Incidentally, we run our A/C throughout the winter: various bits of computer equipment running constantly coupled with the fact that the outside temperature drops below freezing about three days a year means we never actually need to heat the house.

That is a pretty nifty setup, but we'll stick with our (removable for winter) window unit... being in the great frozen northeast USA.

Your "traditional" A/C manufacturers probably have their place in commercial buildings, but who goes checking the brands on those?

Thenceforth the cat found it's calling ... as a "shoulder cat". Why walk when you can ride your beast of burden?

PS. It was always a good idea to be wearing jeans when the cat fancied a ride, as shorts didn't seem to discourage the creature from climbing up your leg to get to his perch.

I believe on page 23 of the cat owners manual it says they get double points for knocking things off whatever high places they’re climbing on.

Ah, but Annex D lists the points multipliers they get based on factors such as the dollar value, rarity, replaceability, or whether the item was a gift for a special occasion, such as a wedding. I think our cats might have approached a record with the Limited Millennium Edition Waterford Crystal Goblets that a friend gave us for our wedding and that we had foolishly left on top of the kitchen cabinet eight feet off the floor. But they lost half, when it transpired that only one of the pair in the box actually broke... the other miraculously survived unscathed!
BTW, they climb on the air-conditioner in the study all the time, after the gecko that has taken up residence somewhere inside. But it's only three feet above the top of the filing cabinet, so an easy climb.

Not a cat, but certainly relevant. Although I can only imagine a cat making a more elegant descent.

It does lead to interesting `cat supsended from vertical surface' moments though, when they forget halfway which way they were going.