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When I have to keep calling a repair service to fix the same thing over and over, I begin to feel weird about it. \u00a0Not guilty exactly, but weird. \u00a0Case in point: \u00a0our a.c. \u00a0I called yesterday because it had stopped. \u00a0The first time I called it started when I turned it back on for the repairman. \u00a0Yesterday it started just as the next guy called to say he was on his way. \u00a0WTF.<\/p>\n
(Just put Kate in mind with the sword. \u00a0Our house.)<\/p>\n
Last night it went out again. \u00a0OK. \u00a0Evidence. \u00a0Kate asked if I had a recorder. \u00a0No. \u00a0But, she said, how about a movie on the phone? \u00a0Oh, yeah. \u00a0I can do that. \u00a0[after checking] \u00a0Then, it does its dead a.c. thing and I’m there. \u00a0With my hand-held computer. \u00a0(phone is incidental, let’s admit it.) \u00a0Click on video. \u00a0And, voila, I have 26 seconds of humming, thrumming and then OMG I can’t stand it anymore thunk just before the whole thing stops. Again.<\/p>\n
Also, we counted. \u00a0Well, Kate counted the number of times it performed this same activity. \u00a017 times in one hour. \u00a0So. \u00a0We have empirical evidence quantified over time. \u00a0That should do it.<\/p>\n
So, now I don’t feel weird. \u00a0Maybe it’s a man thing, not wanting to admit I don’t know, can’t fix it? \u00a0Nah. \u00a0I can’t fix anything, so an air conditioner? \u00a0Well above my fix-it paygrade.<\/p>\n
Then there’s that damn shower door.<\/p>\n
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