I Manifested Not One AC Unit, But TWO

I live in a fairly large apartment. It is in an old building, which adds to the charm of the place. The idea of trading my ample space, for something new (and smaller) doesn’t seem too appealing right now. The main drawback of living in an older building is there's no central air, but three units for the main rooms of the flat.

Last summer, I wanted to use one of these units (for the first time of the season) and it sounded like a beat up old Pinto with no muffler, ready for that grand scrap pile in the sky. It pumped out a lot of lukewarm air. This unit was in my second bedroom – my home office with my computer that needs a cool room to function properly.

Now, I could have run out to Home Depot and buy a new unit, but time would not allow me that day. In fact the entire weekend was booked. I decided I would wait until the following weekend to purchase a unit. My friend who knows a lot about electronics, promised to come with me. I put the AC unit out of my mind and went about my business.

The next day, I saw our building superintendent. As usual, I said hello and stopped to chat. He told me he had been getting an apartment ready to show. The people who lived in that apartment abandoned two air condition units and they were sitting in the apartment. He told me I could have one of them if I needed. I looked at the units and they looked pretty new. They were identical, so I simply chose one of them. The friend, who was going to shop with me came by and installed my new unit.

Several months later, this same friend was moving into a house that had central air. He offered to give me his unit. Not only that, he installed that unit for me as well. Life is good!