I know I have told many people this story, however my Grandparents didn’t feel air conditioners were vital, so they didn’t have an air conditioner in the house, and neither did their parents.
- They were a large family of farmers and knew how to deal with heat and humid summers.
They would come in from the field at the end of the day and scrub with chilly water, but I would often see them with wet cloth on the back of their necks or on top of their heads. I grew up in the city, and my mom and dad had air conditioners… When dad moved away from the farm and went to university, he never looked back, as he embraced this new way of living, and my associate and I had air conditioners in our home, and one summer, my parents took me to the farm so I could get to know my Grandparents better. I was there quite often through the years, and when my parents were on getaway. My buddies and I would spend the holidays with my Grandparents, however it was consistently fun. This year, I was going to spend time while in the summer. They expected me to toil on the farm alongside them, and there was no air conditioner in my room. I had a strenuous time trying to sleep at night, and I could not get used to it. When mom and dad picked me up, I told them I had a ton of fun, although I could not get used to not having air conditioners. It was even harder when I got back home. I was shivering the first week home, because the central air conditioner was too chilly for me.