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re: Did you grow up in a house with AC? Did your first car have AC?
Posted on 7/25/23 at 10:33 pm to Dawgfanman
Posted on 7/25/23 at 10:33 pm to Dawgfanman
house did not, vehicle did, i recall going for drives to cool down on the 100+ days.
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Posted on 7/25/23 at 10:42 pm to Dawgfanman
quote:No and no. Central AC unit went it when I was probably 5 and we couldn't afford to replace it. Never had any AC again while living at home.
Did you grow up in a house with AC? Did your first car have AC?
Posted on 7/25/23 at 10:54 pm to Dawgfanman
My dads 74. He didn’t have ac until about 1966
Posted on 7/25/23 at 11:21 pm to Dawgfanman
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Did you grow up in a house with AC? Did your first car have AC?
Yes and yes.
I don’t know anyone who grew up in the 70’s/80’s in New Orleans without AC in their home. You’d have to be dirt poor. Hell, even the dirt poor have AC.
The first thing I do when buying a car is test the AC. If the AC isn’t strong, it’s a dealbreaker.
Posted on 7/25/23 at 11:44 pm to camoedoutlander
Damn how many of y’all had dads that chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack? Some poverty MFs up in here 
Posted on 7/26/23 at 12:06 am to Dawgfanman
Posted on 7/26/23 at 12:09 am to Havoc
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chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack
Posted on 7/26/23 at 12:41 am to BabyTac
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House did. First vehicle did not.
I had 280 air in my first truck. 2 windows down driving 80 mph. That was the A/C.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 12:47 am to Dawgfanman
House was a 4 br Woodhouse with an attic fan. It did a pretty decent job, we had 20" fans in every room also. Our cars had a/c. My first car definitely did, I'm a/c spoiled.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 5:01 am to Dawgfanman
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How did we survive?
My Grandmother, who was a child during the depression, told me that at night they would soak their bedsheets in water, ring them out and put them on the bed.
She said it made trying to sleep a little more tolerable during the summers.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 5:13 am to Havoc
quote:I think all of our parents are from the generation/region that likes to get together and debate who grew up the poorest. It leads to some tall tales. There wasn’t a whole lot of excess in rural Arkansas, Louisiana etc in the 1950s/60s.
Damn how many of y’all had dads that chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack? Some poverty MFs up in here
This post was edited on 7/26/23 at 5:15 am
Posted on 7/26/23 at 5:25 am to Dawgfanman
Born and lived in Alaska for 1.5 years. Fought we had A/C.
House in BR was my great grandparents house that my parents remodeled. They added A/C when remodeling.
Not 100% sure in car A/C. Want to say my dads car no but moms yes.
House in BR was my great grandparents house that my parents remodeled. They added A/C when remodeling.
Not 100% sure in car A/C. Want to say my dads car no but moms yes.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 5:26 am to geauxbrown
I lived in Nicaragua where it was 85-90 degrees every day with no AC and I got used to it. That was a coastal region though so you got decent air flow. Living in the Deep South with no AC just seems like hell on earth. I’d have checked out Indiana or Ohio.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 6:14 am to Dawgfanman
I don't remember ever being without A/C.
In one house it was a large window unit and it kept things cool.
Later my parents built a house with central A/C and it was much better.
We're soft.
In one house it was a large window unit and it kept things cool.
Later my parents built a house with central A/C and it was much better.
We're soft.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 6:55 am to Havoc
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Damn how many of y’all had dads that chewed tobacco from a mail pouch sack? Some poverty MFs up in here
The Deep South was still pretty damn poor up to about the early 80s
If a poster is 40-50 it’s highly likely his parents grew up poor. My grandfather grew up in Missouri in a one room house with a dirt floor. My dad was never poor because that same grandfather became a doctor
Posted on 7/26/23 at 6:57 am to beaverfever
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in Nicaragua where it was 85-90 degrees every day with no AC and I got used to it. That was a coastal region though so you got decent air flow.
We went on our honeymoon to St Croix and hardly no home or business has AC there except the main tourist places
Posted on 7/26/23 at 6:59 am to Dawgfanman
Yes
Kinda (it had one, but it rarely worked)
Kinda (it had one, but it rarely worked)
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:00 am to Dawgfanman
First home had 2 window units, so we congregated in those rooms.
My first new car did not have a/c and was a standard.
My first new car did not have a/c and was a standard.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:10 am to Dawgfanman
House did
School didn't
Truck didn't
School didn't
Truck didn't
Posted on 7/26/23 at 7:33 am to Dawgfanman
Grew up with 1 window unit that was only used in case of suspected heat stroke
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