Thread: Oh, please...

I have never lived in a house with airconditioning. But my current house was designed to be reasonably comfortable without it.

Having grown up just north of Parramatta, one of the things that has struck me in recent years, since they started routinely reporting temperatures in a number of places in Western Sydney, is that temperatures there are rarely much different to what they are here (at the same stage of the weather system, might be a day or two late).

When I was young, we only had one thermometer, and it was designed for a chicken brooder, which meant a limited temperature range, about 80°F - 110°F. But it commonly went off scale in summer.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I have never lived in a house with airconditioning. But my current house was designed to be reasonably comfortable without it.

Having grown up just north of Parramatta, one of the things that has struck me in recent years, since they started routinely reporting temperatures in a number of places in Western Sydney, is that temperatures there are rarely much different to what they are here (at the same stage of the weather system, might be a day or two late).

When I was young, we only had one thermometer, and it was designed for a chicken brooder, which meant a limited temperature range, about 80°F - 110°F. But it commonly went off scale in summer.

I'm 64, never lived in an air con house, primary and secondary school didn't have air con, cars didn't have air con.

It's no surprise to me that there is a certain demographic group, younger than me, whinging about how hot it is @ 32C, especially when they've most likely spent most of their lives indoors.

DL

Perhaps there is some justification for the term "life threatening" at lower temperatures than we might expect.

Temperatures that most of us might just find mildly uncomfortable frequently cause deaths amongst the elderly and people with certain medical conditions. Perhaps the warning is aimed at those who are actually at risk.

Just because we are not at risk does not mean that someone else's life isn't threatened.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

I'm 64, never lived in an air con house, primary and secondary school didn't have air con, cars didn't have air con.

It's no surprise to me that there is a certain demographic group, younger than me, whinging about how hot it is @ 32C, especially when they've most likely spent most of their lives indoors.

DL

Yes. None of my schools - primary, secondary, tertiary had aircon, or, for that matter, heating! Nor did any of my workplaces until i was in my thirties.

One of my memories of excessive heat was my first visit to Melbourne in the summer of 1959-60, when we were there as a family. In the city, the only public cool places we found were a movie theatre and the crypt of the war memorial. It was 41°C in Melbourne that day from memory. And yes, we found it hot!

Originally Posted by 350RRC

I'm 64, never lived in an air con house, primary and secondary school didn't have air con, cars didn't have air con.

It's no surprise to me that there is a certain demographic group, younger than me, whinging about how hot it is @ 32C, especially when they've most likely spent most of their lives indoors.

DL

I'm 69 and ditto. My step daughter always took her family to the big shopping complex or maybe a golden arch joint when it got over say 38°. She saw this as normal....

Back in the 70s, the bloke I worked for in a garage in an office building was kind of a Dutch Arthur Dailey, always peddling something. He spent weeks trying to convince one of the advertising VIPs ( yeah, right) that he needed a sunroof in his S Class. Bloke finally cracked it and said "Bob, I live in an air conditioned house, I drive an air conditioned car to my air conditioned office. Why the **** would I want a sun roof?" I actually felt sorry for him.

I can't see the image as they don't work on the app for some reason so dont really know exactly what this thread is about, but I hate the heat I can't regulate my body temp with my disabilities.
I only struggle as there's no air con here at home and it gets very hot inside and I get very unwell really quickly. Anyone with air con is really lucky! I'm grateful such things exist
Hopefully we get actual air con soon to stay comfortable inside. The heat isn't too bad then

Originally Posted by Epic_Dragon

I can't regulate my body temp with my disabilities.
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Can't the NDIS help? Oh, wait. Stupid question.

Stay well, Leonie.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Yes. None of my schools - primary, secondary, tertiary had aircon, or, for that matter, heating! Nor did any of my workplaces until i was in my thirties.

None of my schools (including tech college) had aircon - unlike today's schools. But everywhere I worked after that (and during field training away from tech) was airconditioned. One of the advantages of working with electronic equipment that generated a lot of heat.