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Marthe48

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6. I did

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:54 AM

Jul 28

We didn't have AC, just a huge window fan mounted on 2x4s. Every spring when my parents put it in the window, my Mom warned us not to put our fingers in the blades. But it was okay to sing and talk into it.

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Okay, I got to ask my fellow baby boomers. [View all] Emile Jul 28 OP

As a child in FL when we didn't have air conditioning, fans ran all the time and this was a regular pastime. lark Jul 28 #1

I still do! MuseRider Jul 28 #2

Dang it, gab13by13 Jul 28 #3

((Raises hand)) Diamond_Dog Jul 28 #4

Yup, yup, yup. mwmisses4289 Jul 28 #5

I did Marthe48 Jul 28 #6

At least two or three times. Baitball Blogger Jul 28 #7

I did it once.... lastlib Jul 28 #8

Guilty as charged EYESORE 9001 Jul 28 #9

"Happy Time" JoseBalow Jul 28 #18

I did. debm55 Jul 28 #10

There's a fan running in the kitchen. Harker Jul 28 #11

I tried but the Floyd R. Turbo Jul 28 #12

Of course! TexasBushwhacker Jul 28 #13

Did That In HS, Too ProfessorGAC Jul 28 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author marked50 Jul 28 #14

Ouch Emile Jul 28 #17

What? Maninacan Jul 28 #15

Yep, I did that LogDog75 Jul 28 #16

Not an activity exclusive to Boomers, of course, as this Gen-Xer did the same thing. Xavier Breath Jul 28 #20