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hfojvt

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32. I have a/c
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 05:21 PM
Jan 2016

3 little window units, and during some heat waves I struggle to keep the downstairs below 82. I mean when you have 5 straight days of 100 plus temps, plus sunshine and nights only cooling off to about 80, well it can be tough. Keeping the upstairs comfortable would be impossible at times. it's better since I planted a maple on the west side. Twelve years later I get good shade now from my 'son'. I worry about running machines 24/7. So I will run one a/c for eight hours and then switch.

The house came with a big 220 window unit which kinda conked out the second summer. The little ones proved far cheaper to run, paid for itself in the first six weeks.

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It's 29° here in Austin. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #1
That's freaking cold malaise Jan 2016 #4
I actually remember it once getting to zero here in Austin hobbit709 Jan 2016 #5
Hey, that's exactly what it is here in Anchorage, AK. Blue_In_AK Jan 2016 #31
By 3 this afternoon it got up to 69° hobbit709 Jan 2016 #33
Um...not here. LOL. Blue_In_AK Jan 2016 #35
We're struggling to get into the 40s here in West Palm..77 would be wonderful..sigh. n/t monmouth4 Jan 2016 #2
I'm betting it's just as cold in Mandeville, Irish Town malaise Jan 2016 #3
A balmy 27F here in rural west Michigan. longship Jan 2016 #6
It's 27 here in Wixom, Mi. also... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2016 #14
Enjoythat would kill me malaise Jan 2016 #22
It's 14 degrees at my house. Got room for a house guest? LOL. Vinca Jan 2016 #7
LOL malaise Jan 2016 #23
It was a 3 dog night last night here FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #8
Three Dog Night? malaise Jan 2016 #24
It's 9 degrees in Goodlettsville. Tn with several inches of snow SammyWinstonJack Jan 2016 #9
It got to 75 here in So Az at 4700 feet. panader0 Jan 2016 #10
Be careful. Don't hurt yourself shoveling that sunshine! HereSince1628 Jan 2016 #11
ROFL malaise Jan 2016 #16
Irie. bdwker Jan 2016 #12
You're calling that a breeze? jberryhill Jan 2016 #13
You're right - it got pretty bad and there's still a heavy breeze malaise Jan 2016 #21
It was so bad here, that Paul Allen (Microsoft) had to re-park his yacht! jberryhill Jan 2016 #39
Down the way where the nights are gay and the sun shines daily on the mountain top pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #15
No wonder you wear that silly grin. leveymg Jan 2016 #17
Bwaaaaaaaah hahahahha malaise Jan 2016 #18
56° in San Francisco yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #19
24° and cloudy here in Fargo! Odin2005 Jan 2016 #20
it is a balmy 46 here hfojvt Jan 2016 #25
30 degrees? malaise Jan 2016 #27
not for me either hfojvt Jan 2016 #29
We're like you malaise Jan 2016 #30
I have a/c hfojvt Jan 2016 #32
It's rare for us to reach 100 but July and August are very hot malaise Jan 2016 #36
68 and sunny here in Houston. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2016 #26
Now that's pleasant malaise Jan 2016 #28
Yeah, but it's still Houston. Yavin4 Jan 2016 #34
Love it. You couldn't drag me back to snowy MI or WI if you tried. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2016 #40
I was in Belize a couple of weeks ago HipChick Jan 2016 #37
LOL malaise Jan 2016 #38
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Oops. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2016 #41
I recommend taking off all your clothes MineralMan Jan 2016 #42
Hahahahahhahaha malaise Jan 2016 #43
Enjoy that! bigwillq Jan 2016 #44
It's lovely this morning malaise Jan 2016 #45
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