Name a modern indoor convivence that you could not give up?

[debm55]

[Lonestarblue]

1. Plumbing.

[debm55]

4. Thank you Lonestarblue.

[Polly Hennessey]

2. Plumbing, it is. 🚰🚽

[debm55]

5. Thank you Polly Hennessey.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Plumbing AND indoor heat.

The latter I am especially aware of since in Santa Fe I am just at the end of a three day winter storm. I didn't lose electricity myself, and my heat and hot water are from gas, but still. Indoor heat.

[debm55]

7. Thank you PoindexterOglethorpe.

[SheltieLover]

6. Plumbing & Ac

Must have AC.

[debm55]

8. Thank you SheltieLover. I agree with the AC in summer.

[SheltieLover]

10. It is regularly 117 F in the shade here in the summer, with 100% humidity

Like living in hell, in more ways than one.

I get very sick very quickly in the heat.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. I have likewise lived in several places where

AC in summer is as important as heat in winter in colder climates.

I also spent my first three summers in the DC area without AC. My son who currently lives there is an awe that I survived that. It wasn't easy.

[debm55]

11. Thank you Poindexter Oglethorpe.

I understand and fans just don't do it.

[SheltieLover]

12. It's regularly 117F in the shade here during summers, with 100% humidity

Think ant under magnifying glass in the sun.

I get very sick very quickly in the heat.

[hlthe2b]

13. Wood fires in a fireplace can NEVER replace central heat--even if you LOVE cutting/stacking/carrying wood.

But I agree with those pointing out plumbing too. (And I'm assuming if you have heat, you have electricity).

[debm55]

14. Thank you hlthe2b

[True Dough]

15. Spell check!

It prevents me from typing "convivence" in my thread titles!



deb, you know I love ya!

[WestMichRad]

16. Clothes Washing machine

I could live with an outhouse, wood stove, icebox and so on. But washing clothes by hand is a real pain in the rear!