Silver spoon...nah not born with one, but do remember polishing those darn things every Christmas when we used them for the holiday dinner...That's the reason mine are stainless!!!!!
yep...I grew up in Texas and we had no a/c in our schools...and I DO remember that only too well. Ours was a very old school(one of the last of the dinosaurs in the district...the school, not me!), which had really high ceilings to let the hot air rise and large windows to catch the breeze. When the school system, in its infinite wisdom, decided to put a/c in, they lowered the ceilings...then waited 4 years to put in the units...we about died every day from April until June, then it was worse in Sept until Nov. I also remember how difficult it was to pay attention when you are so hot you can't think straight and all you want to do is fall asleep due to the lack of energy. Again tho..I used to run track and track season was in the middle of summer...back then it was believed that you couldn't drink water and run or you'd cramp up. We weren't even allowed ice chips and had to sit on the bleachers in full sun and wait for our race. I had forgotten how miserable that was. We always had at least 1 person pass out at each race.
Problem is today that people have gotten used to the a/c and its difficult to adapt when you are thrown so quickly out into the heat for extended periods of time. Not saying it can't be done but its not done well, healthwise. It just about kills me to see the workers out in the heat in Doha, working. I feel for them..
Silver spoon...nah not born with one, but do remember polishing those darn things every Christmas when we used them for the holiday dinner...That's the reason mine are stainless!!!!!
yep...I grew up in Texas and we had no a/c in our schools...and I DO remember that only too well. Ours was a very old school(one of the last of the dinosaurs in the district...the school, not me!), which had really high ceilings to let the hot air rise and large windows to catch the breeze. When the school system, in its infinite wisdom, decided to put a/c in, they lowered the ceilings...then waited 4 years to put in the units...we about died every day from April until June, then it was worse in Sept until Nov. I also remember how difficult it was to pay attention when you are so hot you can't think straight and all you want to do is fall asleep due to the lack of energy. Again tho..I used to run track and track season was in the middle of summer...back then it was believed that you couldn't drink water and run or you'd cramp up. We weren't even allowed ice chips and had to sit on the bleachers in full sun and wait for our race. I had forgotten how miserable that was. We always had at least 1 person pass out at each race.
Problem is today that people have gotten used to the a/c and its difficult to adapt when you are thrown so quickly out into the heat for extended periods of time. Not saying it can't be done but its not done well, healthwise. It just about kills me to see the workers out in the heat in Doha, working. I feel for them..