They simply kept the windows open, fans blowing.....

HOT!!!  And it's not officially summer, but certainly feels like The Sahara Desert.  This is the time of year that everything that is green in Texas turns brown.   I remember my first summer in Texas....I felt like a raisin.   But you know what?  It's amazing how years ago, most folks in Texas didn't have A/C.   They simply kept windows open, fans blowing, drank lots of iced tea, and didn't rush around.  Somehow they were able to cope with the Texas heat without whining.   I guess that means that today we have Privileged Whiners.

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[Linda Whaley]

OK, I am NOT quite ancient yet, and I remember when we did NOT have a/c at all. When I was five, we added onto the house. When that occurred we got a window unit air conditioner that cooled that part of the house. But even then we only closed off that part of the house and turned on the a/c on very, very hot days. That was a treat!! I don't remember when we got a window unit that would cool the other part of the house. I do know that I was in college before we put in central air and heat. Before a/c we slept with the windows open and a box fan blowing. There was nothing between you and the outside world except the window screen. Things were a lot simpler back then.