Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for July 20, 2021

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    stillfickled Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Wow, this is actually funny! ( to me)

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    Ubintold  over 3 years ago

    Geez, sweaty hands.

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    gasouthpaw  over 3 years ago

    Being from Georgia, I can’t imagine not having air conditioning. Then again, my grandmother’s house didn’t have it, and I spent half my childhood there. As an adult, though? Yeah, I’ll suffer through a few months of $200+ electric bills not wake up in a puddle of sweat every morning.

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    david_42  over 3 years ago

    We have a whole house heat pump and a window a/c in the bedroom. Most days, I just open windows when I get up and both cool and ventilate the house. The heatwave last month was an exception; we actually used the A/C function during the day. One day Salem, OR was the hottest place in the USA! Broke the all-time record – 116F.

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    Iseau  over 3 years ago

    Where or when is this? Alaska, or the 1950s ?

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    kunddog  over 3 years ago

    when I lived in portland and seattle about 75% of the homes had no ac, also no basements. A couple of weeks ago portland hit 116

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    jscarff57 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    If you are just now looking for a/c units, you are probably too late…

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    wes tnt  over 3 years ago

    yes, let’s get more a/c, so the power plants will have to produce more power; and emissions….sorta defeats the purpose, counter-productive?

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    paul brians  over 3 years ago

    In climates where heat waves are rare, a heat pump which can deliver cool as well as warm air makes sense. Ours kept us cool during the recent heat dome in the northwest.

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    CitizenKing  over 3 years ago

    I was once working in an uncooled auto garage in Kuwait, it was about 125 F outside. My laptop just announced it was too hot and shut down. We both went into the office for a much needed cool down.

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    corpcasselbury  over 3 years ago

    Go for a high efficiency heat pump; handles both heating and air conditioning more than adequately. My wife and I have had one in our home for over twenty years, and we love it.

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    jbcuster  over 3 years ago

    Where do they live?

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    HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Yes, heat pumps historically work better in temperate latitudes. But, the newer ones are much better now in the northern states.

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    Thinkingblade  over 3 years ago

    This would be why I have a separate keyboard – much easier to replace than the laptop if I short it out.

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    MCProfessor  over 3 years ago

    I quickly learned that the best time to do preventative maintenance on your AC is when it’s cold outside.

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