I stood out front as a lookout while the other guys carefully removed the brackets and gently lowered the air conditioner to the ground
At the time we were all in college. I have to point that out, because things I did 15 years ago are not things that I would do today. We were all young and dumb, on spring break from our freshman year of college, and ready to get crazy. We had a trunk full of beer, booze, and weed, and otherwise brought little else but extra clothes. It was all about partying and getting wild for the whole week. When we arrived at our private cabin, we were disturbed to find that it had no air conditioning. With temps in the upper 90s and blistering humidity levels, there was no way to have a great weekend without any working cooling system. We mobilized and started to search the area for resources, because we would rather steal someone else’s A/C unit than go without one. Like I said, it was a long time ago! These days I would just drive to Walmart and buy a cheap portable air conditioner for the weekend, but back then it wasn’t an option. Instead we skulked around until we found another cabin that was empty, but had a window mounted A/C unit around the side. I stood out front as a lookout while the other guys carefully removed the brackets and gently lowered the air conditioner to the ground. After carrying it back to our cabin we hooked up the air conditioner and immediately felt the blessedly cool air fill the room. By the time the owners came looking for the stolen A/C, we were long gone.