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Pygmy windows and pudgy tummies - Amanda Magee
Greetings from the Adirondacks,with humidity so fierce, even the blackflies have left. We trekked to Sears last night in search of an AC unit that would fit our windows and somewhere a contractor snorted, many decades past having installed deviously narrow windows. Me: “Ah, yes, we’re looking for an AC unit no wider than 15 inches.” Dude from Sears (with a chuckle): “You mean no taller than 15 inches.” Me: “No, I mean no wider than 15 inches.” Dude from Sears: “Ah, no, you mean tall, windows don’t come 15 inches wide.” (swallowing a snide, “Unless you’re in a 5 x 5 cell.”) Me: “No, I really mean 15 inches. The window we need to install this in is 15 and 1/4 inches wide.”…
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