They'll be "five degrees cooler than the other team."
Initial reviews were glowing: "What a fabric! Finally we can breathe."
"Cotton is king."
"I never dreamed anything could be so soft and fluffy."
It was 104 degrees Fahrenheit that day, and they fought in those heavy wool uniforms, without much water, other than what Molly Pitcher brought to them...!!!! Yikes!
Not only the temperature, but also the humidity! It must have been terrible.
I grew up in Philadelphia, and I remember many stiflingly hot summers.
When we moved to California in the summer of ‘72, I remember the first night
here with the cool, comfortable breeze and the dry evening air. It was paradise!
It is interesting to note that the summer of 1787, when the Constitution was created in Philadelphia, was one of the hottest in memory. The men who drafted our Constitution spent long hours every day locked in a room in Independence Hall, windows closed for fear of spies, in the typically heavy clothing of the time. It was a small miracle they were able to come up with such a beautiful document under such painful conditions.
They'll be "five degrees cooler than the other team."
Initial reviews were glowing: "What a fabric! Finally we can breathe."
"Cotton is king."
"I never dreamed anything could be so soft and fluffy."
but algore says that when we adjust for inflation it was only 64 in 2007 degrees... proof of global warming.
teeman