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Eva’s Byte #478 – Taking the Heat
In my native state of Rhode Island, the morning of July 18th initiated four consecutive days with temperatures reaching 90 degrees or higher—the longest heat wave in forty years!
Coinciding with this occurrence:
One – On Thursday morning, two days after the sun baked the interior of my idle vehicle, I discovered the air conditioning wasn’t working. Nevertheless, I continued fiddling with the control features while motoring. Normally, setting the temperature gauge on “low” with the fan at full blast, I’d have created a meat locker.
Two- There was construction along my route, considerably slowing progress as well as “turning up the heat” inside the cabin.
Three – Arriving home, I placed a call to the dealership, only to be informed about a nationwide cyberattack which had forced them to shut down their software systems. Up and running since then, I’ve scheduled a service appointment.
In the capacity of a writer, I’m sprinting toward the finish line of my Contemporary work in progress. The draft of chapter 59 is coming to a close in a heartbeat (1905 words thus far). Then, on to the epilogue.
*May each of us have courage to take the heat for not compromising our convictions.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
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Coinciding with this occurrence:
One – On Thursday morning, two days after the sun baked the interior of my idle vehicle, I discovered the air conditioning wasn’t working. Nevertheless, I continued fiddling with the control features while motoring. Normally, setting the temperature gauge on “low” with the fan at full blast, I’d have created a meat locker.
Two- There was construction along my route, considerably slowing progress as well as “turning up the heat” inside the cabin.
Three – Arriving home, I placed a call to the dealership, only to be informed about a nationwide cyberattack which had forced them to shut down their software systems. Up and running since then, I’ve scheduled a service appointment.
In the capacity of a writer, I’m sprinting toward the finish line of my Contemporary work in progress. The draft of chapter 59 is coming to a close in a heartbeat (1905 words thus far). Then, on to the epilogue.
*May each of us have courage to take the heat for not compromising our convictions.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco
Eva’s Byte #530 – The Switcheroo
It’s like a heatwave, tearing me apart. Yeah yeah!
(To the gist of Martha and the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave” 1963)
Summers in New England can be fraught with an uncomfortable combo of heat and humidity. About to use my recently installed AC units for the first time this year, I pressed the remote’s On/Off button for my office unit. The temperature registered 24 degrees. Pressing the Up arrow several times, the buck stopped at 30!
Thinking the remote needed new batteries, I replenished them. I still could not get the degree to budge any higher. At this point, I’m thinking, when maintenance checked the filter and tested the unit, the remote got switched to Celsius mode.
Sure enough, a google search indicated 24 degrees C = 75.2 degrees F.
Certain I’d prefer navigating in Fahrenheit, and given my apprehension dealing with anything mechanical or technical, I sought out tutorials on remote control temperature conversion. A little too involved for my liking.
A Eureka moment occurred when I slipped on my stronger reading glasses. What do you know: a C/F button on the remote. The switcheroo was just a finger press away!
In the capacity of a writer drafting my Contemporary work in progress, I’m heating up the action in chapter 18 and pressing on from 968 words thus far.
*May each of us put the pedal to the metal using our independent thinking skills.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco
(To the gist of Martha and the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave” 1963)
Summers in New England can be fraught with an uncomfortable combo of heat and humidity. About to use my recently installed AC units for the first time this year, I pressed the remote’s On/Off button for my office unit. The temperature registered 24 degrees. Pressing the Up arrow several times, the buck stopped at 30!
Thinking the remote needed new batteries, I replenished them. I still could not get the degree to budge any higher. At this point, I’m thinking, when maintenance checked the filter and tested the unit, the remote got switched to Celsius mode.
Sure enough, a google search indicated 24 degrees C = 75.2 degrees F.
Certain I’d prefer navigating in Fahrenheit, and given my apprehension dealing with anything mechanical or technical, I sought out tutorials on remote control temperature conversion. A little too involved for my liking.
A Eureka moment occurred when I slipped on my stronger reading glasses. What do you know: a C/F button on the remote. The switcheroo was just a finger press away!
In the capacity of a writer drafting my Contemporary work in progress, I’m heating up the action in chapter 18 and pressing on from 968 words thus far.
*May each of us put the pedal to the metal using our independent thinking skills.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco
