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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 14:54:49 -0600
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- From: Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
- Subject: Re: English peas
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- > When I read Natalie's account of June days in the 50s in Jackson, I thought
- > of air-conditioning. Children somehow seem immune from the worst effects
- > of that brutal Mississippi heat; I mean, the heat and humidity of those
- > largely un-air-conditioned times is screened out of the nostalgic memories.
- >
- > brad
-
- Do you remember having to be inside during the hottest part of the
- afternoon because the extreme heat might make you more susceptable to polio?
- As for the lack of air-conditioning, it probably was a case of "you can't
- miss what you've never seen." I don't remember being unduly bothered by
- the heat (and I grew up in south and central Texas), but I do remember
- that we had what was called a "water cooler," a window-mounted fan with a
- water hose fed into the back of it. The fan blew over the water and this
- allowed cool air to circulate rather than warm air. These could not be
- used in humid areas, however.
- doris
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