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   From: esp@snet.n   
      
   On 9/13/2024 12:02 PM, Governor Swill wrote:   
   > On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:01:05 -0400, Ed P  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   This was in Philadelphia.  My house was built in 1948, tens of   
   >> thousands of them were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s.  My   
   >> grandmother's house did not have central heat when built.  Do you think   
   >> it would be simple to put AC in a house like that?  Do they make coal   
   >> fired AC units?  I had gas heat and I did use room AC units, as did most   
   >> of the neighbors.   
   >>   
   >> I think you have to get out more and see what other types of houses are   
   >> around.   
   >>   
   >> Back to my original premise.  Wages increase 10X, real estate close to   
   >> 20X make buying a house more difficult that it was 50 years ago.   
   >   
   > I think you need to stop gaslighting me.  First you say you didn't have AC   
   > because you didn't need it in your region, now you say you did and so did   
   most   
   > of your neighbors.   
      
   Yes, I put a $139 window AC in the bedroom window for a couple of   
   months.  That is far from a $10,000 central AC system.   
   >   
   > You bought a late Victorian with no heat in 1966?  And then you remodeled the   
   > kitchen, put some ac units in the windows and sold it for 18x what you paid   
   for   
   > it?   
      
   No, I had central heat.  I'm just saying that type of house is common in   
   older cities.   
      
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