Mom & Dad would simply open the windows on a hot summer time afternoon & run the fans for air circulation
Back in the afternoon, I never thought that it would be possible to have the kind of technology that all of us now adore in the present afternoon & age. Technology has made our lives just so much more convenient. And if there has one kind of technology that I absolutely adore, it’s climate control. Is there a piece of technology more symbolic of man’s mastery over the elements than the kind that allows us to directly control how cool or hot & how humid or dry the air is within our own homes? It’s absolutely amazing to me, & I will never take it for granted! Especially since I grew up in a lake lake house that had no central heating or air conditioning whatsoever! It’s not that I was miserable because all of us did not have any Heating as well as Air Conditioning. The truth is, that I did not believe any better. I remember the first time that I had a sleepover at a friend’s lake house who had central heating & A/C. It was uncanny to be so hot & comfortable in the middle of the winter! Every one of us had a Christmas gathering at his house, & I remember wondering to myself how it could possibly be so hot when there was no fire going in the kitchen & I did not see any space heaters. That’s how out of touch I was when it came to climate control technology! Yes, my childhood lake lake house had ceiling fans & a entirely sizable fireplace, however little else. Mom & Dad would simply open the windows on a hot summer time afternoon & run the fans for air circulation. I did not really complain all that much, because again, I did not really believe any better! That being said, I absolutely adore having climate control these afternoons. My wife came from a entirely unusual way of life before all of us met, after all; She cannot even think the way that I used to live when I tell her.