Keep Cool

[SirNik73]

OK, so California decided to skip spring this year and start summer. It's wreaking havoc on me. I live in an apartment and my roommate and I are both very cheap/poor, so turning on the AC is a weapon of last resort. I was thinking about buying one of those small swamp coolers... but I don't know if it will be cost effective. Any one got any ideas? Is there a way to keep cool and be cheap?

[Doc74]

Yes ! An inflatable swimming pool and lotsa ice, also handy to keep the beer cool AND very close by 
Of all the fans I had, meaning the things that blow...no wait..oh never mind, the best ones are the ceiling fans, big blades, lotsa air and they're fairly cheap, maybe you can find one in a garage sale or something.
It's also very handy as a big slingshot but I didn't tell you that..

Btw got any headlights yet? Haven't found any yet but I'm gonna check out some places in a few days.

[tin_soldier]

Are you near the ocean    

or

Are you closer to the Rockys 

Either way will be cooler than an apartment

[mikepmcs]

how about a fan and a humidifier filled with ice water, blow the fan right in front of the humidifier and it might work for a little cooler air.

[Mike DC]

 
My friend in college used to put tinfoil over his dorm windows.  It reflects the hot sunlight like with tinted car windows.

[SirNik73]

I like the tin foil idea.... i live across form the office... so they may not like it... but who cares.

[Old Moparz]

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[dkn1997]

so turning on the AC is a weapon of last resort.

does that imply that you HAVE a/c?  go work a shift a week washing dishes, that will more than pay for your electric bill.   

I grew up withno a/c and now that I am an adult, pay my own mortgage and bills, I would rather die a slow death than spend a summer sweating my balls off like i did in my youth. 

You can have my a/c when you pry it from my COLD [pun intended] dead hands!!!!