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In reply to the discussion: It's hot, our AC isn't working - so it's time for some nostalgia (no AC for us back then either!)... [View all]texanwitch
(18,705 posts)39. From what I remember the attic fans were loud but they did work.
The trick with window fans is that you point the fans outward during the day and inward at night.
They do not help when it is humid.
I like my ac but I don't keep the temp any lower then 78.
With a fan of some kind 78 is cool enough.
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It's hot, our AC isn't working - so it's time for some nostalgia (no AC for us back then either!)... [View all]
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
OP
Check the coolant level. We've got a leak and that's the first sign it is low.
HopeHoops
Jun 2012
#14
I still have a couple of those. The walk around the cone trick was my favorite.
HopeHoops
Jun 2012
#13
I don't remember Skybar (do remembr the rest) but saw them recently at OSH.
Live and Learn
Jun 2012
#68
I HATED fizzies. They must have been a Communist plot. One thing about the past that trumps
raccoon
Jun 2012
#11
ah - but which part? I liked the nougat part best....then chocolate - worst was PB
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
#15
Gah! The worst pain is stepping on a Barbie shoe in the middle of the night
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#25
Clackers (albiet with a different design, and made of plastic) came back when I was a kid...
TheMightyFavog
Jun 2012
#59
I had that! But after everyone heard that they could explode no one played with 'em anymore :( nt
Tx4obama
Jun 2012
#65
Attic fans do NOT work! I finally got AC 5 years ago, after 45 years without it in IL
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#54
I definitely remember those ads! We bought and drank lots of Funny Face drink mix!
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
#53
32 here, young by some standards, but i think I'm entitled to SOME nostalgia...
TheMightyFavog
Jun 2012
#58
my wife got sent home from high school for wearing culottes! she still chuckles about it....
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
#63