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> On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 23:02:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>>On 10/4/2018 10:41 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Thu 04 Oct 2018 05:15:27p, Ed Pawlowski told us...
>>>
>>>> On 10/4/2018 11:22 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> On 10/2/2018 1:50 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I spend most of January/February here hiding from the snow and
>>>>>> cold. Down there I expect to hide in the house with the AC for
>>>>>> July/August. At least there will be sunshine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ed, unless you're comfortable with 80°F temps, you should expect
>>>>> to spend time inside with AC from late May until some time in
>>>>> October.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's still 88-90°F in the afternoons here in southern SC. It's
>>>>> not yet cool enough (for me) to not use the AC. Then again, I
>>>>> prefer 71F.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> I'm ok to at least 90. I can take brief periods higher. When I
>>>> was working, our plant used steam in the process so it was always
>>>> 15+ degrees hotter than outside. I spent half my day out there
>>>> and the boiler room to do testing, even hotter. Of course, my
>>>> wife likes it cooler.
>>>>
>>>
>>> For as long as I can remember until I was out of college my dad was a
>>> VP in the HVAC division of York Corp. As a consequence I can't remember
>>> a time when we didn't have central air conditioning and forced air
>>> heating in every house we lived in. My dad believed in maintaining 72F
>>> throughout the year. I was spoiled by this, and I never wanted to go
>>> to anyone's home that didn't have A/C. :-)
>>> AC is one of the great inventions of modern times. My parents bought
>>one that did the entire downstairs of our house. That was in the 1950s.
>>We slept in the living room on hot nights. Since that time, I spent
>>maybe one summer without AC in at least the bedroom.
>>
>>I don't know how people survived years ago in the cities.
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> They slept on the fire escape.


When we were kids and it was really hot, no air conditioning, we slept
outside. I think that's why I hate rustic camping to this day. LOL

Cheri