Friendly forums for passionate Dems!
More than 94 million posts since 2001
Home Latest Greatest Videos Forums Hide ads Join up!
Home Latest Greatest
Videos Forums Help
Hide ads Join up!
Latest Discussions»The DU Lounge»Memory Lane, How did you ...»Reply #18
Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

The DU Lounge

In reply to the discussion: Memory Lane, How did you keep yourself cool in the hot summer heat? Running through a sprinkler? the inflatable 4 ring [View all]

debm55

(62,058 posts)
18. I remember sleeping outside as the house seemed to hold the heat.Never had AC in the car either . AC was a luxury that
Reply to NNadir (Reply #16)
Sat May 30, 2026, 02:20 PM
13 hrs ago

many couldn't afford. Thank you NNadir.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

28 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Memory Lane, How did you keep yourself cool in the hot summer heat? Running through a sprinkler? the inflatable 4 ring [View all] debm55 14 hrs ago OP
Water hose. LoisB 14 hrs ago #1
Yup... that was about it. Occasionally my Mom would take us to a community pool. hlthe2b 14 hrs ago #3
Yep, that is right. hlthe2b. We didn't have a community pool. So it was the jumping through the sprinkler and the little debm55 14 hrs ago #6
Yeah.. when I say "community" pool, not like an HOA-Subdivision pool, but a city pool 20 miles away... hlthe2b 12 hrs ago #22
Oh, I knew, but living in a Steel Mill town, did not give us a community pool. Carnegie Library in the little town had a debm55 8 hrs ago #23
That was my life too. All the fans did was blow around hot air. If we were LoisB 12 hrs ago #21
Garden hose! johnp3907 14 hrs ago #2
Thank you very much for sharing with us, johnp3907 debm55 14 hrs ago #7
Picking mushrooms and going to the sinkholes. Big Dismal wasa favorite Lochloosa 14 hrs ago #4
Thank you very much for sharing with us, Lochloosa. debm55 14 hrs ago #8
Ice True Dough 14 hrs ago #5
HAHAHAHHHAHAHAHHHAH. OMG. Thank you True Dough. debm55 14 hrs ago #9
uhhhmmm...shrinkage. ret5hd 12 hrs ago #20
No way to keep cool. Just awful unc70 14 hrs ago #10
Thank you very much for sharing with us, unc70, As a kid, we didn't have AC. I agree. , fans did nothing. My husband debm55 14 hrs ago #11
There are cooling small towels : mucifer 14 hrs ago #12
Thank you very much , mucifer. I wil have to try. debm55 14 hrs ago #13
As a kid, I didn't know a damned thing about thermodynamics, so what I did was pretty dumb. NNadir 14 hrs ago #14
Great post, NNadir. We have a Cape Cod house. ---two bedroom/attic upstairs. Even though, we have whole house AC. it is debm55 13 hrs ago #15
That's what I grew up in, a "Cape Cod" house. NNadir 13 hrs ago #16
I remember sleeping outside as the house seemed to hold the heat.Never had AC in the car either . AC was a luxury that debm55 13 hrs ago #18
I never had a house without AC. House of Roberts 13 hrs ago #17
Thank you very much for sharing with us, House of Roberts. Somehow the heat didn't bother me, during the day. but at debm55 13 hrs ago #19
There was a playground, probably about a half mile from our apartment ... surrealAmerican 8 hrs ago #24
slip n slide - great fun jgo 3 hrs ago #25
I lived four blocks from Lake Michigan. greatauntoftriplets 2 hrs ago #26
Neighborhood pools open every day, and I was there most days.. Permanut 2 hrs ago #27
Sprinkler MIButterfly 1 hr ago #28
Latest Discussions»The DU Lounge»Memory Lane, How did you ...»Reply #18
Home | Latest Discussions | Greatest Discussions | Latest Videos | All Forums

About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact

In Memoriam

© 2001 - 2026 Democratic Underground, LLC. Thank you for visiting.