Since I don't have air conditioning in either my home or car, I keep spray bottles of water around for a quick cool off. When it starts getting hot, I just give myself a quick fine spray. It isn't enough to get really wet. My dogs come and ask for a spray when they get hot. My nieces and nephews at first were a little put off by the notion, but soon learned to like it. I also keep a bottle in my vehicle for a quick spritz as I go down the road. If I want it really cold, I just put the bottles in the fridge over night.
I also have learned to fill the bath tub with water with a little baking soda in it. When I have time, I just strip and crawl in. The water is never too cold. and the baking soda softens the water so it is absorbed better.
Growing up, we kids always played in the water sprinkler, but now the price of water is too high to do that anymore.
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I am also in a similar situation with no air conditioning in my house. I open up the doors and windows at night but close them up in the morning. The house cools off and stays cooler than the outside temperature if I'm careful.
I live in the tropics as a child. We didn't have spray bottles or bathtubs and only rain water for household use. We would wet a cloth and place on forehead, neck, hands - even wet our clothes at times.
Now, I use a cloth necktie that has a substance in it that will hold water and cools your neck. Just re-wet it and use again and again. I keep a couple in my emergency backpack; not listed on any of those emergency lists.
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