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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 1583631" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>Grandpa would tell stories of having to walk through the snow to a neighboring farm as a kid to get milk and the milk being frozen solid by the time he got back with it. </p><p>That and how cold it was in the back of a C-47 over Europe in the winter.</p><p>That and delivering a rural mail route for several decades regardless of snow and ice. (He loved driving in it too. Stationwagons, chains and studded snow tires.)</p><p>Nearly freezing on hunting trips to the mountains with lousy gear.</p><p></p><p>He told those as if they were happy times. Like it was fun.</p><p></p><p>He talked about the Summer of 1936 as if it was hell on earth. I can't imagine working outside all day, drinking hot water, eating dust, no fancy showers, and then having to try and sleep. Outside on the porch of course. What is "conditioned air"? He said they pretty much just tossed and turned all night, lucky to drift off for a few minutes at a time before waking up drenched in sweat. Morning comes and back to eating dust. They thought it would never end.</p><p></p><p>We may have A/C now, but 106 is still worse than 16.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 1583631, member: 4319"] Grandpa would tell stories of having to walk through the snow to a neighboring farm as a kid to get milk and the milk being frozen solid by the time he got back with it. That and how cold it was in the back of a C-47 over Europe in the winter. That and delivering a rural mail route for several decades regardless of snow and ice. (He loved driving in it too. Stationwagons, chains and studded snow tires.) Nearly freezing on hunting trips to the mountains with lousy gear. He told those as if they were happy times. Like it was fun. He talked about the Summer of 1936 as if it was hell on earth. I can't imagine working outside all day, drinking hot water, eating dust, no fancy showers, and then having to try and sleep. Outside on the porch of course. What is "conditioned air"? He said they pretty much just tossed and turned all night, lucky to drift off for a few minutes at a time before waking up drenched in sweat. Morning comes and back to eating dust. They thought it would never end. We may have A/C now, but 106 is still worse than 16. [/QUOTE]
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