[Mari]

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15 Ways To Keep Cool When it's Hot

7. Keep plastic bottles of water in the freezer; grab one when you're ready to go outside. As the ice melts, you'll have a supply of cold water with you.

11. I learned this trick from a tennis pro: if you're wearing a cap or hat, remove it and pour a bit of ice cold water into the hat, then quickly invert it and place on your head.

I have done #7 often.
# 11 is a good idea but I have not tried it --- probably need a baseball hat.

My mother did not use her oven at all in the summer. She still rarely uses it until the weather cools or every one gets used to the weather sometime in Sept.

When I had a car with no a/c, I ran the garden hose over it for ten minutes to cool it a few degrees before I got in it.

Mari