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I'm sorry, I just plain forgot how hot and humid Mo is in the summertime, often worse than the deep south. I grew up in the deep south 20 miles from the gulf and am not familiar with older homes and offices above the Mason-Dixon. Some southern homes had a long straight hallway from the front to rear in the center. That would allow circulation throught the center to draw hot air from the rooms on each side through the transomes or doorways, creating a natural circulation through the house.

one of the few places a person could go and experience “refrigerated air” for a few hours during the heat waves.

The first time my wife had to go to the ER a few years ago, she was surprised at what she saw; The local poor Amish would come to the ER waiting room to watch cable TV and enjoy some AC, buying snacks and drinks from the machines. She thought that I was kidding at first, then after several hours of waiting and watching the people, she saw that they had nobody that was a patient; it was just a night out at the movies for them. LOL

[WhiskeyX]

(Chuckles)
Yes, and we used to have to get up half an hour before we went to bed in the shoebox on top of the trash heap and lick the road clean...

...and you tell it to the young people of today, an’ they’ll not believe you...

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[Hat tip to Monty Python....]