Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 26 Jul 2006 17:30 Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:16:39 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > >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. > > You haven't actually been to anywhere in the third world have you? You haven't actually been to his Parisian cubby hole, have you? -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: Gregory Morrow on 26 Jul 2006 17:32 Mxsmanic wrote: > 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? Miguel lived in Washington DC for years and didn't use air conditioning in his flat... [How ya doin' Miguel? Good to see ya :-) ] -- Best Greg
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 26 Jul 2006 17:36 Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:30:36 +0100, this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.com > (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and > deansgate) wrote: > > >Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:16:39 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: [] > >> >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. > >> > >> You haven't actually been to anywhere in the third world have you? > > > >You haven't actually been to his Parisian cubby hole, have you? > > Has anybody? Would you describe it as just fine? It's just fine I'm not living there! -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: Dave Frightens Me on 26 Jul 2006 18:00 On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:16:39 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >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. Name a few such countries. >> 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? It is correct. Removal of heat is far less important than the insurance of warmth. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 26 Jul 2006 18:02
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:17:31 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >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. You would have equal numbers telling you to leave it just where it is. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |