Someone has said that there is as much comedy in life as tragedy but when a dozen people call on Monday morning with HVAC problems after a hot weekend and the schedule is already chock full, it’s sometimes hard for us to keep every thing in perspective, let alone our customers who are facing hot muggy days without cooling.

     Believing that a smile really is good medicine, we added to our website several years ago, a section for both our customers and ourselves, called “Wit & Wisdom. Included in the section are several pages that were originally published in the Wall Street Journal by United Technologies.

     One of the most popular of the pages was the one entitled “The Dumbest Person In The World”. You can read it in it’s entirety by clicking here. Another is entitled “How You Can Tell Its Going To Be A Lousy Day”. You can see it by clicking here or you can choose from an assortment of similar humor by going to our site index and selecting the section entitled “Wit & Wisdom” (click here).

     The other day, we were reflecting on this conundrum “that if laughter is such good medicine, why aren’t more people laughing” and thought maybe we should approach it from a different perspective… that while a  sense of humor may be one of the most valuable assets for “shifting perspectives, improving health, and learning to live in a spirit of joy”, sometimes just realizing (as the author of “The Dumbest Person…” points out, that what you have (and take for granted) can accomplish the same objective.

• The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
•  Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
•  Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
•  A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
• There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
• The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
• Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
• The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
• The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.
• The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
• A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
• More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
• Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
• Sugar cost four cents a pound.
• Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
• Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
• Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
• Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.
• The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
        1. Pneumonia and influenza
        2. Tuberculosis
        3. Diarrhea
        4. Heart disease
        5. Stroke
• The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
• The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30.
• Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
• There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
• Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.
• Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
• Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
• There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.

     And of course, 100 years ago,  there was no such thing as residential air conditioning. So, no need for a dependable, professional HVAC dealer like Climatemakers, to help you:

1. Choose the system that is best for you and your budget.
   
   
2.  Save time and money by finding problems before they cause your heating or cooling system to break down with the most comprehensive “Preventative Maintenance program available anywhere.
   
   
3. Provide the kind of professional service, that since 1953 has brought satisfaction and comfort to thousands of homes with dependable heating and air conditioning systems.
   
   
4. Take care of the valuable investment you have in your home by making it more comfortable to live in…whether you need a new furnace, air-conditioner, electronic air cleaner or whole house humidifier.

     And as our last effort to make you smile, remember, you can forward this newsletter to someone else without typing it yourself (we hope you will)…send it to anyone in the world who has email…in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years ... it staggers the mind!  

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     And finally, please remember, if you have any questions about the HVAC system in your house; how we can be of better service to you, or about our web site, please email them to me. I'd like to hear from you.