On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:31:28 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:16:49 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Mxsmanic wrote:
>> >
>> >> jeremyrh.geo@yahoo.com writes:
>> >>
>> >> > So why haven't you got one?
>> >>
>> >> For the same reason that even poor people will often spend money on
>> >> heating in cold weather. Cooling is a necessity, not a luxury.
>> >
>> >There are millions of people in Paris who are better off than you, and
>> >don't find a/c necessary in their homes...
>>
>> In excess of 10 million if we believe our local expert.
>
>I was thinking of that number! :)
>
>> My wife survived the summer of 1976 in central Paris in a broom cupboard
>> without having to resort to air conditioning hiking boots or shorts. Oh
>> how she laughs at the exploits of Mixi.
>
>Yes, but it's 30 "degrees" higher now! :)
In fact it is probably nearer 30 lower now and she got a
doctorate out of her stay, whereas Mixi has got SFA to show for his stay.
--
Martin
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