Its All Right

Now. I'm sitting in 74 F A/C and comfortable.
Yesterday , the temperature rose all day from 74 to 80. The cooling box on top of the furnace was sweating like a stevedore or hod carrier ( always wanted to use those words in a sentence ) . Late last night , the neighbour and I decided that the cooling coils were frozen and I shut off the A/C , ostensibly to let the coils thaw.
It worked. I turned  the  A/C  on again at 11:30 PM and the temperature dropped all night.
We called the H & A/C people and they're sending someone b/c freezing up isn't good.

In fact ,the blog has been interrupted while the service guy tested and prodded all over the A/C unit, inside and out.
The culprit may be / most likely is a thermal expansion valve inside the cooling stack on top of the furnace. I'll bet that it is a $ 80 part w/ 3 hr labour for 2 guys. The furnace & A/C are supposed to be on Ten yr warranty ,parts and labour.
The service guy left and there was no charge to check the system.
they'll order the part and call us. So far so good.

There's the story of the young boy and Zen master. The boy receives a pony for his birthday. The villagers are all abubble w/ excitement.
' We'll see ' says the Zen master.
The boy is out riding , falls off and breaks his leg. The villagers , all condemn the pony. ' We'll see ' says the Zen master.
The army comes to the village and takes away all boys for their service but our pony boy still has a cast and isn't fit for service , and is left behind by the recruiter. The villagers all exclaim ' he's so lucky '. 'We'll see ' says the Zen master.

Ten yr warranty - We'll see 


The weather specialists ( means they aren't meteorologists , just talking heads ) tell us 2 more days of HH w/ thunderstorms and unsettled conditions ahead.

To while away the hours , yesterday , we unpacked the off-set umbrella package. At the 'bee the sun pours in the front window from about 1 PM to 6. We've been using a table umbrella , tilted , to block the sun but the umbrella needs to move about 3 times as the sun swings west.
This  umbrella is 9 ft diameter and can tilt as well. We're hoping that a large diameter brolley will need less movement. We bought the sucker at Target north , here in T.O. regular price $ 289 ( I think that means in Bangladesh or wherever ) our price was $ 74.10 ( beat that Mr Walmart ). It was summer clearance at Target.
However , before hauling the thing to the 'bee , I thought let's see what needs doing to assemble. It will take 30 min w/ the tools provided ( 2 hex keys ) for normal mortals.
First , its heavy , w/ 3 sets of tubes. The base is called fabric.
So , all it needs , is assembly and 176 lb of sand. The sand goes in 2 plasticized rectangular saddle bags . This base is not meant to move.
The whole umbrella needs taking down and interior storage for inclement weather. Thus , some poor sucker ( moi ) needs to schlep , 2 x 85 lb baggie things loaded w/ sand.
Nope ! I'll put the saddle bags down w/ 25 lb of sand inside. then I'll use free weights from an old weight lifting set ( 25 lb each ) and tie the base down to the deck. Even I can manage 25 lb. Yeah , 80 lbs bags of sand , no way , Jose.

So , SNAFU , here at the manse. Situation Normal All Fudged Up