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umar wrote:
> On 2021-05-01, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
>> umar wrote:
>
>>   we need the AC here for Mom, but i'd gladly do without it
>> if i could.  my sinuses don't like coming in from the warm
>> outside to cooler air or vice versa and i'd also like to be
>> able to acclimate to the heat during the summer but that 
>> doesn't happen very much with the AC on.  ah well, FWP...  :)
>
> I can remember as a very young child in New Orleans, we didn't have
> AC. We just opened the windows and ran lots of fans. Our house was
> built on piles driven into the ground instead of a foundation, and I
> loved to crawl under the house and see all the bugs and other critters
> that lived there. I found pill bugs fascinating. 

  pill bugs are edible, supposed to taste like shrimp, i've
not tried them yet or been that desperate but a good thing to
remember.  i have some nice sized ones that live in the worm
buckets i keep for digesting food and paper scraps.  they can
get pretty big.  :)

  i spent a lot of the summer out back in the ponds and fields
and the neighboring woods.  i feel sorry for kids who've not
been able to do much out in the natural world.  to me it has
always been so facinating and gardening is a great way to 
expand into soil sciences and microbiology and geology and 
...


> It must have been hotter than the hinges of hell -- I remember we'd
> get intense downpours for 10 minutes or so, and then the sun would
> come out and we'd see steam rising from the streets.

  yeah.  and riding down the road on our bikes and having
tar bubbles pop and spray us.


> This was in the early 1960s. Air conditioning existed, but I remember
> only ever encountering it in a few stores my mother took me to.

  we did have a window unit way back in the 70s but it
was a loud monster.  i didn't like it and spent more time
downstairs in the living room which was much cooler.


>>   i couldn't really enjoy that.  i like gardening too much
>> to not have some strawberries and other plants that need
>> a fair amount of sun to be productive.
>
> My former wife and I bought the house back in 1988. Decades later, I'm
> still there. When my brother and I bought a handful of radio stations
> in northern New England, it was my plan to move up there, but 
> circumstances haven't allowed that so far. 
>
> There are aspects of living where I do that are very convenient; I
> am two blocks from the local commuter rail station, for one. But
> it would be nice to be out in the countryside,

  it has it's ups and downs for sure.  :)  today the farm
across the road was being sprayed and the wind was drifting
towards us.  now i need to get outside for a few minutes and
check for black ants that want to keep nesting in the walls
of the house.  a lot of gaps that need to be caulked up.
always something to do here and it will be a busy day so off
to get at it before i talk myself into going back to sleep
for a while.  :)

  i'd love a commuter rail station anywhere within walking
distance of here.  not likely ever, but who knows, when 
perhaps they figure out how much less it costs to maintain
rail than pavement and the world runs out of oils/tars...
or ...  heh.  well, we can dream right?  :)


  songbird

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