Originally Posted By wonderingalice Happy Fourth of July, my patoot. *LOL* Mr. Alice left for work at 3 a.m. this morning - turning the AC down for me on his way out. It sounded, ummmmm... weird - yeah - weird. And oh boy! After 15 minutes it hadn't cooled the house down even 1 degree. I shut the thing off, hoping it would re-set itself; cranked up the ceiling fan in the bedroom and went back to sleep. At 7 a.m., I tried again. Compressor groaned in rebellion; the air felt ALMOST cool, but then more noise from the roof and I could tell by the smell of the air that it was just... air. Called an AC company owned by someone that works at the same company I do... They're sending someone between 11 & 3; sooner if one of the techs finishes their jobs earlier (they were already at someone else's home at 7 a.m.) Not much of a Fourth of July celebration for these guys, either... but the money will be good. :-( Keep your fingers crossed for us, eh? Thanks!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Thanks, Ophellia! If it's not fixed before the serious heat of the afternoon, I'll be joining the dogs down on the cool ceramic tile. *L* Thank goodness we've got plenty of fans - ceiling and floor - revved up.
Originally Posted By u k fan Meanwhile in the UK it's 62 and rainy! Not sure I'd swap though... Happy 4th of July anyway!!!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* fodd! I'm gonna give you a big smooch next time I see ya! I'd definitely swap with you u k fan... If you change your mind...
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy Your more then welcome to join us by the pool here at South Point! We missed you at the meet yesterday.
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer poor wonderingalice!! 116 and no air! I'm still impressed that you are managing to get an AC repair tech out on a holiday. Hopefully, the AC guy will come early, fix the air and let you enjoy this special day. We're lucky here in the Central Valley, it's only supposed to reach 101. Wishing you a Happy Fourth and that LP's "hottest" babe will soon have the title of also being the "coolest".
Originally Posted By nevadarebel oh my, if you need a relief, you are welcome to come over to our house. I feel so much for you as ours went out a couple of years ago in the middle of July and boy was it ever miserable and of course yours goes out on a holiday and the hottest day of the year! Drink lots of water and I am keeping my fingers crossed that they get to your house soon!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Only 86 here and our air conditioner is working. If yours doesn't get fixed today don't roast. Check in to a hotel. I've heard that Vegas has quite a few hotel rooms so you shouldn't have trouble finding one. ;-)
Originally Posted By LVBelle You can come join our party if it doesn't get fixed! We have plenty of food and air conditioning! We missed you at dinner last night!
Originally Posted By smedley Here's hoping you got it sorted! Not fun being in that kind of heat with no air con
Originally Posted By wonderingalice You guys are great!! Thanks so much for all of the invitations (especially the Jello shots! ;-) And RT, of course... for the suggestion of an easy-to-find hotel room! *LOL* The tech was great... Showed up RIGHT at 11 a.m. (the inside temp was only about 84 - thank goodness for decent insulation and lots of fans. Turned out to be the condensor fan motor. He replaced it and the house was beginning to cool down by the time Mr. Alice got home at 12:30. I was really fretting the holiday time/availability, etc., but from the sounds of things and the invoice - for LV at least - it was considered just another work day in that business (same with retail, etc.) I gave him a bottle of water and good tip to pay for a nice lunch or dinner... he was a happy camper when he left.
Originally Posted By LVBelle Glad to hear you made it through OK! You did miss some excellent jello shots though!
Originally Posted By Tink2002 Okay, 109 here just south of you and living in an older home with evaporative cooling (can you say 1900 technology?), AND the humidity is starting to rise. Wanna talk?!!! Glad you got your air back! But, where the heck are the monsoons????????
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Whoa, Tink! I can absolutely FEEL your humidity! I thought maybe the monsoons were beginning to creep in yesterday - we had some cloud cover when I left work. But the humidity was only about 5%. They'll be here soon enough. I don't mind as long as it actually RAINS and doesn't just sticky us up.
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I just was outside and the clouds are starting to build over the mountains so maybe we will see something from it but more likely not. Oh well, it is always nice to hope!
