I'd never realized, until tonight, how nice ceiling fans can be...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

I'm staying with my daughter for a couple of days and it's HOT up here in the high desert...

The A/C runs on and off all day, but at night, we turn it off, open the windows and allow the now-cool air in...

And turn on the ceiling fans.

Wow.

I had not realized just how efficient these are...

I'm sure the rest of you already knew, lol!

I am really comfortable!

:P

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. My dear CaliforniaPeggy!!!

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I have only been impressed by ceiling fans under certain
conditions (it has to be fairly CHILLY already).
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Every single one I enjoyed had the functionality of a
wind tunnel fan.
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When I was sitting under them, I almost needed some sort
of trapeze-like apparatus to HAUL myself up outta my chair.
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My best friend (my OTHER best friend, Kali) has been in a
wheelchair for 40-50 years now. He took me on a tour of his
house and I saw the coolest lift-assist trapeze bars and
swings and ropes n' stuff over his king-sized waterbed.
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When I commented that it was the most amazing handicap
apparatus I had ever seen, he looked at the bed and said,
without cracking a smile, "WHAT handicap apparatus?"
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I'm pretty sure he was being serious.
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Gives you a little insight as to why I consider him to be
one of my best friends, eh?
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear MiddleFingerMom!

The fan I'm currently sitting under is twirling in a nicely cooled room...the window is open and the lovely cool desert air is entering!

NO wind tunnel going on here...

Your wheelchair-bound friend sounds like a very cool guy indeed!

Since you're cool yourself, I'd say it's no coincidence that you two are best of friends...

;-)

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. He's gay AND in a wheelchair, so I tease him...

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...by telling him that he qualifies as my "Tolerance Two-Fer".
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He tells me to go fuck myself.
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. A tolerance two-fer?

That's a riot!

Oh, and do you?

You know...what you said???


:P


:rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. It's not my fault.

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Apparently, I really LISTENED to that motivational speaker.
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"If not here... ... ... where?
If not now... ... ... when?
If not you... ... ... who?
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When I get to THAT part I echo, "you... ... ... who."
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"Yoo... who."
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"YOOHOO!!!"
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And BAM... I fall for that ol' black magic AGAIN!!!
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It's the old "irresistible force meets the immoral object" dilemma all over.
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Worst part?
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I ALWAYS promise...
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...but I NEVER call myself in the morning.
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. LOL!

Your reasoning is impeccable!

And how did we get here, after having started with ceiling fans?

:rofl:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. If I follow this thread, we got here because

MFM thinks that the fuzzy handcuffs on his friend's ceiling fan are there for some kind of "handicap" apparatus.

MFM better watch his back!

:rofl:

:hi:

[SunnySong]

11. Nice post Watt....

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and PS kids: If you don't remember interior secretary James Watt

GET OFF MY FUCKING LAWN :evilgrin:

[6000eliot]

7. They're all we have, Peggy.

No AC in our house. It's over 250 years old.

[av8rdave]

9. In the Texas heat, ceiling fans are a godsend!

My master bedroom has really high ceilings, and the a/c outlets are near the top of the room. Even though the cool air falls naturally, the fan balances the temperature throughout the room. When the outside temps are bearable, it's great to open the windows and reverse the fan. It draws the outside air in perfectly.

[Blue Diadem]

10. Wouldn't be without ours.

We have them in each bedroom and a couple in our main living area.

They can help with the AC/heating as well. We're in an old farm house so they help distribute the window AC as well as the radiator heat. LOL, as long as I remember the climb up and flip the little reverse blade switch.

[hobbit709]

12. First thing I did when we moved into our house.

Installed ceiling fans in every room in the house and even put a couple on the back porch.

[blueamy66]

13. They are a godsend here in AZ.

I would roast and die without them.

[MrsBrady]

14. we have ceiling fans in every room here in texas

i can't open the windows, though....

it's still too hot/humid and I wouldn't be able to breath by the time the morning came if I did that.

however, i can push the temp up, and crank up the ceiling fan for whatever room Im in.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. a screened in porch, a ceiling fan, a glider and a glass of iced tea and

a good book = heaven on earth




eta...pic of a glider sofa (not to be confused with the glider plane)

[Inchworm]

16. Thanks for the pic

hehe.. I was thinking ..glider.. sounds like a yummy cold sandwich with italian dressing on it :+

Hi! :hug::loveya:

:)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. you nut

:hug: :hi:

[applegrove]

18. Yup. I went up to the cottage last week. It was stinky hot inside but as it was evening

it was cool outside with a nice breeze. Well I opened all the windows and turn on the ceiling fan in in no time the inside was a cool and refreshing as the woods outside. I had a beautiful sleep right underneath the ceiling fan on the livingroom couch.

