It was this last summer when my buddies and I all had a bet to see who could last the longest without air conditioning.
There was a lot of money on the table for this too because all of us were serious. This all started when I was telling everybody that I could go the whole length of the summer without air conditioning. I was trying to become adjusted to the overheated temperatures so that I could lower my energy expenses, but then everybody wanted in on the challenge. All my buddies said there was no way I would last, but they probably could manage. When I told them to put their money where their mouth was, it was on. Well, most of my buddies were able to get through half of the summer before they couldn’t take it any longer and gave in to the use of their central cooling equipment. It was just me and my pal Ronald who were still making it through. We got all the way to August when there was suddenly a heatwave. Ronald was unable to cope and he finally turned his AC system on, but he saved a lot of money over most of the summer without using the cooling system. Personally, I just relaxed in the swimming pool most of the time and I used a cooling hat. The cooling hat is technically not an AC system, it’s merely a hat you soak with water and it reflects the sun rays from the top creating a cooling effect. One friend said I was cheating, but everybody else agreed that I didn’t use my AC system to win the bet.
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