We have been having some pretty hot temperatures for a week or so - usually in the low 90s during the day and high 60s at night - all you hear from the people is how hot it is - everyone seeking the air condition - I tell my kids that people don't know how good they have it - when I grew up there was no air condition - you just lived with the heat - it was normal - didn't have refrigerators either - just an ice box - you got a large chunk of ice once or twice a week delivered by the ice man
As kids we always liked when the ice man came around because we would get a small piece of ice to suck on - that was a real treat - before I went into the Army I worked for a demolition company tearing down old factories - worked 6 days a week and 10 hours a day in this kind of heat - we sweated so much that we had to take salt bills during the day - then at night we just kept drinking fluids - man that was hard work - it was dangerous too -
I often wonder how people would get along if some disaster happened and the power was out for months - probably more than half of the population would die -
And in those days all cars were painted black - in the summer the hood would get so hot you could fry an egg on it - no AC - well just wanted to let you know how things were - those were the good old days - I guess - well maybe not in all respects -
