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Readie · Jul 9, 2013

Not hot by your standards Matt, no... but last week it was 7 degrees. Its the speed of temperature change that catches people out here. Oh, and it melts tarmac, buckles railway lines, causes a water shortage...
Prepared here? Why should we be prepared... we are NEVER are prepared...
Air con? We have punkawallahs for that. Much much better... and there were electric before anyone says anything.

Matt308 · Jul 9, 2013

Had to look that up. Is that an Aussie term? Sounds like it.

Nevermind. Indian. Damn colonialists.

Readie · Jul 9, 2013

Tried and tested on the Indian sub continent.
Rather like black tea.
They work in hot humid climes.

Spin on to today, skating over the fall of the Empire etc, the huge ceiling fans are the modern version and work well.

razor1uk · Jul 9, 2013

And thus being electric they require next to none of that rare elbow grease or self-operating wot...

Airframes · Jul 9, 2013

Air con? Open the windows. Cold? Close the windows ! Simples !!

rochie · Jul 9, 2013

Matt308 said:
This just reads like a guest trying to get a comp from the hotel. God they are in every country, aren't they.

nope just a F***wit !

Readie · Jul 9, 2013

Air con? Open the windows. Cold? Close the windows ! Simples !!

To us Terry, an obvious solution. To the average Yank it may be simplerjust to have an 'on' and 'off' button...

yulzari · Jul 9, 2013

Too hot. Clothes off. Too cold, clothes on. Still too cold, apply more clothes until problem clears.

You will never get the British to understand air conditioning. When the railways joined the 20th century and built carriages with air conditioning the passengers insisted on opening the windows as it was hot. Result; all the air conditioning units burned out trying to cool Britain. Then they blamed the operating companies. That's why they removed opening windows. Idiot proof (if not soldier proof).

razor1uk · Jul 9, 2013

It's normally not hot enough for cold air con, most of our air con ici, is designed for heating.

Readie · Jul 9, 2013

'That's why they removed opening windows'

In a way that is so typically British we HAD to keep opening windows on the doors... I mean where else do you pee when the loo's are broken

yulzari · Jul 9, 2013

Readie said:
where else do you pee when the loo's are broken

and that is why you don't want the windows open when the chap in the carriage in front is indulging in external micturation.

Sudden memory of an officer cadet trying to pee out of the back of a 4 tonner and finding the draught comes straight in the back... Nothing in an army is more dangerous than a 2nd Lieutenant with a map or an officer cadet using initiative without clearance from a SNCO.

Readie · Jul 9, 2013

yulzari said:
and that is why you don't want the windows open when the chap in the carriage in front is indulging in external micturation.

Sudden memory of an officer cadet trying to pee out of the back of a 4 tonner and finding the draught comes straight in the back... Nothing in an army is more dangerous than a 2nd Lieutenant with a map or an officer cadet using initiative without clearance from a SNCO.

Or as dangerous as a Brit with an opening window

Airframes · Jul 9, 2013

yulzari said:
and that is why you don't want the windows open when the chap in the carriage in front is indulging in external micturation.

Sudden memory of an officer cadet trying to pee out of the back of a 4 tonner and finding the draught comes straight in the back... Nothing in an army is more dangerous than a 2nd Lieutenant with a map or an officer cadet using initiative without clearance from a SNCO.

Yes there is! A 2nd Lt, a Lt., and a Captain with a map and a compass !!!
And more so if they're true 'Ruperts' ......

meatloaf109 · Jul 9, 2013

rochie said:
having to pack up my models and equipment ready for the move in two weeks !

here's how i've done it, bubble wrap on top and stacked 7 high

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Looks like a winner, Karl. Good luck with the move!

rochie · Jul 9, 2013

meatloaf109 said:
Looks like a winner, Karl. Good luck with the move!

thanks mate

A4K · Jul 9, 2013

rochie said:
having to pack up my models and equipment ready for the move in two weeks !

here's how i've done it, bubble wrap on top and stacked 7 high

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Good stuff Karl, just packed up mine too. Prices quoted for transport of 15 small to medium sized boxes to Ireland so far is at cheapest (and I'm not exaggerating) about 7 months wages. I can't understand it. Result: Only clothes going, models and every other non-essential packed down for long term storage.

rochie · Jul 9, 2013

A4K said:
Good stuff Karl, just packed up mine too. Prices quoted for transport of 15 small to medium sized boxes to Ireland so far is at cheapest (and I'm not exaggerating) about 7 months wages. I can't understand it. Result: Only clothes going, models and every other non-essential packed down for long term storage.

wow !

lucky i'm only moving 2 miles away and the van cost £65 for the day, though we are storing a lot of our stuff

A4K · Jul 9, 2013

That's not cheap either Karl, but I'd rather be in your shoes on this one than mine. Can't even take my frikkin' art gear!!!

Wayne Little · Jul 10, 2013

No lunch break today and my working towards having a days holiday on Friday is now out the friggin' window....

yulzari · Jul 10, 2013

Airframes said:
Yes there is! A 2nd Lt, a Lt., and a Captain with a map and a compass !!!
And more so if they're true 'Ruperts' ......

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