‘Air’ on the side of clean

During an unusually long hot spell, I finally decided to install the window air conditioner that had been sitting unused in my garage for five years. I lugged it inside and prepared to put it in the window. My wife suggested I clean it thoroughly before installing it. But since it had been wrapped up in the garage, I figured a light surface cleaning would be enough. After straining and sweating to install the unit in the window, I turned it on, expecting to receive a delicious blast of cold air. I got the cold air all right. But the mouse droppings, dead bugs and spiderwebs weren’t exactly “delicious.”