Interesting that he was supplied a b'proof vest… chances were greater of stepping a rusty nail and getting lock jaw IMHO.  ::)

A former student of mine was down from canada because dad was a MD. that got tired of their system; the pay was good and so was the treatments but the organization was prioitized not on seriousness of situation but upon who came in the door first. Broken arm after hangnail and ahead of heart attack if that was how they arrived.Another instance: a friend was told his (needed, at least triple) bypass was elective and would be at least 6 months... Dr. opinied he shoud seek treatment in the US if he had a connection (thankfully, son in Idaho). The second opinion (USA) was 5 way and done the day after the office call in Idaho. Good thing, as the (USA) doc figured he'd have lasted two to four months. In the end he had about 10 good years out of the deal. [/rant]I agree, no more regs....

I agree with the construct proposition; that said, this could be a relic used by one of the folks that make up that construct… perhaps.[/waffle mode]  ::)

The connection of the two (ideas) becomes more apparent as one studies either.

“This is the last cowboy song the end of a hundred year waltzVoices sound sad as they're singing along another piece of America's lostHe rides a feed lot and clerks in a market on weekends selling tobacco and beerHis dreams of tomorrow surrounded by fencesBut he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't hereHe blazed the trail with Lewis and ClarkAnd eyeball to eyeball Ol' Wyatt backed downHe stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in TexasAnd rode with the Seventh when Custer went downThis is the last cowboy song...Remington showed us how he looked on canvasAnd Louie L'Amore has told us his taleAnd Willie and Waylon and me sing about himAnd wish to God we could have ridden his trailThe Old Chisholm Trail is covered in concrete nowAnd they truck 'em to market in fifty foot rigsThey blow by his market never slowing to reasonLike living and dying was all he didThis is the last cowboy song...This is the last cowboy song...This is the last cowboy song..." 😉

Hasnt anybody heard of a Shotgun House?  A/C is a luxury, people lived in Hot Climates ong before there was A/C and would still do so even if it had never been invented.  My Greatgrandfathers house in Oklahoma had no A/C and he would not get it, siad it was too newfangled for him.  Keep in mind that temperatures in the 90's and 100's are common in Oklahoma in the summer.

The founder of my community built a mansion incorporating the idea of orienting the stucture such that less of it was exposed to direct sunlight (in summer and more in winter) and giving it overhanging eves to keep it cooler... also some of the ideas allowed unrestricted air flow (ala shotgun houses), pretty good plan.

A concern; legionaires disease. When I worked in building maint. we had to clean and sanitize all the swamp coolers and cooling towers regularly... esp in the buildings with large 24 hr populations (jail, health clinics, etc.)