I dunno where to ask a question about a/c

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so if one of the mods knows of a better place, please feel free to move this. Do I need a doctor's opinion or an engineer's?

My hovel is almost entirely self-contained except that the bathroom is original to DD's house and there's an a/c vent in there. My place has a through-the-wall a/c unit. 

DD/DSIL are leaving Friday to go to Ohio for a four-day weekend; they'll be back next Monday. I'm going to shun them self isolate for at least two weeks or until their post-travel covid tests come back negative.

Do I need to close or somehow seal up that vent so that their possibly contaminated air doesn't wend its way into my hovel? 

Yes. I know I'm paranoid, but I'm also old and scared.

[Tennesseer]

I am guessing the vent in the bathroom is there to take care of the moisture.  

If the vent has a close lever, close it just to be safe.  But if you close the lever, and you have a portable fan, do put the fan in the bathroom to help dry out the moisture.  If no vent lever, tape a piece of plastic over the vent and tape it good.

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Thanks for the info. No lever but I can tape it. There's a window so I can crack it open a little for ventilation and hope that no zombies creep in or no copperheads slither in during the night.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 7, 2020 16:40:48 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Thanks for the info. No lever but I can tape it. There's a window so I can crack it open a little for ventilation and hope that no zombies creep in or no copperheads slither in during the night.

Wear a lei made with heads of garlic around your neck and you should be fine-at least from the zombies.

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Tennesseer That's not for zombies, silly. It's to ward off werewolves. I don't think they're the same thing. Mothballs are supposed to repel copperheads. Mothballs. Garlic. I won't have to shun DD/DSIL; they won't come anywhere near me!

[Tennesseer]

Jul 7, 2020 16:47:34 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Tennesseer That's not for zombies, silly. It's to ward off werewolves. I don't think they're the same thing. Mothballs are supposed to repel copperheads. Mothballs. Garlic. I won't have to shun DD/DSIL; they won't come anywhere near me!

I forgot my folklore. Naaaa.

[Artemis Windsong]

I checked in a search there is a product snake shield.

There isn't a screen in the window?

I know you are frightened. Maybe they will reconsider.

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Snake Shield is useless, but there's a screen. Screen won't stop zombies and werewolves.

Pffft. Reconsider? Not a chance. I'll be fine. Got a fat cat and a loud dog.

[Artemis Windsong]

You also have a face mask.

[dannylion]

Jul 7, 2020 16:43:37 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jul 7, 2020 16:40:48 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Thanks for the info. No lever but I can tape it. There's a window so I can crack it open a little for ventilation and hope that no zombies creep in or no copperheads slither in during the night.

Wear a lei made with heads of garlic around your neck and you should be fine-at least from the zombies.

Vampires.  Garlic repels vampires.  

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

garlic is vampires and you have to invite them in first so you're good there.   Silver is for werewolves.   The only way to stop a zombie is shoot them in the head.

I would think you'd be fine shutting the vent since you have hovel a/c.   You're just cutting off air to one small portion of the house.  If you're really concerned you can get get a portable HEPA filtration system but those are pricey.

[Tennesseer]

Jul 7, 2020 18:19:05 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Jul 7, 2020 16:43:37 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Wear a lei made with heads of garlic around your neck and you should be fine-at least from the zombies.

Vampires.  Garlic repels vampires.  

But...but...zombies eat and drink blood too!

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Jul 7, 2020 18:26:34 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jul 7, 2020 18:19:05 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Vampires.  Garlic repels vampires.  

But...but...zombies eat and drink blood too!

Yabbut NomoreDramaQ1015 said zombies have to be invited in, and I'm not gonna do that.  I'd forgotten that silver is what's used against werewolves. Dammit. I got rid of the sterling long ago.

[dannylion]

Jul 7, 2020 18:26:34 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jul 7, 2020 18:19:05 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Vampires.  Garlic repels vampires.  

But...but...zombies eat and drink blood too!

Brains.  Zombies eat brains.  

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Jul 7, 2020 18:43:55 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Jul 7, 2020 18:26:34 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

But...but...zombies eat and drink blood too!

Yabbut NomoreDramaQ1015 said zombies have to be invited in, and I'm not gonna do that.  I'd forgotten that silver is what's used against werewolves. Dammit. I got rid of the sterling long ago.

No vampires have to be invited in.   Zombie hoards just keep piling up against your door until it collapses and then swarm you.

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Jul 7, 2020 18:52:10 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Jul 7, 2020 18:43:55 GMT -5 @missrigby said:

Yabbut NomoreDramaQ1015 said zombies have to be invited in, and I'm not gonna do that.  I'd forgotten that silver is what's used against werewolves. Dammit. I got rid of the sterling long ago.

No vampires have to be invited in.   Zombie hoards just keep piling up against your door until it collapses and then swarm you.

Well crap on a cracker! What's an old lady to do? I'm not gonna invite the vampires unless they promise to gang up on the zombies. I don't even know what zombies look like.

I think the best thing to do is convince DD to fuggedabout Ohio and stay home.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

If the vampire looks like Alexander Skarsgard from True Blood (he played Eric) he is invited in anytime he wants!


Zombies are rotting walking corpses.  They tend to moan a lot and want to pull out your organs to eat.   Dealt with by a shot to the head so I hope you've practiced!

Decapitation works too, got a machete or katana handy?

[Tennesseer]

From Covid to zombies, werewolfs and vampires.

My work is done here.

Sleep well all.  Mwa·ha·ha·ha.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Well they never did say where the zombie virus originated from in The Walking Dead.

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NomoreDramaQ1015 Naaa. The zombies won't bother with my organs. I'm sure that my lungs and heart are nothing but scar tissue so it would be like chewing gristle. I'm safe, I think. Don't own a gun.

The Walking Dead was about zombies? I never watched it so how would I know? Did that show start around the same time as trump announced he was running for prez? If so, we know where they originated.

[NastyWoman]

How about a fake signs ( like those fake security signs): Zombies and Werevolves Beware just stocked up on silver bullets and machetes. Owner looking forward to putting them to good use   

[dannylion]

Jul 8, 2020 2:00:04 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

How about a fake signs ( like those fake security signs): Zombies and Werevolves Beware just stocked up on silver bullets and machetes. Owner looking forward to putting them to good use   

This assumes that zombies and werewolves can read.  

Even if the human in its original form could read, do we know whether that skill is retained after the zombie or werewolf transformation?  

And do zombies and werewolves make the connection between machetes and silver bullets, respectively, and their likely demise?  Are they self aware enough to understand that?  

So many questions.  

[Tennesseer]

Jul 8, 2020 9:19:05 GMT -5 dannylion said:

Jul 8, 2020 2:00:04 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

How about a fake signs ( like those fake security signs): Zombies and Werevolves Beware just stocked up on silver bullets and machetes. Owner looking forward to putting them to good use   

This assumes that zombies and werewolves can read.  

Even if the human in its original form could read, do we know whether that skill is retained after the zombie or werewolf transformation?  

And do zombies and werewolves make the connection between machetes and silver bullets, respectively, and their likely demise?  Are they self aware enough to understand that?  

So many questions.  

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Jul 7, 2020 19:03:11 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

If the vampire looks like Alexander Skarsgard from True Blood (he played Eric) he is invited in anytime he wants!


Zombies are rotting walking corpses.  They tend to moan a lot and want to pull out your organs to eat.   Dealt with by a shot to the head so I hope you've practiced!

Decapitation works too, got a machete or katana handy?

The books that True Blood was based on are the best stuff I've ever read.  My door is open for Eric any time.