Well, two of the brides are vegetarians. That's not fair. Most people aren't vegetarians. Food is one of the ratings categories on the show (along with venue, bride's dress, etc.). Maybe the food the vegetarians weren't eating, which most of the other guests were eating, was good. So their food-rating is skewed. I can see them having a vegetarian on the show every once in a while, but definitely not two on one show.
I thought all the weddings were lovely, and they all scored well. This was a new Chicago show. Two of the weddings were held in venues with palm trees and a glass ceiling.
[Later] It was feeling a little warm in here, so I decided to check the A/C filter. I hadn't changed it in a while, and the A/C has been running a lot lately. The filter didn't appear to be that badly clogged but I changed it anyway.
However, the first thing I saw when I opened up the A/C to access the filter was ice covering the coils. Then I looked further inside and ice was covering everything. Not a good sign. (The ice forms because of insufficient air flow, and then the coils won't cool the air since the ice insulates the coils.) I'm letting the ice melt now with the A/C off and have a blow-dryer blowing hot air inside it. Diagnosed the problem on the Internet here (where I got the photo). Hopefully it was just the dirty filter. (Thank G*d for the Internet.) The ice is melting rapidly.
Hmmm. I just saw this (a little rough but on point):
An air conditioner that keeps running constantly can freeze it's own pipes.
Why does the thermsotat go so low? Well, if it's 71 degrees and terribly humid, you'd like it alot better at 64 degrees with little humidity, which the A/C can do. However, if it's 99 degrees and humid, and you set it to 64, and you leave a door open or have alot of in/out traffic, you can cause it to run so long it freezes its own pipes.
Saw this last year on my neighbors unit. He left the A/C on 68, his wife had the windows open and went out... and it was around 97 degrees all day. By evening, the sucker was blowing warm air and as it had literally froze it's own pipes.[Emphasis added.]
So maybe keeping the slider open lately for the cats had something to do with it. It's been too humid inside, and the A/C has been running constantly to keep the place cool (75 F. for me). The moisture in the air condensed and froze up on the coils.
Actually that makes more sense, since as I said the filter wasn't that dirty. (Originally I wasn't even going to replace it yet, though I'd just cut a new one.)
So it's all Lucas's fault!
(I figure the ice build-up happened over the past couple of days.)
Well, the ice is melted now and the A/C is running again, blowing wonderfully cold air. Whew! Glad I discovered the problem. (Better yet, that I discovered it on a weekend night since right now it's pushing 2:00.)
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