Dear All, I have wondered how TX ever got settled. It is so hot!! How did people tolerate the heat with no A/C. My house in White Settlement is situated N to S on the lot. Open a window on the N and the front door on the S. It is under several big trees that are trimmed in such a manner as to promote the breeze-trim off all branches near the ground as possible, trim all suckers and trim to the terminal limbs on those you can reach from the ground or the roof. The house stays cool until the really hot part of the day. If I did not get the heat from the patio and driveway and street it would be even cooler. My friend who lives out in the country never turns on her A/C except when it is over 95 degrees. She is under at least 50 oak trees. The temp at her house is always ten to fifteen degrees cooler than it is in town. I can remember being five years old and living in Florida. I can remember not being able to sleep because it was so hot. We had no breeze,no shade, no fans,and it was sticky. On the Keys it was some better but you could not shower until the wee hours because water was piped over land-too hot. I remember the Palmetto bugs crawling on everything-screens,laundry hanging out to dry,cars,etc. YUK!!!! Lynn > [Original Message] > From: <SandKatC@aol.com> > To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/1/02 8:57:03 PM > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] rain barrel > > > In a message dated 11/1/02 6:52:32 PM, Rosamundi4@dragonbbs.com writes: > > << Yes memories are precious, Have you ever talked to a young person and tried > > to describe life before clothes dryers and permanent press? >> > > Jackie: > > I've told my children how it was before washers and dryers, air conditioners, > and with the younger ones, life with no microwave. They enjoy listening but > just can't get over how hard the old days were! Ha! What about our really > old ones who had to sew clothes by hand, didn't even have fans, etc.. Those > are the times that amaze me, not to mention earlier times. > > Sandi > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Please don't post private information about living people without permission. All posts are archived. To search RootsWeb list archives: > <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html> > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- M. Lynn Taylor --- mltaylordogmother@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.