A Stupid Argument

George Grand
George Grand Posts: 12,258
edited July 2010 in The Clubhouse
Anybody in the greater northeast right now want to tell me the single greatest invention in all mankind's history wasn't air-conditioning?

Where are the computer guys? You there? Wanna be outside playing with yours right now? The computer.
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited July 2010
    + 1.
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited July 2010
    I will fight the person who disagrees with you
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,953
    edited July 2010
    Don't be a baby George, you know the best invention ever is breast implants. Hot or cold, doesn't matter to me.:D
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited July 2010
    Pretty sure we were just complaining about a blizzard too George.
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited July 2010
    Not me. I had a friend in school (3o years ago) who told me that if you complain about both the cold and the hot you are just an ****. For some reaon that stuck with me. I'm a cold guy:cool:
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited July 2010
    Wow. Don't hold back anything.
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited July 2010
    thats called sharing. It's how we become close:p
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited July 2010
    George -

    You know, without electricity there would be no air conditioning or computers :)

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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited July 2010
    It's too bad that the creation of the air conditioner creates a huge power bill for me.
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited July 2010
    grew up in oklahoma without air conditioning -- can you say 106 degrees in august with a swamp cooler in the living room window???

    Yeah it's hot today -- but it's not that bad
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2010
    grimmace19 wrote: »
    It's too bad that the creation of the air conditioner creates a huge power bill for me.

    Not for me, I have a heat pump and my AC is practically free in the summer however in the winter when the eletric heater in the heat pump has to kick in while the pump is defrosting (practically every 15 minutes) the electric bills are brutal.

    Right now it's a heat index of over 100 out there and with my AC blasting it's 77 in the house . . . that to me is hot, hell anything over 50 degrees to me is hot.:eek:
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2010
    My swimming pool kept me nice and cool today...as long as I didn't have to walk on the concrete deck. :D
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2010
    The guy that invented the power bill was a deeeek.

    Some of those Amish babes are on fire.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited July 2010
    I feel your pain George. We are in the middle of a heat wave here in the interior of British Columbia too. 33 celcius right now which is 91.4 fahrenheit with hotter days in the forcast next week. I'm wearing out my air conditioner but I'm sleeping at night. Highest ever recorded here was just over 41 C which is about 106 F. We don't all live in igloos here in the Great White North.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2010
    Pycroft wrote: »
    George -

    You know, without electricity there would be no air conditioning or computers :)

    Hello Amish!

    James
    Fully agreed, electricity is the greatest invention.

    At this specific time, with the AC running in the bedroom it is 73 while the remainder of the home is still at 78 (too hot for me :eek:).
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited July 2010
    I do hope my neighbors to the north are enjoying their little heat wave.It's like that from April to November here in sunny Florida!!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,594
    edited July 2010
    101 outside today with a heat index of 118
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2010
    decal wrote: »
    I do hope my neighbors to the north are enjoying their little heat wave.It's like that from April to November here in sunny Florida!!
    However, Florida has countless beaches in order to aleviate the heat discomfort. Actually, Florida is very sought by Canadians for vacation. There are never any heat issues with Hotels loaded with AC systems :cool: I would much prefer heat from April to November then being stuck freezing my butt from February to April :eek:
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,474
    edited July 2010
    Anybody in the greater northeast right now want to tell me the single greatest invention in all mankind's history wasn't air-conditioning?

    No argument here.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited July 2010
    Wheel > All.
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • tentoze
    tentoze Posts: 133
    edited July 2010
    ****.

    /thread
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  • thebluemonkey
    thebluemonkey Posts: 190
    edited July 2010
    Most amish i know have gas powered gen.
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  • JimKellyfan
    JimKellyfan Posts: 696
    edited July 2010
    When I was up north, we never even heard of central air, but if we went back up ( yeah, right, NOT ! ), we would get a central air unit. Also to note, after freezing in the Buffalo area and we moved down here, now we have a fireplace ? WTF, over ?
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