Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: Keith W on 26 Jul 2006 06:24 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:584dc2dh303cmiu5t9c5vv1q2rcbp9k3dq(a)4ax.com... > TOliver writes: > >> As for the Mixed Maniac's 33C with 31% humidity, that's positively >> salubrious, cool enough to play tennis or 18 holes in the afternoon, so >> dry >> that the sweat disappears before you feel it dripping from your brow. > > And you develop hyperthermia and pass out without any warning. You mean like those hundreds of thousands of people rushed to the emergency rooms from the beaches of the Med every summer :) Keith ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
From: JohnT on 26 Jul 2006 07:58 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:88vdc2hit46sthb1v8hp6dq9do2ghl1tje(a)4ax.com... > mrtravel writes: > >> So, it doesn't make a difference to you if it is 23 or 50? > > Neither temperature is really acceptable. A temperature of 23 C is > more survivable, but survivability is not the only criterion that must > be satisfied. > 23 C is relatively cool. > It's rather like asking whether 2 feet of water or 4 feet of water are > preferable in the streets of New Orleans. The only acceptable level > of water is zero. > What about in Venice? JohnT
From: Padraig Breathnach on 26 Jul 2006 08:41 "JohnT" <johnhillriseDONOTSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:88vdc2hit46sthb1v8hp6dq9do2ghl1tje(a)4ax.com... >> It's rather like asking whether 2 feet of water or 4 feet of water are >> preferable in the streets of New Orleans. The only acceptable level >> of water is zero. >> >What about in Venice? > The Venetians don't like water in their streets; they wish it would remain in the canals. -- PB The return address has been MUNGED My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/
From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 12:20 mrtravel writes: > A temperature of 23 degrees Celsius (73.4F) is unbearable to you? It is too hot for me. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 12:49
JohnT writes: > 23 C is relatively cool. As compared to what? > What about in Venice? Even in Venice. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |