July 2nd, and it is hot out there. Right now, it is 95 with a wind chill of 106. Too damned hot to be out in the sun. I know that I grew up without air conditioning, but we didn't do much in the afternoon. Find a shady spot and hope for a breeze. We worked the garden in the morning and mowed grass in the late afternoon. We tried to stay out of the midday sun.
These days I still try to stay out of the midday sun. I am convinced that Willis Carrier is one of the most important inventors of the 20th century, and I intend to enjoy his invention every day that I can.
Tonic water!
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Worth thinking about.
Air conditioning is proof that God loves us, and he sent his missionary Willis Carrier to us, so that we could be cool and happy.
ReplyDeleteWatched an interview some years back where they were interviewing an old lady; they asked her what the greatest invention in her lifetime was. She said chlorine bleach. They were dumbfounded; she wasn't impressed with cars, jets, or atomic energy. Chlorine bleach because of its sanitizing properties.
ReplyDeleteOnly mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid day sun.
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