[RKDinOKC]

I got used to it being 71 when my brother with MS was living here. If it got above 71 he would become paralyzed because of his MS. I even installed a window AC in his room to make sure it didn't get too hot for him. After several years of that, if it gets above 72, I start sweating. Kind of an alarm, if I start sweating, he can't move. If the temp got below 70, Mom would complain that it was too cold. It was a delicate balance between MS and the old person.

Friend in Austin, until he got married kept his thermostat at 85°F in the summer, and it is humid in Austin in the summer. He would sweat so much he would take 3 or 4 showers a day and was always changing and washing clothes and bed sheets. I wondered if is water/gas bill for all that showering and washing made up for the cooling electricity he saved. After he got married, she took over the thermostat, 72 day, 68 night. I had to sleep under covers, and I usually never have to do that with my temp the same all the time.

Founder of the company I work for made his own AC using water towers for cooling. He designed the system so it would exchange all the air in his house in 10 minutes. When he left the house, he turned it off. When he came home he turned it back on. You knew it would exchange the air in 10 minutes because when you came back from going somewhere it would be sweltering in his house and he would tell you all about the AC he built himself. It was never really comfortable in his house unless he had been home for a while.