What did people do before air conditioning?
Aug 7, 2022 19:39:56 #
Mikeyavelli wrote:
In Ohio, we had 455 air conditioning in our cars. Not as good as your 480. The cops didn't like that really good air conditioning.
I kinda remember Armstrong ac.
That’s just rolling down the mechanical windows. No electric here.
Aug 7, 2022 20:27:27 #
Gatsby wrote:
Q. What did people do before air conditioning?
A. Sweat!
A. Sweat!
Adapted,survived, and thrived
Aug 7, 2022 21:49:18 #
son of witless wrote:
Back in the good old days if you were old, an infant, or someone with a medical condition, you died when it got too hot. Back in the good old days you didn't have people working in sky scrapers in Southern cities in the summer.
We had beer, and a garden hose and guinea t-shirts. We survived.
Aug 7, 2022 23:02:33 #
Mikeyavelli wrote:
We had beer, and a garden hose and guinea t-shirts. We survived.
👍 The garden hoses were the best. Even the dog participated in playing in the sprinkler.
Aug 7, 2022 23:04:50 #
Mikeyavelli wrote:
We had beer, and a garden hose and guinea t-shirts. We survived.
Definitely the beer helped! And the neighbor's pond. Not the best combination when you think about it, but oh well, we survived.
Aug 8, 2022 07:41:47 #
archie bunker wrote:
Did it just not get hot in Summer before? Cold in Winter? How did people worldwide survive so that we can all be here now?
Maybe most are a bunch of spoiled pussies?
Yep, that's my theory, and I'm sticking to it!!
Maybe most are a bunch of spoiled pussies?
Yep, that's my theory, and I'm sticking to it!!
Fans?
Aug 8, 2022 07:49:56 #
CarryOn wrote:
Definitely the beer helped! And the neighbor's pond. Not the best combination when you think about it, but oh well, we survived.
Not only survived, we thrived.
I still feel like I'm wussing out when I turn on the air conditioner at home. Feel the weather, it's natural.
Aug 8, 2022 08:05:48 #
son of witless wrote:
Back in the good old days if you were old, an infant, or someone with a medical condition, you died when it got too hot. Back in the good old days you didn't have people working in sky scrapers in Southern cities in the summer.
Or developing in the desert, taking water from other places, and using it for fountains.Aug 8, 2022 08:09:46 #
Ginny_Dandy wrote:
Vancouver, Canada or Vancouver, WA?
Not a whole lot of difference there, but Canada.
Aug 8, 2022 09:58:38 #
Mikeyavelli wrote:
We had beer, and a garden hose and guinea t-shirts. We survived.
We were too young for beer in the pre air conditioning days. We had the garden hose, but what is a guinea t-shirt ? Maybe we called them something else. We just had used to be white cotton t-shirts.
Aug 8, 2022 11:10:23 #
son of witless wrote:
We were too young for beer in the pre air conditioning days. We had the garden hose, but what is a guinea t-shirt ? Maybe we called them something else. We just had used to be white cotton t-shirts.
Not sure, but I think it refers to undershirts. In my neck-of-the-woods, we call them the very un-PC term of wife-beaters
Aug 8, 2022 12:04:49 #
WinkyTink
Loc: Hill Country, TX
Ricktloml wrote:
Not sure, but I think it refers to undershirts. In my neck-of-the-woods, we call them the very un-PC term of wife-beaters
I’ve worn them (sleeveless, a-frame, wife beaters) for 40 years…… ever since a female peer suggested I do to hide my nipples from showing through my high dollar, white business shirts.
Aug 8, 2022 12:35:09 #
son of witless wrote:
We were too young for beer in the pre air conditioning days. We had the garden hose, but what is a guinea t-shirt ? Maybe we called them something else. We just had used to be white cotton t-shirts.
Old man undershirts without sleeves. Like a very light tank top.
Aug 8, 2022 12:35:39 #
Ricktloml wrote:
Not sure, but I think it refers to undershirts. In my neck-of-the-woods, we call them the very un-PC term of wife-beaters
Yep, wife beaters is the other name.
Aug 8, 2022 12:36:38 #
WinkyTink wrote:
I’ve worn them (sleeveless, a-frame, wife beaters) for 40 years…… ever since a female peer suggested I do to hide my nipples from showing through my high dollar, white business shirts.
😆 yep!
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