Awake: 5:39am Temp 31 Overcast & windy Overnight @ Nicktown
We attend 8:00am Mass & then join the divulging coffee club members for an
hr. Kathy brought her freshly made banana split bread to share with the
gang which was very much appreciated.
After breakfast, Kevin calls & gives me the word that his coworker Mark
will tour us through his 1910 home in Indiana plus show us his Space Pac
(Small-Duct Central Air Conditioning system) he installed. So K & I waste
no time in driving to the Foote hangout. Kathy stays with Melissa & the
boys while Kevin drives over to Mark’s house for this tour. We’ve been
waiting patiently for this & it was well worth the wait. 1.5 hrs later,
Kevin was thoroughly convinced this was the system for their 1921 home. I
was impressed & glad to see the technical side of “what all is involved”
in central air conditioning an older home without having the obvious large
duct work exposed everywhere. The only evidence of central air in Mark’s
home would be the cool feeling of air when walking from room to room &
according to Mark, it’s very quiet. Several small outlets in the ceiling
of each room were barely noticeable during our walking tour & these
outlets were all plugged for the winter season.
Back @ the Foote home, Kevin & I do a little crawling around in their knee
wall attic with a flashlight just looking things over & visualizing the
Space Pac air handler & duct work therein. Then we begin wiring the
upstairs unfinished bathroom. We leave around 4:00pm, do a little grocery
shopping in Indiana before returning back to our bus @ 5:30.
@ 6:00 we attend the Power Tool Bonanza @ the church hall which is
sponsored by the Nicktown Fire Co. Kathy comes with me as a
volunteer……counting & sorting the monies. A delicious dinner & all you
could drink beer was included in the entry cost. It was a sold out
function (600 tickets) with over 400 people present; 99% of which were
out-of-towners. That figure doesn’t include the Nicktown volunteer
workers. I didn’t win anything but I passed some good luck on to a few of
my cousins who won some expensive tools.
High temp? Lights out: 11:54pm
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