My wife Jade started calling in to radio contests when she was stuck at home with COVID.
After a couple of weeks she had won several prizes, and developed a taste for it. From there she started using careful strategy to maximize her chances of winning. These contests always involve being the right number of all the callers dialing into the radio station. Jade has three phones hooked up with radio station numbers on speed dial, so she can stack the odds in her favor. Last week she won store credit with a local HVAC supplies dealership, and we are pondering how to best spend this money. Sadly, the prize is only good for purchases, not for HVAC services, which means we can buy physical items but can’t use it for an inspection or a house call. Jade has long wanted a smart thermostat to replace the decade-old dial thermostat we currently have. I was surprised to see how inexpensive the smart thermostats were, I expected them to cost a lot more. Since we still had money left to spend, I advocated buying as many HEPA air filters as we could. Air filters are not cheap, and since they need to be replaced every few months, I thought it would be smart to stock up while we had the chance. Jade wanted to get an air purifier for her nightstand instead, and since it was technically her prize, I didn’t argue. The smart thermostat is really cool, and even responds to limited voice commands, and the air purifier has helped us both to sleep better.