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  Posted by elle Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:05am PDT

  I've know about the linen sheets and also do not use anything but a fitted/flat sheet when making beds in my home when it begins to get warm out.

  I agree I could never wear a wet tee to sleep or eat spicy foods - yuk! The warm showers I've heard of as well as the exhaust fan.

  Also, in the 'ol days here where I live - apartments and many homes used dark colored drapes to cover the windows and keep out sun. they'd use white shades so not to absorb more heat through the windows. And for older homes w/out AC they'd put an exhaust fan (pretty big one) in the attic and open the lower level floor windows to have hot air pulled out and cooler air circulate throughout the house.

  Call me spoiled - or call me (can't help it) but I live on a top floor with a rooftop covered in black tar that absorbs the heat and makes it unbearable in the summer months without an air conditioner.

  When we lose power it's time to pack up and head for the nearest hotel.

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  Posted by Vicki ~ diva Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:53am PDT

  I've used the exhaust fan and the fan & ice thing a great many times before I had central air. It REALLY does help.

  There is no way I'd go to bed in a wet shirt - not happening.

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  Posted by MAGGIE Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:12am PDT

  I do not work in air conditioning, no air in car, and no air at home. Live in western NC and it is hooooooooot here. I have a fan hanging over the bed, hot showers do work to cool you down, have all my screened windows open to catch any breeze. I think people who are always in air condt. do get spoiled, their bodies can't stand the hot weather any more. I know people who the only time they are in the outdoors is from car to house and back and these people act as if they are drying when forced to be outside for a length of time. You know the saying "too much of a good thing can be bad."

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  Posted by Karen Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:03am PDT

  Ummm...I live in Arizona, and it's a health hazard to NOT have AC. Those tips don't work so good when it's 115 degrees outside.

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  Posted by Marisa Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:54pm PDT

  This reminds me of summers in Mississippi when we didn't have an AC!

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  Posted by earthgirl Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:58pm PDT

  One year in the college dorm our AC didn't work and we lived right above the boiler room. My roommate and I would often go to bed with bags of ice above our heads to keep cool on the hottest nights... Not as good as cuddling up to a teddy bear but it worked!

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  Posted by BEADBUNNY Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:30pm PDT

  Screw all the suggestions.. I lived the first 44 years of my life in homes with no A/C. I moved into an apartment that has central air and if I have to I will have it on EVERYDAY!!!! :-)

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  Posted by Melony B Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:40am PDT

  I have no AC at home -4 fans and ceiling fans and windows open, none in car -that why they made windows-and none at work (just in breakroom). I live in NE Georgia and it gets HOT! I drink nothing but water and a lot of it. I sweat like crazy, but when in AC, I get cold. I grew with no AC so I guess I am used to it.

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  Posted by optiva Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:04am PDT

  I hate AC!! I am forced to work in a freezing office and the owners refuse to keep it comfortabel for anyone but them. So I drive a Jeep witht the windows out no AC and at home the AC is on like 80 and that's only to keep the humididty at bay. We had a whole house attic fan when I was growing up and I never remember being uncomfortable. We are spoiled now and have to pay the price with high utilities and hurting the enviroment.

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  Posted by lorelei d Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:46pm PDT

  I have no a/c either and I live where it is normal for 100+ days in the summer. I use an evap cooler, each room in the house has an oscillating fan and I just added a small portable evap/fan in the back room that gets the hottest. The evap coolers put a lot of humidity in the air so I feel like I am wearing a wet t-shirt to bed, the fans help dry the air out some but some humidity is good. I am not a big fan of a/c, the air is dry, usually no real movement of air so I wind up feeling hot after a while anyway. I do have a/c in my car and I would NEVER drive in the days heat without it, would stay home instead. Putting cold packs on pulse point areas (neck, wrists, ankles etc) during hottest time also helps by keeping internal temps down.

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