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Marthe48

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6. I did

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:54 AM

Jul 2025

We didn't have AC, just a huge window fan mounted on 2x4s. Every spring when my parents put it in the window, my Mom warned us not to put our fingers in the blades. But it was okay to sing and talk into it.

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Okay, I got to ask my fellow baby boomers. [View all] Emile Jul 2025 OP

As a child in FL when we didn't have air conditioning, fans ran all the time and this was a regular pastime. lark Jul 2025 #1

I still do! MuseRider Jul 2025 #2

Dang it, gab13by13 Jul 2025 #3

((Raises hand)) Diamond_Dog Jul 2025 #4

Yup, yup, yup. mwmisses4289 Jul 2025 #5

I did Marthe48 Jul 2025 #6

At least two or three times. Baitball Blogger Jul 2025 #7

I did it once.... lastlib Jul 2025 #8

Guilty as charged EYESORE 9001 Jul 2025 #9

"Happy Time" JoseBalow Jul 2025 #18

I did. debm55 Jul 2025 #10

There's a fan running in the kitchen. Harker Jul 2025 #11

I tried but the Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2025 #12

Of course! TexasBushwhacker Jul 2025 #13

Did That In HS, Too ProfessorGAC Jul 2025 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author marked50 Jul 2025 #14

Ouch Emile Jul 2025 #17

What? Maninacan Jul 2025 #15

Yep, I did that LogDog75 Jul 2025 #16

Not an activity exclusive to Boomers, of course, as this Gen-Xer did the same thing. Xavier Breath Jul 2025 #20