[SamAdams76]

Not that I buy into any of this nonsense but I actually like the warm weather and very rarely turn on the air conditioning either in my car or at home. When I come home from the office, I get out of the suit and put on some shorts with a Hawaiian shirt - no sock, no shoes. I sit out in the yard with a cold brew and I sleep with the windows wide open and a ceiling fan moving the air and you get to hear the crickets and tree frogs outside (people with AC never get to hear those sounds because they have to keep their windows closed). It’s actually quite comfortable except maybe on the very hottest nights.

[hinckley buzzard]

My home is on a wooded hillside with shade trees about, which yields a virtually constant breeze. Like you I manage with windows open at night and closed in the morning--works quite well. But I work with sick and elderly, and without air conditioning many would surely die. What these gaseous liberals consider a luxury is often a necessity for others.

[Former Fetus]

Maybe you can do that in Massachussetts, but around here (South Carolina)you would die of a heat stroke!

[Windflier]

I actually like the warm weather and very rarely turn on the air conditioning either in my car or at home. When I come home from the office, I get out of the suit and put on some shorts with a Hawaiian shirt - no sock, no shoes.

I don't know what folks up your way consider high temps, but from the Southwest to the Southeast, the heat can be overpowering. Even at night. Most homes in Texas have the A/C running from late Spring to early Fall. Continuously.

[Former Fetus]

I’ll make a deal with y’all. We will turn off the AC in the summer... and the heat in the winter! Think how much that will help! What... you don’t agree? Well, I usually wear t-shirt and shorts around Thanksgiving... don’t everbody else do the same?

[wardaddy]

It tickles me to hear yankees here gloating about not needing AC.......well of course you don't

Have u guys ever been down South in August?

94 at 10pm and 80% humidity.....like say Dallas or Mobile

You'd be begging for AC

I grew up in Jackson MS in the 60s with none till i was 15

And i am under no illusions.....
Saginaw ain't DeFuniak Springs in summer trust me

Let alone even worse hot steamy spots worldwide like Asuncion or Managua or Delhi

So you live in an igloo in Caribou and need no AC.....well helll isn't that special.....we are just wussies needing our air conditioning and all

Sam is right though.....night critters are cool.....to a point

In real jungle that insect cacophony of hum can keep an old fart like me awake

I hear everything.....my dog farts in the den 25 yards away and i hear it....i cant sleep without a fan on