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LSparkle

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8. We had a swamp cooler until about 1975

Reply to Adsos Letter (Reply #6)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 11:45 PM

Sep 2020

It broke so we upgraded to AC. I was a teenager and didn’t really notice that it made much difference but I don’t remember it ever getting to 111 back then!

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Forecast of 111* for our area this Sunday. [View all] Adsos Letter Sep 2020 OP

oof....good tine to be living on the coast... dhill926 Sep 2020 #1

Nice! Adsos Letter Sep 2020 #2

I grew up there ... and we didn't have AC for years! LSparkle Sep 2020 #3

Life without A/C was so normal. Adsos Letter Sep 2020 #6

We had a swamp cooler until about 1975 LSparkle Sep 2020 #8

aack! hope the grapes (and you) don't get cooked... dhill926 Sep 2020 #4

We will be laying low. Adsos Letter Sep 2020 #7

...but, but, it's dry heat. 🌵 demosincebirth Sep 2020 #5

lol Adsos Letter Sep 2020 #9

Those are Vegas temps! Fiendish Thingy Sep 2020 #10

We've had a lot of very hot weather this past month. Adsos Letter Sep 2020 #11

Meh! Walk in the park here in AZ... AZ8theist Sep 2020 #12

Dry heat? Nah, clothes are wet. quaint Sep 2020 #13