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From: Dave Frightens Me on 26 Jul 2006 15:25
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:20:19 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>mrtravel writes:
>
>> A temperature of 23 degrees Celsius (73.4F) is unbearable to you?
>
>It is too hot for me.

Then you need to get used to it, like anyone else. It is possible if
you try. I know, because I have.
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From: Dave Frightens Me on 26 Jul 2006 15:26
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:50:25 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>Keith W writes:
>
>> Only if they too stupid to realise that they need to drink
>> and rest in the shade occasionally.
>
>Drinking and resting in the shade isn't enough in extreme heat and
>humidity.

Drinking and resting is a pleasure anywhere.
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From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 17:16
Miguel Cruz writes:

> That's irrelevant. We are only talking about the people who need cooling
> or heating.

That certainly includes warm and hot climates.

> The people who are able to survive just fine (e.g., almost
> all of the people living in warm or hot climates) are not among that
> number.

I wouldn't call living in dirt huts "just fine." In hot countries
where people are living in something better than dirt huts, there is
air conditioning.

> Among those who do need some sort of climate control in order to
> survive, the number who need heating is greater than the number who need
> cooling.

You're certain of this?

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From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 17:17
Dave Frightens Me writes:

> Then you need to get used to it, like anyone else. It is possible if
> you try. I know, because I have.

I'll tell people that when it's 18 C in the room and they want to
turn up the heat.

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From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 17:18
Keith W writes:

> 30 deg and 32% humidity isnt extreme, they regard such conditions
> as positively chilly in the Far East

It's difficult to even sleep in such conditions, and in the Far East,
they have air conditioning, like everywhere else.

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