Had one of these at a hotel in Utah. It was hot as balls outside, but damn did this thing keep it frosty inside. And yeah, its loud, but at least it drowned out my dads snoring.
at least it drowned out my dads snoring.
I love background noise. Drown out the road sound, people eating, snoring, get rid of it all. Bless the hums of modern industry
Road sounds are the worst. It completely surrounds you and there’s no escaping it. And there’s always those assholes with loud engines cranking their hogs.
I am in the Netherlands and lately AC’s are getting more common. As someone with an appartement top floor flat roof, living room faced south the split AC installed this year is a blessing. Summers get hot nowadays.
The only issue is the older ones tend to be very loud especially when they turn on in the middle of the night.
I wish this were still the case. The last time I saw one of these was a year or so ago and I was excited to freeze. Unfortunately, the room AC was through a different, more modern, device. They just left the classic to toy with my emotions.
Ok, this is a personal thing for me. It might be just UK/Europe (I don’t know) that rejects this use of the apostrophe in this case. Throughout my North American (US, specifically) education into collegiate level English courses I was taught to use an apostrophe to pluralize initialisms and acronyms specifically. If it is not an initialism or acronym, carry on with just adding an “s.”
If there is an actual problem within this US variation of English that I have been taught, please let me know, because it’s become frustrating to see things such as: “you don’t need that apostrophe,” and “this is a sin against the apostrophe” etc. etc.
I’m not trying to be critical or harsh here, just get a better understanding.
The way I knew it in the UK is:
AC - singular air conditioner
AC’s - air conditioner’s [something]
ACs - multiple air conditioners
Thanks. That helps quite a bit. The internet’s fury has made me question whether I am correct in this regard countless times, but I still have textbooks that say that the usage in this meme is correct. I’ve been curious for a long time.
It’s the same in the US, people just aren’t very aware of/careful about grammar here.
American checking in, this was also how I was taught to pluralize throughout my education.
The usage in the post title seemed correct to me fwiw
It’s incorrect in American English as well, but people commonly use it this way anyway.
Was in a ‘modern’ hotel recently. Hardwood floors, fresh paint, and warm embedded light fixtures.
Went to look for a thermostat. Nope. One of these AC/heater units. It was all analog, twisty knobs, faded labels, easily from the 1970s. Two options: regular, and high.
It was fine, but pretty obvious the remo budget had run out.
Same! Sometimes, I get let down because I see a thermostat on the wall but these bad asses can be controlled by those too. 55 degrees! Stay frosty my friends.
Some hotel I stayed at constructed some weird wooden cage/facade around the unit for some god forsaken reason.
Like sleeping with a lawn mower in the room. But I’d take that over being sticky and hot.
Honestly, I can’t sleep without any white noise.
Without it, it’s just quiet. Too quiet…
nah buddy we got central air conditioning its very good
These usually have a horribly dirty filter inside, because the hotel never cleans it.
