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Date Posted: 05:09:55 08/09/01 Thu
Author: hot Salieri
Subject: Present-day daily joys

So while I was fighting with this bookshelf that kept falling over I was getting really hot. I looked at the thermometer. It said 99, that is 37.22 Celsius. (My record is 104.) I decided I was not going to stand it any longer. I went out and bought an air conditioner. It's my second air conditioner. The first one I had mail-ordered, -- it turned out to be so big and heavy that I didn't dare to hang it off the flimsy windows in my bedroom. I put that first one in the kitchen instead where it now sits on a pile of bricks that sit on the fire escape. Every now and then I walk into my kitchen and drink a cup of coffee and feel cool. My coolness didn't extend into my bedroom though, which I guess is a funny thing to say when you think about it. The new air conditioner is somewhat smaller, also, I had meanwhile gotten so hot that any thoughts of air conditioners dropping three floors and causing indentations in the heads of unsuspecting passers-by started to loose their preventive appeal. Drained in sweat I installed my newest acquisition, switched it on, and sank onto my bed in total bliss. It worked. It got cool. It was like music. Rather loud music, I haste to add. But hey, finally I don't need to listen to the car alarm of the guy across the street anymore that goes off (the alarm) whenever somebody walks by. It also took me a while before I noticed a subtle beeping somewhat nearer. The UPS for my computer informed me that there was not enough power to keep the computer going, it could only supply battery power for so much longer. I suspect that this has something to do with the fact that my $1,000-per-month apartment runs on a single electric circuit. But perhaps the UPS was getting old and its batteries were all drained. I went out and bought another UPS. It wouldn't work at all, at least not when connected to not-grounded outlets, which is all I have except in the kitchen. This was a bit of a bummer. I have to choose: do I want to be cool, or do I want to do work on the computer, like surfing the net and such. For now the thermometer doesn't leave me much of a choice. With all that extra time at hand I went out and bought a vacuum. It doesn't need a UPS. I can work non-stop and stay cool all the same. I never knew how much fun it is to vacuum. I vacuumed everything, floor, bed, chair, bookshelves, door knob. Even the pitch-dark screen of my computer monitor. I bet when the heat is over I'll have a superb viewing experience. But for now I happily enjoy my vacuum.

I knew you all were dying to know! :-)

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