I'm in NJ. It's 90 degrees in my apartment at 10:09 a.m.

[no_hypocrisy]

No A/C by choice.

Keeping cool by shedding clothes to the point of minimum respectability and spritzing myself with cold water and sitting in front of a fan. And drinking plenty of ice water.

Not perfect, but it works.

[underpants]

1. I used to be able to do that

Not anymore

[safeinOhio]

2. Call me crazy, but last week

I went out for my 4 mile jog 3 times when it was over 90 out. I just like to run when it's hot. I'm 70 too.
That cold shower is great when I get done.

[Srkdqltr]

3. I don't get it. Are you bragging or complaining?

[Beakybird]

6. He probably cares for the environment and knows AC uses tons of electricity.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Just stating my status.

Sometimes it's unbearable until I can get cooled off.

I grew up without AC and am kind of used to it.

And agreed with another response that I don't intend to buy an A/C due to environmental concerns, not to mention the drain on the electrical grid.

[Srkdqltr]

11. Ok bragging it is. Answers my question.

I just didn't know wether to feel sorry for you or compliment you. I guess you are good and you enjoy being g uncomfortable . Everyone has their thing.

[Polly Hennessey]

4. You must be uncomfortable.

Does it cool down at night? Put a wet towel over the fan. That might help. I, personally, hate summer. I am in Northern California and we are having a fairly standard summer. Some overly warm days but nothing bad. We have air conditioning and the bill that goes with it. Take care. 🌞

[In_The_Wind]

5. We have 2 ACs.

I be chillin'

[MontanaMama]

8. Dang that's warm.

It’ll get well into the 90’s up this week but it cools off to the high 50‘s at night thankfully. I opened all the windows last night and it’s 63 in the house now. If we close up before it warms up outside it’ll stay below 70 all day. I put in AC a few years ago not because it’s hot for any length of time but for wildfires season when the air gets smoky. Crossing my fingers we escape that this year. Stay cool! 😎 ❄️

[frazzled]

9. Are you working from home?

We are, and during the recent heat wave (with unbearable humidity) that lasted for ten days or so in the mid 90s, I found myself unable to think and concentrate. Mind just melted, brain wouldn't work right.

We had central air for the first time when I was in my mid-fifties and moved to a place that, by coincidence, had it. Inability to cope with heat and humidity grows each year for me now.

So we've been running the AC this summer, and I don't particularly like the feel of AC. But it's kind of necessary if you need to get things done during the daytime. We set it at 76 or 77, and that sometimes gets too cold for us, so then we turn it up a degree to shut it off, and then soon we are hot and turn it back down a degree ... and so it goes. But it's a lifesaver, frankly.

[donkeypoofed]

10. Put bowl of ice in front of a fan - it works !!

[backtoblue]

18. Sure does

Ive put a block ice in a cooler with the fan on. It cooled one small room for a few hours.

[Happy Hoosier]

12. Well, not sure why you'd make that choice....

Seems foolish to me, but if that's what you want. I think you will find it tougher and tougher to do in the coming years.

[Keth]

13. One summer

and only one summer, I lived in a second floor flat above a paint store in southern Missouri and had no air conditioning. August was the worst - I would fill the tub with cool water and take occasional dips which helped. Fortunately, I lived above where no one could see in and catch me in the buff. Now that I look back on it, it was a fond, although warm, memory. Loose joints and ice cold beer also helped.

[MissB]

14. Stay cool!

Sounds like a scorcher.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. No A/C by choice? Do you think you chose wisely? Or poorly?

Is this a choice you're stuck with? There's still hope, you know. Best Buy or Walmart is just around the corner. We can fix this.

[LeftInTX]

20. If he lived in Texas, it would be a poor choice!

Kinda like living in NJ with heat.

You can actually survive in South Texas without a heater! Although, it gets shivery. Can't survive without AC...at least in my house. It does not have cross breeze! Our old house did, but this house has tiny windows with no cross breeze.

Some people survive without it here, but it isn't a choice. And they are often forced to go to cooling centers in order to survive our summers.

[flotsam]

16. Anyone gonna mention the cost of AC??

Not the esoteric damage to the planet-Let's discuss the cash that cannot then become food or medicine. I mean, it's great to pretend it is all about choices and environmental stances but we are ALL hot and some of us stay hot because cooling ain't a viable option...I'm OK but many are not...

[smirkymonkey]

17. Another 95 degree day here in Boston.

It's been hotter here the last few days than it was in Miami.

You would think that in exchange for such cold, brutal winters, we would at least get milder summers. But no, we get the temperature extremes here. However, Autumn is wonderful. I can't wait for those crisp, cool days of temps in the 50's and 60's.

Spring can be lovely as well, but it just doesn't last very long and there is a lot of rain. But when the days are nice, they are absolutely perfect!

[betsuni]

19. First really hot day where I am: 95 degrees and incredibly humid. No A/C.

Time for the Cold Towel Method. Periodical wiping down the body with a cold towel, keeping it around the neck. Keeping a bathful of water for occasional dips. Ice pillows (plastic pillow filled with some kind of gel to put in freezer). Hanging around air conditioned places a little longer than necessary. Enjoying feeling sorry for self for suffering in the heat.

I love the cicadas. It's like a soundtrack for summer.