# Very off topic question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679 "2003-03-17T01:30:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@SureShot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SureShot)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/1 "2003-03-17T01:30:28Z")
During my summers I leave the igloo and move to a much warmer climat. It gets very very warm in here sometimes and I am looking for a way to keep it cool here. We dont have Central Air (electric heaters make it umpossible š ) and our windows are the kind that slide side to side so a regular air conditionar wont fit.
I have heard there are āapartmentā style ones that are more vertical than horizontal but I am unsure if those will even fit. What I am wondering is - is there a style that just sitās on the floor or something and doesnt need to be hung out a window? I am not sure if this is possible because of the water and such that is given off from the cooling but I am just not sure.
If anyone could help it would be very much appreciated by myself and my family. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/2 "2003-03-17T01:45:02Z")
I canāt help you find one but I have heard of/seen in catalogues some free standing unitsā¦ they basically would have a condensation _tray_ to collect the moisture (like under the fridge) that would need to be watched so as not to overflow - mostly the drippage would evaporate from the radient heat of motors above
O~wiseā¦get a bunch of fansā¦š
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/3 "2003-03-17T01:46:54Z")
RelandR - that is very helpful. Thank you š
As for the fans - Been there, tried that (for years!) and on those muggy nights, it just doesnt help dudeā¦nothing does but cold\*\*\* Air! š
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/4 "2003-03-17T01:52:17Z")
Fan + BigTub-o-Ice = Oklahoma airConditioning :!:
ā¦no Offence Okāers
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/5 "2003-03-17T04:16:13Z")
offtopic question: How can anything in the Random section be an off topic question? huh?? how?? š
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/6 "2003-03-17T04:37:17Z")
hahah - very true š I just have never seen a question like thisā¦
So does anyone else have any ideas? I would prefer to not have to sit in a tub with a fan, I wouldnt mind being able to do things while I am keeping cool - not just lay around š
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/7 "2003-03-17T04:45:07Z")
sorry manā¦ Iām often plagued by the heat, and rarely have a solution. I have side to side windows and a A/C unit, but I have a home made block for the top of the window made up of plywood and computer packing foam. It wasnāt too hard to construct, but it does require a sabre saw and some glue.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/8 "2003-03-17T04:48:24Z")
move the food out of your fridgeā¦
then move inā¦
happy Tuknukā¦
:beam:
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/9 "2003-03-17T04:59:50Z")
> _Orig by PJ:_ā¦spuuly chain untiā¦
ā¦Until you said ^^_that_^^, I had NO idea what you were talking aboutā¦
Yes - those are probably commercially available
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/10 "2003-03-17T05:01:46Z")
I think they are called āswamp coolersā
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/11 "2003-03-17T05:02:46Z")
ā¦but of coorseā¦
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/12 "2003-03-17T05:04:44Z")
or is that a drink in New Orleansā¦
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/13 "2003-03-17T05:07:09Z")
riiiiiightā¦
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-off-topic-question/15679/14 "2003-03-17T12:34:01Z")
hahaha - thanks for the advince Rev - but I think the family and I are going to try and stay out of the fridge this year. I mean if we leave it out in the open - what are we gonna eat! š
It really doesnt take long for these threads to go awol does it? hahaha