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From: Miguel Cruz on 25 Jul 2006 01:45 The Reid <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> wrote: > that's my impression too. I had a job with over two months leave, > I've not seen many with three, the minimum for "several". There's always schoolteachers... miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu
From: Miguel Cruz on 25 Jul 2006 01:58 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Actually, A/C is extremely common in Asia. Singapore is famous for > its extensive use of A/C, in particular. Have you been to Singapore? Plenty of people don't use AC, unless you are talking about office towers and shopping malls. Visit some residential areas sometime, you'll see curtains flapping in the wind. You'll also see thousands upon thousands eating at open-air restaurants. I live a few hours up the road from Singapore, and I sure don't use it. With a cross-breeze and a fan it's perfectly nice in here. According to my trusty thermometer it's currently 81F/27C indoors, at 2pm (hottest part of the day, and it hasn't even rained yet to cool things off). Marble floors, a thick, insulating roof, and windows on two sides make a big difference. When I go to people's houses I would say about 1 in 5 have the AC on (usually foreigners), despite the fact that almost all of them could easily afford it. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu
From: Miguel Cruz on 25 Jul 2006 02:03 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > mrtravel writes: >> Maybe that is how it is in your part of the world, but common sense >> dictates that you have a method to extract the air from the house. > > And replace it with what? More hot air from the outside? Again with the moving targets. You claimed that a fan was useless for feeling cooler because any space would become increasingly humid until reaching 100%. Mrtravel points out that few people sit with their fans in sealed containers; they open a window. So no, not more hot air - more air that's the same temperature. The important thing about the new air in this discussion is that it's less humid than the air which has supposedly been rapidly saturated by your profuse sweating, allowing you to continue to cool down by perspiring. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu
From: The Reid on 25 Jul 2006 03:06 Following up to Miguel Cruz >which has supposedly been rapidly saturated "supposedly" I cant understand why you dont post here anymore, Miguel. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
From: The Reid on 25 Jul 2006 03:06
Following up to Mxsmanic >It's also exactly what increases humidity in the room. The more sweat >that evaporates from your body, the higher the humidity gets, and the >harder it is to keep cool through evaporation of sweat (because it >evaporates more and more slowly as room humidity increases). This >creates a vicious circle of ever-increasing sweat and discomfort, >until the room humidity reaches 100%, at which point no amount of >sweating will provide any cooling at all, no matter how powerful the >fan. Heat exhaustion or heatstroke will often be a risk before this >point is reached, however. so windows haven't been invented in France, funny they have the words "ouvre la fenetre" (or something similar). -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |