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Old March 12th 13, 10:57 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Adam Lea writes:
I also don't know how he manages to have an east facing
bedroom window open in these conditions and still manages to
sleep comfortably. It must get well down into single figures in his
bedroom. I would suspect this would put him close to a nationwide
record in terms of cold tolerance :-).


He would have been well suited to the 19th and earlier centuries, when
poorer standards of heating and insulation meant that in severe winters
bedrooms would get so cold that the contents of chamber pots would
occasionally freeze. I suppose a lot depends on how warm your bedclothes
and pyjamas are.
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