Ned Hibberd's Blog

I say a prayer of thanks every day for the inventor of Air Conditioners and fans. Often wonder what the settlers did to adjust to this heat. One of my Aunts used to give each of us a cold washcloth. Either she put two cubes of ice in it or just poured ice cold water onto them. We would put those on our pulse points. Sit near a fan, with the cold cloth on our forehead. No AC in a vehicle is a nightmare in hot heat. Don't hang your head out the window either Ned!

One of our Seniors at church had this to say:
"We would go out into the field for watermelon refreshments. Remember many of us sitting under the cool breezeway or under the shady oak trees."

In our apartment, we have the smallest unit possible, PLUS we're upstairs. The coldest our aged unit is supposed to be 10 degrees less than the outside temperature. (100 degrees outside-90 inside) according to our manager, and my sisters, both in the apt business agree. That's just the way apartments are. Luckily, our apt stays about 80 degrees, which is still too friggin hot for me. But at night, it hadn't been getting cold enough, so the maintenance guy came out--sure enough, it was low on freon. I told them, that means there's a leak, but they won't replace it until it goes kaput.
Hmmm...how does one sabotage an a/c unit without it looking sabotaged?

As for car a/cs...yep. I rarely see ANY a/c work at less than $1200.

Even at the beach it can get too hot. I used to just park my chaise in the water, and when it got REALLY hot, would pour the melted ice water in the ice chest over my head.

Ned... just got back from the Florida panhandle. I swear the heat & humidity there were worse than in Houston. Even the gulf and swimming pool waters were hot. I'm now back in H-town... cooling off!

BTW NED-LOVE the baby pics!!!! Looks like one happy baby!!

I've been beating the heat INDOORS in the A/C. It's when I get my electric bill that I'll close my eyes and imagine I'm somewhere else!!!