Joe wrote:

.. When I kid I was a helper and carried the shingles up on the
roof
and learned how to put down T lock shingles. So hot you could not walk
on the shingles, the tar would melt and you would smear the shingles.
About as much fun as pitching hay. The most fun was always putting
insulation in hot attics.

Thank God for Mexicans and AC!

The afternoon I quit, I set a hammer down for a few minutes, the sun heated it up and it
sunk into tarpaper. At that point I realized that life would be a lot better if I found a
different job. And I also came to a FULL appreciation of the words 'got it made in the
shade.'

About air conditioning, we grew up without it and I often feel that the South would be far
far different if it had not become so universal.

DSK