When I was young, we didn’t really have anything fancy when it came to heating and cooling technology.
- I wasn’t allowed to do a whole lot because my parents were very strict.
I wasn’t even allowed to play at other people’s houses. My friends would always ask me to come hang out at their house, but I would always sadly tell them I was not allowed. Because of this, I never really experienced fancy air conditioning. We mostly would use stationary fans in our house. I often wondered what the thermostat was even for because we hardly ever used it. I do remember the one day, I got in so much trouble when I was curious about it. I really didn’t know, but I wanted to know. I cranked the thermostat all the way to the left, and then I heard air flowing through the house like there was some hidden fan somewhere. I noticed the air was coming from the air vents, and the air was really chilly! It was blazing hot inside the house and that chilly air actually felt great. When I decided to see what would happen if I cranked the thermostat the other way, then this hot air came pouring from the vents! I didn’t want that since it was so hot so I cranked the thermostat back to the cooling air. When my parents got home and felt how cool it was in the house, they started yelling at me. They said that I am never to touch the thermostat because it costs a great deal of money to run the air conditioner!