Maybe our favorite electrical sprite can lower the temperature on the current controversies that have appeared on the blog this week. By the way, this is the 62nd post (out of a total of 4,184) boasting an appearance by Reddy.
The Ohio Edison ad above ran in the Journal on June 18, 1963 and a few other times that summer. I like the highly effective illustration of the overheated crowd of people. It kind of reminds me of the street scene at the beginning of Guys and Dolls.
I don't know about you, but I love air conditioning. I've already had mine on a few times and I just hope I don't have to run it for weeks on end this summer.
While my siblings and I were growing up, we didn't have air conditioning. My parents didn't get it until late in the 1970s. So we kept cool in other ways.
This 2009 post looks back at some of them.
I grew up near a body of water and so we could cool off whenever we liked. I can't comprehend how folks in really hot climates lived (and still live) without aircon. We didn't have it in our home until the 1990s. It sure makes a difference. Like heat in the winter, it disconnects you from the weather, makes you immune to it. As long as you're willing and able to pay ol' Reddy the tab!
ReplyDeleteAt 0652, we're already at seventy degrees, so the AC will probably be on for a bit today.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up, we had fans, ice water, and Kool-Aid, and as kids, the heat didn't bother us as bad.
My parents didn’t install air conditioning until I left home for college (nothing personal, I’m sure). One of my sisters and my brother-in-law still, to this day, don’t have air conditioning in their home. So there’s that.
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