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My wife and I got tickets to take the kids to the circus.

The tickets were free from work.

We decided to take the kids last saturday. It was the last weekend of the circus. I really didn’t want to go when it was going to be busy and there would be people everywhere. I purposely waited until it was later during the week so we wouldn’t have as much crowd. Unfortunately, that didn’t turn out to be a very good idea. The place was still packed with people and some people were standing because there weren’t enough seats inside of the arena. It was very hot and humid inside of the circus tent. There were large industrial fans blowing everywhere, but they were no match for the heat and humidity outside. It smelled really bad too. It smelled exactly like you would expect a circus to smell. The kids complained about the smell the whole time that we were there. They wanted to leave early and I wasn’t too unhappy with the idea. We never got to see the lions or the elephant. We left at lunch time after we saw the clown show. The kids were bummed out about our day and so were my wife and I, so we decided to take the kids to the aquarium. It was late in the afternoon already, so we got half price tickets. We walked around inside the air conditioned building. We saw lots of different types of animals and we didn’t have to deal with horrible humidity and warm conditions or a lingering smell that made us want to throw up.

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I’m kind of a big guy.

• I played football in high school when I was 6’5 and 300 lb.

I have gained about 50 lb since then and 2 in. My height has never really been an issue for me, but sometimes it can be difficult to find clothes that fit properly. Since I am tall and a big guy, my shirts have to be made for big and tall guys like me. I usually go to the store that is made just for people with my stature and physicality. Unfortunately, my boss does not shop in this section when he is thinking about new uniform shirts for all of the HVAC repair technicians. Last month the guy ordered new shirts. I was hopeful that the shirts would fit me well, but they aren’t long enough and my stomach sticks out of the bottom. It looks totally unprofessional, and there isn’t anything that I can do to fix the problem. I tried pulling on the top of the shirt to stretch it out more, but that didn’t really work. I told my boss that the new shirts don’t fit and he told me that I could go back to wearing the old ones if I had to. Still, I’m bummed out because I should be able to get new shirts just like the other HVAC repair technicians that work for the company. I feel singled out for my tall height and my big gut. I feel like my boss could order something special just for me if he wanted me to wear the new shirts just like everyone else.

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Last summer, my wife and I had a brand new HVAC system installed in our home.

It cost us an arm and a leg, but the new system worked really well. We could see a difference in the house atmosphere immediately after the new equipment was installed. The house was much cooler that summer and the AC did not run constantly. The bills for cooling our home were 30% less than they were the previous summer. I was very pleased with the new HVAC unit, until last weekend when the machine broke down. I was running the air conditioner and everything was going perfectly fine until I turned on the oven. I don’t think that the oven is actually the reason for the problem, but turning on the oven triggered the issues with the AC unit. Warm air was coming out of the system and the house was starting to get hot. I turned off the AC as soon as I realized there was a problem. I contacted the company that installed the HVAC unit. My system was still under warranty, thankfully, because there was a major issue with the machine. There was a leak in the refrigerant tank and it was pretty severe. I later found out that the problem was a manufacturer’s defect. The machine was under warranty, so the air compressor had to be replaced at no charge to me. I didn’t even have to pay for the labor fees. All of the charges for the new installation were included because of the warranty.

 

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I took the kids for a drive last weekend.

I wanted to show them all of the pretty lights around the city.

We ended up on some back roads near the edge of the county. There were a couple of houses with really pretty Christmas lights out there. We were easily 40 or 50 minutes away from our home when I realized there was a problem with the heater. I had the heat running on full blast, but it suddenly stopped blowing hard. When I turned the heat down to the lowest setting, barely anything at all was coming out of the vents. It started to get cold in the car quickly. My kids were in the backseat and they were complaining about the cold and frigid temperatures. I told the kids that we were going back to the house as quickly as possible. By the time we got home, the kids were shivering and very cold. I turned on the furnace in the house and lowered the temperature so the machine would come on quickly. I took the kids to the bathroom so they could get a warm bath. I also turned on the space heater in the bathroom so it was warm and toasty inside of that room. It took some time for the rest of the house to warm up, but the kids were much warmer after they got a bath and a cup of hot chocolate. In the morning, I took the kids to school and then I went right to the car dealership so they could check on the problem with the heating system.

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Your home AC unit works on refrigerants.

These refrigerants are used to make the air colder.

Air comes into the HVAC system. As it passes through the evaporator coils, it is hit with a bit of refrigerant and that cools down the air very quickly. The cold air is sent back out to your home and that is how the modern AC unit works. There are only a few reasons why an AC unit would be blowing warm air and being out of refrigerant is one of the main reasons. An HVAC unit doesn’t regularly leak refrigerant, so low refrigerant is a common side effect of a different problem. My AC unit was blowing warm air, so I contacted the repair shop. I got an appointment for the same day. A friendly, knowledgeable, and respectable HVAC technician came to the house to look at the ac. After spending 30 or 40 minutes looking at the system, the guy told me that the problem was due to low refrigerant. He suggested that I had lost 2 lb of liquid refrigerant. The guy could not pinpoint a leak, but he was certain that we would have to deal with this issue again next summer. The heating and AC repair technician suggested replacing the AC or the compressor. The guy gave me the number for his cell and he told me to call him if there were problems again. Since he already knew about my air conditioner, it would be easier for him to come back out then for the company to send someone that didn’t know anything at all about the system or the previous problems.

 

 

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Air pollution levels indoors and Outdoors are five times as high as they were 40 years ago.

• Having an indoor air purifier can help lower the amount of air pollution inside of your home.

