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Heating, cooling, and popular delusions and manias
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:18:41 +0100, The Reid
wrote: Following up to Hatunen And you can have high relative humidity below 0. But is that 0 F or 0 C? You can have dew points above and below zero. In either system. I was talking of freezing point, I've not known it humid below that. Even ice has a vapor pressure. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
Mxsmanic wrote:
TOliver writes: As for the Mixed Maniac's 33C with 31% humidity, that's positively salubrious, cool enough to play tennis or 18 holes in the afternoon, so dry that the sweat disappears before you feel it dripping from your brow. And you develop hyperthermia and pass out without any warning. I've been playing soccer and ultimate frisbee - two sports that involve a lot of running - two or three times a week since moving to Malaysia, where the conditions in the sun are tougher what TOliver is describing (typically 32C and 80-90% humidity). I have never seen anyone collapse from the heat, except when they just got off the plane from US/Europe and came straight out to play that same day, or at an all-day tournament when someone kept playing and playing without stopping to drink enough water. Under normal conditions a healthy acclimated person can exert him- or herself in this weather without issue. Do get a little stinky though. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
Mxsmanic wrote:
Miguel Cruz writes: The reason for this is pretty simple: People know that heating is more necessary than cooling for comfortable and productive living, within the range of temperatures that are normally experienced in inhabited areas. Which inhabited areas? Most of the world's population these days lives in warm or hot climates. That's irrelevant. We are only talking about the people who need cooling or heating. The people who are able to survive just fine (e.g., almost all of the people living in warm or hot climates) are not among that number. Among those who do need some sort of climate control in order to survive, the number who need heating is greater than the number who need cooling. The fact that you personally might prefer cooling if you came here is likewise irrelevant; the people who actually live here don't need it. You are simply weird. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Keith W writes: Only if they too stupid to realise that they need to drink and rest in the shade occasionally. Drinking and resting in the shade isn't enough in extreme heat and humidity. 30 deg and 32% humidity isnt extreme, they regard such conditions as positively chilly in the Far East Keith |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:19:43 +0800, Miguel Cruz
wrote: Mxsmanic wrote: Miguel Cruz writes: The reason for this is pretty simple: People know that heating is more necessary than cooling for comfortable and productive living, within the range of temperatures that are normally experienced in inhabited areas. Which inhabited areas? Most of the world's population these days lives in warm or hot climates. That's irrelevant. We are only talking about the people who need cooling or heating. The people who are able to survive just fine (e.g., almost all of the people living in warm or hot climates) are not among that number. Please note that Mixi has stated that they either don't exist, or just suffer. This of course doesn't accord with my, or your experience. But when you know it all... The fact that you personally might prefer cooling if you came here is likewise irrelevant; the people who actually live here don't need it. You are simply weird. That is crediting him with being fascinating. I wouldn't go that far. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:20:19 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: mrtravel writes: A temperature of 23 degrees Celsius (73.4F) is unbearable to you? It is too hot for me. Then you need to get used to it, like anyone else. It is possible if you try. I know, because I have. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:50:25 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Keith W writes: Only if they too stupid to realise that they need to drink and rest in the shade occasionally. Drinking and resting in the shade isn't enough in extreme heat and humidity. Drinking and resting is a pleasure anywhere. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Heating, cooling, and popular delusions and manias
mrtravel burbled: You know the saying, "but it's a dry heat" You are a "wet" idiot... -- Best Greg |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
Miguel Cruz writes:
That's irrelevant. We are only talking about the people who need cooling or heating. That certainly includes warm and hot climates. The people who are able to survive just fine (e.g., almost all of the people living in warm or hot climates) are not among that number. I wouldn't call living in dirt huts "just fine." In hot countries where people are living in something better than dirt huts, there is air conditioning. Among those who do need some sort of climate control in order to survive, the number who need heating is greater than the number who need cooling. You're certain of this? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
Dave Frightens Me writes:
Then you need to get used to it, like anyone else. It is possible if you try. I know, because I have. I'll tell people that when it's 18° C in the room and they want to turn up the heat. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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