I'm lucky I didn't kill anybody!

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This weekend it was sweltering in Boston during this heatwave. I was moving our window AC unit from the bedroom to the living room. As I was opening the window to get it the window was sticking but suddenly... I overcame the friction and the window flew up. Before I could grab it the AC unit toppled out of our third floor window! My first thought was my wife's car below it and second was there anybody down there? Then it crash landed like some sort of divine demonstration of Newtons law. Needless to say the AC did not survive. My wife said "what was that?" I answered "that was the AC." Finding an AC in the city during a heatwave is like a run on the banks. Almost impossible. After several phone calls I found a place. My wife was a little upset at me. Understandable. I challenged her to find a man who could make her lunch, drop an ac out the window, find two more acs and install them within an hour! Not possible.

With the AC unit happily churning away I drove in my 98 degree car to chase some silver down the street. I found 3 Wheaties and then a marble in a hole looking for another signal. In a way it was my lucky day! I imagine several thousand people die every year around the world in accidents like mine. Thanks for reading.

No photo of the Wheaties and marble (Just imagine it!)
 

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WOW! Seems like there should be something else besides just the window holding those things in place.
 

I’m glad that no one was hurt! Hopefully, it will cool off up there for y’all relatively soon.
 

Not even a pic of the smashed AC ? Lol I have almost done the same thing
 

The Wheats and marble were easy to picture. I imagined getting slammed in the head with a window A/C unit ! Never had that happen to me before !
 

Glad it turned out well , & you got a New Window unit.
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I usually find a way to blame something else for what happened that window frame was rotted WTH get the landlord on the horn lol Glad it all worked out as long as the better 7/8s is happy happy spouse happy house something like that.
 

Perfect, and no one got hurt was very glad about that......
 

I don't want to see the Wheaties but I'd love to see the A/C that you dropped. no one hurt and life goes on.thanks for sharing.
 

Wow! Glad no one got hurt Moreover, glad you were able to get a/c. I don’t know how anyone can survive without it right now. We didn’t have anything but fans growing up, but I don’t remember heat like this either.
 

That’s the best thing I’ve read all week!
 

That could have been real ugly. Glad to hear that you found a replacement and your wife might eventually forgive you. :laughing7:
 

It doesn't seem right that you didn't post the AC picture with the story, it would have been awesome, glad all worked out well (if the wife is good) and no injury, congrats on the Wheaties
 

I lived in AZ we had swamp coolers They did NOTHING lol
 

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