August 4th 03, 09:43 AM
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Air conditioning in the UK?
"Les & Claire" wrote in message
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Could you translate that, please?
......... I think the hot weather brings the pedants out! Usenet nanny
syndrome I think..... offer him 100,000 guineas for his house, bet he
wouldn't ask for that in £ before he accepted...
To answer your question qualitivly.......
No, air con is not the norm in the UK. Some of the larger shops use it.
and a few of the corporate buildings. More prevalent in the commercial
sector. But my partner works for the local council here in Folkestone,
Kent
and the original open plan building with good airflow has been divided up
into little rooms and departments. The heat is stifling in there.... hot
enough to lose staff. (One girl stayed 2 days and left 'cos of the heat)
They have no air con whatsoever. Open a window, loosen your tie... use a
desk fan......but air con? No chance......
As for private homes, it's very very scarce. Central heating not
standard
yet even.... Air con is considered a plaything of the rich, there is no
advertising for it on TV, I've seen none in newspapers.... I've seen a
few
portable ones in the last insurance office I worked in but I had to
explain
about legionaries disease as they were just recycling the same old water
condensed out of the room with no anti bacterial additives or cleaning
regime at all.... 200 people on the phones in one room with two paltry
little virus spreaders... scary stuff!
it's still the 1950's in most of Britain.....
Les
"P" wrote in message
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On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 08:58:22 +0100, rnet[dot]co[dot]uk
(Simon Gardner) wrote:
Here in north texas, it's been flickering around 98 - 102 F
What's to translate? He means that the temperature is hovering around
98 to 102 degress Fahrenheit. Or would you prefer it in Celcius?
" it's still the 1950's in most of Britain....."
1850's more like!
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