The heat is on, on the street
Inside your head, on every beat
And the beat's so loud, deep inside
The pressure's high, just to stay alive
'Cause the heat is on

Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
Caught up in the action I've been looking out for you
Oh-wo-ho, oh-wo-ho
(Tell me can you feel it)
(Tell me can you feel it)
(Tell me can you feel it)
The heat is on, the heat is on, the heat is on
the heat is on Oh it's on the street, the heat is - on.

--Glenn Frey (not to be confused with Amber Frey)

I was having a conversation with some "young" co-workers of mine today.  It seems that they cannot fathom life without AC!  They could not believe that I grew up in the south, with no AC and actually one fan for the whole house! (We were not rich).

We played outside all day and got as brown as chestnuts.  And then at night, we slept in our underwear not moving and praying for a breeze!  AC?  That was for those big box stores that we rarely got to visit (even the Mickey D's did not have inside seating).

We lived that way.  We did not revel in it, but we did.  And we went swimming every chance we got!

But that is the way it was.  Car AC?  Give me a break!  We were not Rockefellers!

Yet when I told my fellow workers today that the first time I used my Truck AC was yesterday to take my son home, they called me a liar!  They could not believe it!  NO ONE could wait that long into the summer to use it (I did not tell them that I only used it one way - taking my son to his mother, not on the trip back when I was alone).

Yes, Virginia, there was life before AC.  And it was good.  It was not perfect, but it did not stop us from living.  We are spoiled today in that we dont have to worry about heat.  We have AC.  And some people have forgotten how to function without it (I dont have enough money to AC my whole yard, so my son and I do!).

Just because you cant imagine it, does not mean it does not exist.  And for you younguns, especially the ones that have weathered a summer in the south, yes, you can live without it.  You may not life it, but then you learn how to adapt and enjoy it.  Not everyone wants to be a sour puss just because they dont get icecream every day!

But Watermelon is another matter!