Re: Europeans Swelter in Near-Record Heat
 

David Horne schrieb:
    >
    > Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > > The Reid writes:
    > >
    > > > when Europe is as hot as the US you will see as much aircon.
    > >
    > > Paris was as hot as Las Vegas today.
    >
    > Keep telling yourself that.
    >
    > David
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Yesterday saw the all-time record for Germany. 40.7 degrees- that's 105
Fahrenheit for the rest of you.

Tom

Re: Europeans Swelter in Near-Record Heat
 

Thomas Peel writes:

    > Yesterday saw the all-time record for Germany. 40.7
    > degrees- that's 105 Fahrenheit for the rest of you.

Alas! Records are made to be broken. Wait and see.

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Re: Europeans Swelter in Near-Record Heat
 

Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > grey writes:
    > > Heh. Wish that were true--too often, I've run into "Euro air
    > > conditioning" on really hot days/nights--the kind where you have to
    > > hold up a feather before the vent to see if it's on...
    > That's another bizarre thing about Europeans: Sometimes they install
    > air conditioning, but they never, ever turn it on. It's just never "hot
    > enough" to justify that decadence. Even on sweltering days, you walk
    > into stores and restaurants that clearly have air conditioning installed
    > (I can spot the telltale signs of central air a kilometre away), but
    > don't have it running.
    > > But the climate does seem to be changing, and a lot more people are
    > > getting serious about a/c in Europe where you never saw that before...
    > Good. (Good that they are taking A/C seriously, not good that it's
    > getting so hot.)

We have two small village stores, & both are wonderfully airconditioned -
guess where people are meeting up!
(Unfortunately, the pub ain't!)

Surreyman