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It makes you wonder what "elderly and other people at risk from the heat" do in Mediterranean countries. Or in parts of Australia.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:15, 49 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I bet they don't walk around in the sun with coats and hats on like our oaps do.

( girlinthehole, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:18, Reply)

I saw an old boke
yesterday in a coat. WTF? It was 80 degrees. I know old people feel the cold more, but come on.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:19, Reply)

I don't think it's about the cold
I think it's more a case of "Don't be swanning around all flippant with no coat. Put your blithering coat on, man!!"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:21, Reply)

He was old.
I reckon the Therm-O-Jigulator in his brain had worn out.
( Cawl, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:50, Reply)

They're acclimatised to it in those countries?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:24, Reply)

But when you go on holiday
to a hot country, you might get 2 full weeks of these sort of temperatures. Everyone doesn't fall ill then.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:26, Reply)

That's because
when you go on holiday people tend to wear sunblock and drink more liquids. If you look at 18-30 holidays you tend to find more people falling ill because of the sun and alchohol.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:34, Reply)

I read one reason is that in hot countries, people take siestas
Can you imagine that here? "Hey boss, I'm just off home for 4 hours until it gets a bit cooler".
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:36, Reply)

That
is the way forward, to be honest we'll have to do that here soon anyway.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:02, Reply)

Nah
can't see it myself. It'd have to happen nationwide for it to work. There are places that need to operate 9 - 5, and a lot of people would rather finish at 5pm rather than work into the evening. Schools would have to shut for a few hours a day and which kids will want to go back to school after tea.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:18, Reply)

yeah
I have enough trouble getting back to work after a 30 minute lunch break so if it was 4 hours there is no way I'd go back to work.
(MyFakeName, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:21, Reply)

Your "heatwave" made our news here today,
mainly because 30 degrees for us is just normal in summer (I admit I giggled a bit at the heat wave warning) . But I understand that you guys wouldn't be accustomed to such heat - so it IS dangerous to the older people.

But that said - we wouldn't cope with your cold very well!
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:11, Reply)

Pah
Who are you calling old you young whippersnapper?

;)
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:21, Reply)

it doesn't get that cold here either
to be honest. nothing that you can't deal with with an extra layer and a hat.

it's not like you have to cover every inch of exposed skin or it'll get frostbite.

people here are just fucking pansies and whingers.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:21, Reply)

Very much this
I'm completely sick of weather whingers!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:25, Reply)

He says from the safety of the English Riviera
And what do you mean, extra layers? You need to come drinking in midwinter Newcastle. That'll sort you out.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:26, Reply)

I agree
There are too many wimps in the South of England.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:27, Reply)

well I tend to layer up anyway - I don't like *being* cold,
but I like it when it's cold out - it's very invigorating somehow - 'specially in the morning.

People are like that everywhere - I think you're just more sick of it cos you hear it all the time!
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 16:19, Reply)

It annoys me the way
the media are making it out to be some sort of countrywide heat apocalypse. No, it is not a national heatwave. It's scarcely even a big deal, as far as I can tell.
London and the southeast are enjoying some above average temperatures. The rest of us have pretty average temperatures for the time of year and, having checked with some friends up and down the country, it's mainly cloudy. It pissed it down here yesterday and it's cloudy (if fairly bright) now. I wish the media would stop sensationalising everything - I *know* we famously get more rain than sun but are we really so stupid as a nation not to be able to deal with it when it happens?

*EDIT* I do appreciate that the elderly and the like don't deal with the heat well, and they obviously do need to take care. I'm talking about people in general here - surely with a bit of common sense hot weather is just like any other weather. That said...look at what happened when it snowed. *sighs*
(berk, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:13, Reply)

It's hot hot hot here
Very muggy. But I have my shoes off and the fan on and am drinking lots of water.

Common sense FTW
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:16, Reply)

It's hot here.
No clouds about, just sun and heat.
Agreed, it's not the Hellfire Apocalypse.
But the guys in the factory I work in aren't particularly comfortable.
( Cawl, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:19, Reply)

It is the Helfire Apocalypse in London
I'm slowly melting unto a puddle of goo!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:23, Reply)

To be fair
it's better to be prepared and aware of the effects:

www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2003-09-25-france-heat_x.htm
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:20, Reply)

I'm enjoying it
You can wear less clothes, there are such things as fans, and I'm not 'elderly or infirm' (at least I don't see myself that way.)

I was NOT however a big fan of the thunder it brought last night. I can't really afford to stay awake for two hours of the early hours every day.
Although I did see some very bizarre/interesting things on tv and drank some red wine. And shared some unusual texts/emails that I wouldn't normally do at that hour.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:28, Reply)

Yup
Anything different to overcast, drizzle and generally fuck-boring weather and the countrygrinds to a halt. The press hype it up big time. Temperatures over 75F and they show a crowded beach and people with ice-creams with "Pheww! What a scorcher"

A bit of snow and it's slow moving traffic on a road in the snow with the headline "Brr! It's freezing"
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:29, Reply)

Egg frying on concrete in Torquay
Obligatory.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:31, Reply)

Lifestyle thing too
In Spain and Italy and the south of France, houses are designed to be cool. Here, houses are designed to trap the heat in.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:21, Reply)

not necessarily
they are designed to do both, because we have a bit of both.

where they've been designed for anything at all other than profit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:22, Reply)

Point taken
but homes in Spain etc are small roundy things painted white. Ideal for staying cool in the blazing sunshine
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:31, Reply)

you are right indeed

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:48, Reply)

I have a mint feast
I am so happy I could cry
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:22, Reply)

Do you have enough for everybody?


/teacher
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:24, Reply)

NO IT'S MINE ALL MINE!!

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:25, Reply)

You're just nasty
I'm going to cry in the corner now.

*slinks of to corner*

*cries*
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:28, Reply)

Mint Feasts <3
They are for being on a coach to Dover, stopping at a Granada service station, listening to the Radio One Roadshow and reading the Smash Hits. Corky O'Riley, It's Kylie!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:30, Reply)

I shall complain about the weather because complaining is fun.
And if you want to complain about this, fuck off.
( thealternativefact, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:29, Reply)

I shall complain about the weather
because I'm British
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:33, Reply)

This is marvellous news.
I've no time for forrins.
( thealternativefact, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:34, Reply)

Me neither
lets drink pims and eat cucumber sandwichs
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:43, Reply)

Aftter first using the cucumbers to lamp forrins with.
I need Pimms. Need.
( thealternativefact, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:45, Reply)

Indeed
I've got the butler out now buying everything and the gardener is cleaning up the decking
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:50, Reply)

But it's fun!

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:33, Reply)

It's what we do.

(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:37, Reply)

This is nothing compared to the summers in the seventies.
The summers had more sun.
The winters had more snow.
And the world was a better place.
( girlinthehole, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:38, Reply)

*sigh*
Honourable mention for the early 80s...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:41, Reply)

Yup
The only thing wrong with the seventies was that there wasn't any internet.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:43, Reply)

What about Disco and polyester clothing?
The 70's sucked. I have a hard time remembering anything good about he 70's other than the size of my stomach.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 17:33, Reply)

Thunderstorm just started here.
Pissing down and thunder so far.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:44, Reply)

I once had this explained to me
So sit down and strap in kiddywinks.

To remove heat from the human body we sweat. The sweat comes from our skin. The area of skin is a square function. However, the VOLUME of a body is a cube function. Therefore someone who is "circumferentially enhanced" or "Gravitationally disadvantaged" will have more difficulty removing heat from their body than, say, a skinny fucker because the skinny fucker has to get rid of their metabolic heat AND the added heat from the sun via a greater proportion of skin to mass than a fat bastard.
Old people have difficulty regulating their body temperature anyway (old age is natures way of telling you to die) so added heat or deep cold affects them more.
But going around in a coat? Not recommended unless they have a unique thermal effect of one-way insulation,IE the coat will let heat out but not in. Maybe beige or tartan has this effect?
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 16:23, Reply)