Category: Life with Pratts

A/C Action Required

Did I mention the porch air conditioner died at the end of last summer? Well, it did. This was how it looked the day it was installed in October, 2007.

The thing about a thru-wall A/C is, it has to either be left in place or replaced. Otherwise, the wall has to be closed up. As Trustee of my late parents’ estate, I had the long dead thru-wall swamp cooler in the garage at their house in greater Phoenix removed, and the wall repaired. Cost? $600. A job like that would cost significantly more in greater Boston!

Before in AZ

After in AZ

Thursday and Friday we could get a taste of Arizona heat here, with weather in the mid-80’s. A replacement A/C for the porch should be here on Wednesday.

LG LT0816CER Thru-Wall 115V Air Conditioner

https://www.homedepot.com/p/LG-Electronics-8-000-BTU-115-Volt-Through-the-Wall-Air-Conditioner-LT0816CER-Cools-320-Sq-Ft-with-ENERGY-STAR-and-Remote-LT0816CER/206795936

Hand Hold

The decades-old expression “Talk to the Hand” was considered a dismissive, impolite gesture. Which of course didn’t stop my boss from using it on everybody who reported to him.

I’ll use the cover of The Flash #163, the first issue of the title I ever bought, to say “talk to the hand.” I’m not doing it to be impolite, but to say I’m going to stop blogging for a while.

There isn’t a technical problem with the site like last time, and in fact my hosting plan is about to renew for another year. But circumstances being what they are, I need to put the blog on hold and focus on some personal matters.