Fish again

[avram]

Ooorf! Went out for all-you-can-eat sushi again last night. I think I need to stop doing that. Next time, I’ll spend less money and just get a regular amount of the things I like best (those eel-avocado handrolls were good, so were the salmon-ikura ones, and just plain eel nigiri). Cheaper, and I’ll feel better.

My parents got me an air conditioner. The Consumer Reports website has a form you can use to calculate how many BTUs you need — much more detailed than the usual system of just figuring based on room size. I’d been going to go with a 5000 BTU model, but the form recommended around 6000 BTUs, considering that I’m in an attic room. Good thing I checked — the model I got takes a few hours to get my room really comfortable, rather than just bearable. A weaker model might not have been even adequate.

I’d been supposed to get a bigger air conditioner for downstairs, but when I realized that we were radically underestimating our needs, I held off. Today’s assignment is to wander around Sears and BJ’s taking notes on what’s available. akawil’s room has a 220-volt outlet, so we might be able to get something that’ll keep the whole second floor cool when his door’s open, and let his room double as a meat locker when it’s closed.

Comments

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

I like the one with the hankerchief and cellphone.

A/C stories

[gentlyepigrams]

The window A/C story is fascinating to me. I've never lived in a house that didn't have central air. (The house I lived in in England was one of a handful of older houses in northern England that had been retrofitted with it.)

There are window units in the older homes here, but all new construction is central air, and older houses like mine are generally retrofitted with it. Of course, I live in a swamp where it's triple-digits outside for three months of the year, so A/C makes it bearable.

I suspect choosing a central unit isn't that different from choosing a window unit except that you don't have to worry about attic space issues. In that case, my advice is: don't undercool! Get more cooling power than they say you'll need. I'm thin-blooded and like it warm, but most people want it to stay cooler than Consumer Reports et al. seem to think they should.

[drcpunk.livejournal.com]

The next time you do Yu Ka, try the Sashimi regular or deluxe, perhaps supplemented by one or two things. That cuts out the rice, and, by Stephen Tihor's, Elizabeth Bartley's, and mnemex's report, the size of the pieces are humongous, and they were quite satisfied.