Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
![]() |
|
uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) (uk.sci.weather) For the discussion of daily weather events, chiefly affecting the UK and adjacent parts of Europe, both past and predicted. The discussion is open to all, but contributions on a practical scientific level are encouraged. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#41
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
On 16/01/2012 05:57, Col wrote:
"Eskimo wrote in message ... wrote in message ... Seriously though, you never get anybody coming on here in early September saying they had to knock the heating on for a couple of hours because it was a bit parky when they got up, no it's all a macho competition as to who can survive the longest without central heating..... Col, it's not about a competition it's about comfort. I and my wife are perfectly comfortable with a bedroom below 10C at night and the fresh air we need too. I guess we talk about cooling rather than warming because we live in a warm centrally heated country by and large, where you get blasted with hot air in the chain stores in winter, the workplace is kept at 21-23C minimum to meet somebody else's idea of comfort, hotels are dreadfully hot normally. If one is too cold you can always put on another layer, what if you are too warm - go naked? I know it's not really a competition, it just seems that way as when one person mentions how cold they like to keep their house, several others come into the conversation, seemingly attempting to out-do one another with tales of hardship and austerity ![]() 21-23C at work? Chance would be a fine thing. That's not due to somebody's else's idea of comfort, it's due tothe antiquated heating system. It regulary reaches 25C (or even higher).We have fans going and windows open, even in winter. Burning fossil fuels to heat the place up, then burning more to cool it down agaim. Madness. Hey Col, that sounds like my workplace, which is a NHS Hospital. I work in the accounts office, the windows only open about an inch. The heating system is always on, so in the summer we have windows open, and fans blowing to keep us cool. |
#42
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
In article ,
David Allan writes: The Met Office weather warnings, such as they, serve to remind us of just how soft we have become. We didn't have people telling us to wrap up warm in years gone by, no one to advise on filling a hot-water bottle, or how it might be a good idea to put an extra overcoat on the bed. You have to wonder just how we all coped! My guess is that this is not something that the Met Office wanted to do, but that the DHSS wanted it and so the government told them to do it. Apparently the threshold for a Level 2 alert has been set at a forecast mean temperature for the day of 2C or less. Given that over much of the country the long-term mean is about 4C, only two degrees higher, that seems crazy. -- John Hall "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." George Bernard Shaw |
#43
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
On Jan 16, 2:11*am, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Jan 15, 8:18*pm, Richard Dixon wrote: "Tony Kenyon" wrote : I guess what really annoys me is that we are paying for all this ludicrous crap at a time when living standards are dropping back to the levels last seen when we had, occasionally, genuinely severe winters. This is where the warnings service goes unfortunately into Nanny State mode. I file it alongside the "Surfaces may be slippery" on stations (especially those on the southeastern network) after frost/rain. Richard * * In the pedestrian subway at Oxted it says "Caution - steps" - at the bottom! *But nowhere do I see "Do not urinate on the third rail" and I think this negligent omission should be rectified, like the voltage. Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. I think you'd find a lot of resistance to that suggestion unless you cleared it with the Ohm Office. |
#44
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
On Jan 16, 9:42*am, "Roger Smith" wrote:
Tudor Hughes wrote: On Jan 15, 6:36 pm, "Col" wrote: There is more than just a little but of 'The Four Yorkshiremen' about all this, people vying with one another to see who is the toughest. I sleeep with my window open all winter and the snow builds up on my windowsill! Window? You're lucky, I just have a hole in the wall and I use a snowdrift as a pillow! Seriously though, you never get anybody coming on here in early September saying they had to knock the heating on for a couple of hours because it was a bit parky when they got up, no it's all a macho competition as to who can survive the longest without central heating..... -- Col Bolton, Lancashire 160m asl- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - * * * * * I think the Red Rose trumps the White here. *As for other matters, well, none of my business. Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. So where does the Tudor Rose stand in this? Roger- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Poor old Tudor is being sprayed with water as we speak to preserve his Hull. |
#45
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
On Jan 16, 9:48*am, "Roger Smith" wrote:
Adam Lea wrote: It is terrible sometimes in the bridge club, some of them wail in protest if you dare open the window for a few minutes, and that is in the summer as well. Bridge clubs are another thing altogether. *It is difficult even to satisfy some of the people some of the time. An impossible lot to deal with, even off the table. Roger Sounds like a Club Too Far |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Very Severe Cold Weather on the Way | uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) | |||
AccuWeather’s Bastardi debunks global warming causing cold weather myth, warns of severe 2011 drought | sci.geo.meteorology (Meteorology) | |||
"Very Heavy Snowfall, Severe Blizzards & Severe Drifting Snow" | uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) | |||
Why the 'severe spell' was not severe | uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) | |||
Irony: Severe weather hits at start of Severe Weather Week | ne.weather.moderated (US North East Weather) |