DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WE HAVE CHILDFEN AND SOME ADULTS DYING FROM HEAT STROKE . WHY , THE BIGGEST REASON BEING GETTING THE BODY TEMPERATURE DOWN FAST ENOGH TO STABILIZE THE INDIVIDUAL UNTILL AN AMULANCE OR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CAN ARRIVE ,.NOW BACK IN THE LATE SIXTIES ,EARLY SEVENTIES, I USE TO HELP MY FATHER REPAIR SIDE WALKS AND PUT IN DRIVEWAYS . EVERYTHING WAS DONE BY HAND .MIXING THE CEMENT WITH A SHEVEL, TO BREAKING UP THE CEMENT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER!!!!! NOW I WEIGHTED 135POUNDS. ME I THOUGHT IT WAS GETTING IN SHAPE FOR FOOTBALL , AND BASEBALL . WHICH IT DID BUT ONE OTHER THING ME FATHER SHOWED MEWS HOW TO COOL OFF QUICKLY ,BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF HAVING SOMEONE TO COME AND FINISH WHAT YOU DID NOT GET DONE.ONCE WE STARTED A JOB , THAT JOB WAS COMPLETED THAT DAY.NOW MY FATHER WORKED CONSTRUCTION FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS ,AND NEVER HAVE HE ONCE SAID SOMEONE DIED FROM A HEAT STROKE OR ANYTYPE OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS OR INJURY . HECK BY AUGUST MY OLDMAN DID NOT HAVE ENOGH SWEAT TO WIPE HIS BROW . NOW I AM URE SOMEONE TOUGHT HIM .I AM JUST AMAZED THAT NO CONSRUCTION WORKER HAS COME UP WITH THIS IDEA .I FIGURE THAT MAX,PARTS PER WOULD COST THREE DOLLARS FIFTY CENTS. WITH A RESALE VALUE FIFTEEN TO TWENTY DALLORS ..CALLME IF INTREASTED .
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