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August 4th 03, 09:42 AM
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Air conditioning in the UK?
"Les & Claire" wrote in message ... 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 ... 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? Les, I noticed advertising for it on the boards at the cricket yesterday - don't recall the name of the company. I doubt if they do much business though - apart from installations in offices. Cheers, Andy |
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