to have that charger!
On the air conditioning front---Two days later, and my bedroom is deliciously cool. The living room is bearable, especially with a fan going. The kitchen remains a humid hell. But I'm not complaining! It's sooooo much better than before! Hooray for a/c!!
Instead, I shall speak of Tuesday's adventures (july 13th). It started when my car decided it wasn't going to start. GAH! So, not only did I have to call in absent & get another ding on my record, but also miss out on a day's wages.
So I sat in my apartment sweating buckets because it's humid as hell in Tucson right now (hellooooo, monsoon season!) and a swamp cooler, which is what the apartment came with, doesn't do crap in humidity except move air. Fortunately I have a 2nd-hand window air-conditioning unit (in exchange for the supah-faggot using my apartment as a storage unit for some of his furniture). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the @#$%'in window screen off. After much whining from my landlord, who for some reason did not see the need for cold air in humid 100-plus degree heat, he agreed to tell the handyman about it a couple days ago. Happily the handyman came yesterday. He had the screen off in like 2 minutes. Fuckin' show-off. (The secret? take the glass part of the window off FIRST).
I made come Pedro over to help me out, and finally the a/c was in & chugging away. We sat & sweltered while waiting for someome to help out with a jump for my car. Some of the monotony was broken up by me cooking us a meal, and giving my car's battery a bath of baking soda & water for the nasty buildup of dry acid schmutz.
Hob to the rescue! His mother had jumper cables, hurrah! After a great deal of alarming sparks & nearly killing Hob's mother's car's battery in the process, Pedro called his brother for a consult. After many alarming suggestions on what the problem might be, it was decided to check out the jumper cables. Surprise! One side was mis-labelled. We gave it another go, with success. We all trundled down to a local Auto-Zone, where Mike the Uber-Dude confirmed that my battery was crap. Sadly, no $$ was coming my way until payday. Hob to the rescue, again--he loaned the funds for a portable charger to tide me over until I can get a new battery.
However, don't think Hob is a total altruist. He exacted a price for his Knight on a White Horse service. I had to promise in front of witnesses (Pedro & Mike the Uber-Dude) not to upload any comics picking on Hob for the next three months. Worth it! I haven't had to use the charger (yet) but the battery protests every time I try to start the car. I'm very, very relieved to have that charger!
On the air conditioning front---Two days later, and my bedroom is deliciously cool. The living room is bearable, especially with a fan going. The kitchen remains a humid hell. But I'm not complaining! It's sooooo much better than before! Hooray for a/c!!
Will have it done by the end of the month!