How am I doing? 01.19.15

 

                Allergies suck! Yes I said it and I stand by that statement.

                I remember as a kid we never had air conditioning, so during the summer months, when allergies were at their worst in the “Northern State of Missouri”, all the windows and doors were opened and there was a fan placed in one of the windows. This fan was appropriately known as a “Window Fan”.   

Yes I will explain for that one person who was either too young, or too rich, to have heard the term “Window Fan”.    

The “Window Fan” was not a fan to cool the window, it was in fact a fan placed, usually in the window, sometimes in front of the window in an effort to push hot air from the house which would bring fresh, and hopefully cooler air, from the outside through the other open windows.

When the window fan was used we would shut certain windows and or doors which would increase the amount of air being pulled in through the open windows. As an example, at night we would want the air to come through the windows in our bed room, so we would shut all the other windows.

My mother suffered many years with allergies. There were times when she would lay on the bed with a damp cloth covering her face to filter out the pollen. I have been wearing a face mask something like medical providers wear, it serves the same purpose as the damp cloth my mother used except, I can be mobile where mom could not.

Her allergies went away during her later life, she lived to be 94 years old.

                                                                  

Same subject different place:

Our church did not have air conditioning but it did have a fan in the ceiling. The church windows would open approximately six inches. There was a nail driven in the window frame which kept the window from opening any further. Since all the windows would open the same amount they would allow in and equal amount of air in each window. 

My mom always sat next to the window on the right hand side of the church and toward the back. As I remember it, all the regulars sat in the same seats each time they came to church.

Across the street from the little church lived Jess Bolen. He had a wood working shop and it had a large sliding door that would open toward the street. During the summer months he would be working in his shop at night with the door open, while church was going on. I would look out the windows at time and watch him. Who would have thought that he would have married my mom, many years later?   

Thank goodness for window screens and screen doors, if not for them, everyone’s home and business would have been filled with all types of flying insects.

 

How am I doing?  Much better today, thank you. Yesterday (Sunday) I wore one of those masks most of the day. The mask does stop the intake of pollen, which stops the sneezing and coughing along with the runny nose. That mask is a little aggravating, but not as much as the allergies.

I had the mask on this morning for a while but have discarded it for now.

 

For anyone who does not live in Texas, it was 70 degrees yesterday and is going to be again today. Wow, what nice winter days!

 

Have an allergy free day!

 

Don Ford