08-16-2016, 03:11 AM
(08-15-2016, 08:42 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Agree 100%. Give me cold house and a thick comforter and I'll be just fine.
I, like probably a lot of folks here, grew up without a/c. Worse yet, we didn't even have it in our car. None of our close relatives had it., for that matter. So, about the only time I got to experience a/c as a kid was when we went to the mall or the bank or the grocery store. We too put fans in the windows, but it only helps so much. I spent many a summer night in childhood staring at the ceiling, sweat trickling off me as I tried in vain to sleep.
During the summer in Iraq, the coolest it would get was in the 90s in the middle of the night. You couldn't take anything off if you were patrolling. It was so hot during the day, if your weapon was in the sun and you grabbed it by the metal with a bare hand it would blister you.
During the winter in the mountains of north Georgia the water in my canteens froze solid. In the mountains of the Nevada desert the rain turned to snow. You couldn't put anything on if you were patrolling.
I'll take being hot over being cold any day of the week.
