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re: How did people grow up in the south without air conditioning?
Posted on 8/12/19 at 3:56 pm to Music_City_Tiger
Posted on 8/12/19 at 3:56 pm to Music_City_Tiger
I grew up without air conditioning,don’t miss what you don’t have.We were acclimated.
Now I would slit my throat if I knew I had to do without rest of my life.
Now I would slit my throat if I knew I had to do without rest of my life.
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Posted on 8/12/19 at 3:58 pm to OweO
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So you are saying humans will all die if they went without AC for a few days, during the summer?
No, retard. I'm saying it would take much much longer than 2 days for for body to adapt and be comfortable in 95 degree weather compared to 75 air conditioned temperature. You wouldn't get used to it in a couple days. Also, you wouldn't all of a sudden forget what it felt like to be cool.
Has it gotten more bareable today than yesterday? No because 90 is still fricking hot whether it's today or 100 years ago.
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 8/12/19 at 3:59 pm to Byrdybyrd05
People werent so fat back in the day, so it didnt feel as hot.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:00 pm to Pettifogger
Try applying calamine lotion to your balls during the heat of the day because the weekly shingles popped up again. Bless your hearts.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:00 pm to Byrdybyrd05
I could do it
When I work from home half the week, I don’t even turn the AC on
When I work from home half the week, I don’t even turn the AC on
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:01 pm to NOLALGD
A lot of folks stayed on the porch until bed time. The homes also had high peaks in those days to naturally pull warm air to the top where it was released outside.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:01 pm to Byrdybyrd05
I grew up really poor and we didn't have central ac until I was about 17.
Never bothered me too much cause it was just how I always new. And the attic fan did a pretty good job of keeping the house cool.
Never bothered me too much cause it was just how I always new. And the attic fan did a pretty good job of keeping the house cool.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:03 pm to Byrdybyrd05
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Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:06 pm to Byrdybyrd05
I went to middle school that did not have AC. We had about 5 fans and wide open windows. After lunch lunch recess and after PE sucked! Hell, we didn't even have chilled water fountains.
I remember going to visit my grandparents who had only 2 window units in their house. They only ran them at night because it was useless in daytime. We sat outside on the porch for most visits. If it was raining, you sat real close together.
Oh yeh, and if you played organized football, there was no "official time out" in a game so everyone could have a drink. We had two-a-day practices in August for 2 weeks at about 2.5 hrs per practice. You got one water break at about the 90 minute mark. You ran, you sweated your arse off, and most people puked a few times during those 2 weeks. If you couldn't handle it, you quit. Nobody's daddy went to the school to whine about it. They just told you "maybe you should join the choir". No guy in those days wanted to be told that.
I remember going to visit my grandparents who had only 2 window units in their house. They only ran them at night because it was useless in daytime. We sat outside on the porch for most visits. If it was raining, you sat real close together.
Oh yeh, and if you played organized football, there was no "official time out" in a game so everyone could have a drink. We had two-a-day practices in August for 2 weeks at about 2.5 hrs per practice. You got one water break at about the 90 minute mark. You ran, you sweated your arse off, and most people puked a few times during those 2 weeks. If you couldn't handle it, you quit. Nobody's daddy went to the school to whine about it. They just told you "maybe you should join the choir". No guy in those days wanted to be told that.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:07 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Attic fans did a decent job of keeping the house bearable. Those suckers would rattle a house
And you had better put something heavy on top of any loose papers sitting around or or the wind would suck them right off the counter.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:09 pm to Byrdybyrd05
you have to take into account the 1 or 2 degree difference in the past 100 years due to global warming.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:34 pm to Byrdybyrd05
You didn’t miss what you didn’t have.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:36 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Thinner
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:37 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Probably like everybody else did prior to modern heating and cooling
The only difference is now we have to worry about global warming and it's adverse effects on the planet and it's inhabitants.
The only difference is now we have to worry about global warming and it's adverse effects on the planet and it's inhabitants.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:38 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Grew up in the deep south without it. Fortunately our house was under a canopy of pecan trees and water oaks that provided lots of shade. We did have fans.
We got a wall unit when I was about 8 I think. It wasn't powerful enough to cool the entire house so we would close the doors to its room and have one cool room.
To this day I'm ok with heat/humidity but cold weather I can't handle.
We got a wall unit when I was about 8 I think. It wasn't powerful enough to cool the entire house so we would close the doors to its room and have one cool room.
To this day I'm ok with heat/humidity but cold weather I can't handle.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:39 pm to SuperSaint
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Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:43 pm to MaDeuce
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The attic fan, brother! Of course it only pulled in hot air till about 9pm.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:44 pm to Byrdybyrd05
I remember when classrooms didn’t have a/c, much less gymnasiums.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:46 pm to Boudreaux35
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h yeh, and if you played organized football, there was no "official time out" in a game so everyone could have a drink. We had two-a-day practices in August for 2 weeks at about 2.5 hrs per practice. You got one water break at about the 90 minute mark. You ran, you sweated your arse off, and most people puked a few times during those 2 weeks. If you couldn't handle it, you quit. Nobody's daddy went to the school to whine about it. They just told you "maybe you should join the choir". No guy in those days wanted to be told that.
Nah, there's nothing "tough" about starving your body of water when it's not needed and potentially causing severe medical issues. That attitude changed because it was a stupid idea. Lack of fluids also leads to more injuries.
Posted on 8/12/19 at 4:50 pm to MaDeuce
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The attic fan, brother! Of course it only pulled in hot air till about 9pm.
Wife (no pics) and I were looking at houses a couple years ago and we ran across a completely remodeled ranch that kept the attic fan for some reason. She was born and raised in Seattle so had no idea what it was or what it was used for. She just looked at me and asked "why does this house have a giant fan that blows in to the attic?!?"
This post was edited on 8/12/19 at 4:51 pm
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