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Old 06-09-2024, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive View Post
Back in the day (University days 1970, to be exact) we had a one-room apartment on the second floor above a Western Auto store. About the size of a telephone booth. Got hot up there in July and August. There was a place you could buy these blocks of ice: put one of them in a plastic tub, turn the fan on it and Presto! Air conditioning! Good for a couple of hours anyway.
Things have changed a lot in 54 years. University students don't suffer for much anymore. Some parents even provide hired housekeeping services for their "kiddies".