AC or lack thereof

We have been in our "new" house for less than 2 years.  The house was about 6 years old when we purchased it.  Since we have resided here, our Central heating and air has gone out 4 times.  1 time it needed to be reset (upstairs).  The other two times were costly repairs - we have two units and both have been worked on at one time or another. 

The AC is again not working downstairs but the entire house is hot.  Thankfully we have a home warranty.  It is $500 a year and so far has been worth every dime!   100 degree temps this week - NOT the best time for the AC to stop running.  We are dying and the service man cannot come out until Thursday. 


Of course the last thing I wanted to do tonight was cook.  We ended up going out to Moe's.  We had a coupon for BYGO on the homewrecker.  Miss N. and I got the daily special.  It ended up being less than $25 for the 5 of us, so not too bad.


What did people do before A/C?