[elleng]

19. Heat wave here (MD), my apt. in rear of OLD house, haven't used AC AT ALL!

Fans are great, and happy to save my landlady $!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Thanks, everybody!

Normally, I would be responding but my daughter needs all the help I can give her tonight...

It's tough raising 3 kids when your husband is out of town...on an extended trip.

[struggle4progress]

21. Good in the winter, too: mix the hot air at the ceiling back into the rest

[arisyap]

22. agree ;)

hey, that is true! Ceiling fan could give the natural wind chill effect on summer. Really great! And also, if I may add,it can actually reduce SID (Sudden Infant Death), by creating proper room ventilation. So it is really advisable to have fan specially those with kids- http://sararte.com/ceiling-fans--/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. The fans are in all the bedrooms, and they use them!

My daughter and her husband are very safety conscious!

No SID for them...

Three very healthy kids!

:hi:

[seabeyond]

24. we have five. i never used them. hubby loves them. put all over.

love them. cant sleep at night without. circulates, cools and keeps stuffy away

[Monique1]

25. I love ceiling fans

At night the AC is set at 84, ceiling fan over my bed, cover with a sheet and I'm comfortable. By the way, I live in Az. At one time in my life I worried that the fan would fall from the ceiling over me but not anymore.

[cwydro]

26. We love them in the Keys,

though this time of year...AC is pretty much a must.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

27. Yes, ceiling fans are wonderful

When I lived in Southeast Asia, there was one in almost every room of the house. Because it was so hot there, without airconditioning in every room, it was a necessity

I miss them because there are some times when it is not hot enough to want the air-conditioning but it is not cool enough not to have some sort of cooling mechanism. That's when the fans would come in handy

[Kaleva]

28. Putting 8 of them in a house we are remodeling.

One each in the living room, dining room, den, kitchen, spare bedrooms and two in the master bedroom.

[Demoiselle]

29. I love fans, period.

They don't have to be ceiling fans.
I grew up with window fans in my bedroom window. They stirred the air and made a lovely hum. I remember thinking, as a little kid, that I loved that hum because it sounded like outboard motor boats on a Minnesota Lake, which I had some familiarity with because I was born in North Dakota and when I was very little we went to said Minnesota lakes for fishing vacations. . I've learned more recently that that lovely hum is "White Noise" which has a natural calming, go-to-sleepybye effect. I prefer to think of it as motor boats on a lake. "White Noise" sounds far too bland.

[OmahaBlueDog]

30. One thing I hate about HGTV - they act like there's nothing uglier than a ceiling fan

The fact is they are great for cooling a room and saving energy.

[vixengrl]

31. They can be a pain-in the-tuckus if you're an indifferent housekeeper--

I know I hate cleaning the ceiling fan in my kitchen--attack of the aerial dustbunnies!

(No, not quite that bad but....:eyes:)

But the fan over the rangehood doesn't always take care of all the smoke from an olive-oil based stir fry, so, I'll confess, even if it isn't always cute, I love its utility. Also, since my kitchen is where we spend a lot of our time, and it's in the middle of the house where there is no window (row home) it's a good stuffiness-banisher even on days that aren't in the 90's, which has been like every day in July, anymore, which is killing me....

But I digress. I wouldn't trade my ceiling fan for track-lighting, anyway.

[sarge43]

38. There's one thing uglier -- an outrageous electrical bill.

I think they give a traditional old timey look to a room.

[Curmudgeoness]

32. Ceiling fans are great, but a window fan at night is heaven.

Brings the cool night air in and chills the room down. I swear by them since the week when I lived in Houston and the a/c went out in the middle of a heat wave. And HGTV doesn't have to have a panic attack, as if anyone cares.

[UrbScotty]

33. I am your biggest 'fan,' my dear CaliforniaPeggy!

Just thought you should know! :-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear UrbScotty...

:hug:

[snailly]

34. Come visit us in the heart of 108 degree heat index

and you will really appreciate air conditioning like never before. It is now 90 but the humidity is stifling. We have ceiling fans in every room and have a good ac unit so we're good.

Hope you're having a good time with your daughter and grandbabies!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear snailly!

We used to live in the high desert too, and believe me, we were the first people on our block with central A/C!

We loved it during the day! At night, we would turn it off and turn on a giant window fan that was hooked to the thermostat...

It pulled the hot air out of the house and would replace it with the chilly night air...Heaven!


I had a great time, but busy...And I'm home now. She needed another adult for a couple of days... I was really glad to be there for her and the kids.

[sarge43]

37. We have them in every room. They're life savers during a heat wave. n/t