Air purifiers can reduce health issues that are caused by indoor pollutants, mold, mildew, bacteria, and viruses. Quality air purifiers keep us healthy by removing all of the contaminants that cause problems. Air filters can relieve asthma symptoms. Pollutants such as dust mites, and pet dander can irritate asthma and cause breathing difficulties. Air purifiers can also eliminate harmful chemicals and vocs from the environment. An air purifier with a carbon filter can trap all of these chemicals and recycle fresh and clean air back into the room. An air purifier can also reduce the risk of airborne diseases like the common cold and flu. Air purifiers have also been proven to help with sleep. Lack of adequate sleep can cause drowsiness and lower your productivity throughout the day. Some air purifiers can’t even remove gases that are colorless and odorless. Finally, air purifiers can also help increase the life expectancy of your heating, ventilation and AC unit. Air purifiers keep harmful pollutants from entering the system and causing problems. These pollutants cause the same harm to the heating and AC system as they do to our body. Since we installed an air cleaning machine in our home, the kids seem healthier and happier. Both of my boys used to suffer from allergies, but most nights they sleep well now. We have a healthy and clean environment to thank for their good health.
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My wife and I have a large sunroom in our home. The sunroom does not have a separate AC. The sunroom is dependent on the HVAC system for the rest of the house. Unfortunately, all of the sun makes it very difficult to keep that room cool. Even when we have the AC set on 68°, the living room is still five or six degrees warmer than the rest of the house. A couple of months ago, I saw an advertisement for a ductless air conditioner. I read some information online about the ductless air conditioner and it seemed like the type of product that might be very helpful in our home situation. I showed my wife that advertisement for the ductless air conditioner and she agreed that it might be useful in our home. She contacted the local HVAC provider and made an appointment to get someone out to the house to give us a free estimate. We actually contacted three different HVAC providers so we could get different estimates from each one of the places. I had no idea which place was going to be the cheapest, so I wanted to get prices from all of them. Each one of the HVAC service providers offered to meet any other quote that we received if it was lower than theirs. Making a decision on the HVAC provider turned out to be the most difficult part of the process. After we picked the person to install the machine, we got the best price available and then made an appointment to have the equipment installed the following weekend.

 

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Yesterday I was assigned to an AC repair in the afternoon. I finished up my work in the morning and then I went to grab some tacos for lunch. I contacted the phone number of the customer that was listed on my next ticket. The customer answered the phone on the second ring. I told her that I was going to be there within an hour. She reminded me to park across the street, because she was expecting someone home and did not want that driveway to be blocked. I put the address for the customer into my gps. I started traveling to the address. I was on the interstate for 5 miles and then I got off on one of the country roads. I headed into a neighborhood that I was not familiar with. I kept looking for the address, but I could not find the road. When I got to the place where the road was supposed to be, I was at a dead end. I contacted the customer and told her that I was having trouble finding the service address. I repeated back the address that I had and she told me that it was not correct. I was supposed to be going to 12661 Fairmont Avenue; the address on my ticket was 16621 Fairmont avenue. There weren’t any addresses in the 16,000 block of that street. Once I got the correct address from the customer, I realized that I was only about a half a mile away from the appointment. I found the house and the parking area that she was referring to.

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My girlfriend and I went camping last November with some friends from school.

I thought we would have a really good time, but we actually had more problems than fun.

The biggest reason was due to the temperatures. We expected temperatures to be around 50 or 60 at night. There were two nights when the temperatures reached the 30s. My girlfriend was very unhappy when it was cold in the tent. We had sleeping bags and a blanket, but the cold air made the air mattress feel like we were sleeping on a block of ice. My girlfriend got up in the middle of the night on one of those evenings and she slept inside of the car. She was going to turn on the car and the heater until I reminded her that it was going to be loud and obnoxious in the middle of the night. The next night when the temperatures were forecasted to be 38°, my girlfriend started off in the truck. She didn’t even want to try to sleep in the tent. It would have been nice to have some heat in the tent, but it’s not exactly easy to do when you go camping in a place that does not have any electricity. We would need a battery operated space heater. They do make battery operated space heaters, but they are expensive and the batteries only last about 6 hours. I just can’t see spending all of that money for batteries when they aren’t going to last more than 6 hours. That means I would have to spend about $20 each night to keep the tent warm and cozy. For another $20 each night, my girlfriend and I could sleep in a cabin instead of our tent.

 

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Last year I worked at a summer camp during June, July, and August.

I had a lot of fun working at the summer camp.

I worked with a group of kids that are from the inner city. Some of the kids had never been camping before in their lives. I earned extra credit for college working with the kids. The camp had about 200 inner city youths and there were 10 kids in each one of the outdoor cabins. Each one of the cabins was assigned a counselor and I was the counselor for the f bunk. I had 10 boys that were 12 and 13 years old. The boys were rowdy and rambunctious, but they never caused too much trouble. The biggest problem we had all summer was with the climate control in the cabins. Each one of the cabins was equipped with a ductless Heating and Cooling system. We ran the ductless cooling system at night when the kids were sleeping. It was still warm and muggy inside of the cabin on some nights, but most of the kids did not complain. One kid from the city was unhappy with the temperatures. The kid complained that he was hot and suffering from heat stroke. There’s no way he could have been suffering from heat stroke. It was at the most 80° inside of the cabin instead of 73. The kid was convinced that he needed to go home instead of staying for the whole summer. We let the kid call his folks and they had to drive out to the country to pick him up. We don’t keep anyone at the camp against their will. They can leave whenever they want.

 

 

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