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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. I lived in Phoenix 1983 - 1987.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 02:31 PM

Sep 2025

I'd see elderly people at the mall all day because they didn't have or couldn't afford to pay for a/c.

You can at least dress for the cold. The only way to dress for the heat is to wear an air-conditioned car.

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