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Bajabob

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I had suffered from the bitter cold in a hospital for hours. Not as a patient, but for another reason. When I
emerged and waited for the bus, it was like paradise found ! The warm sun and perfect temperatures got me pretty well thawed out. But then the bus arrived, and it was as if I had been transported to Antarctica. No cooling was needed, but as most buses are it was hyper-cooled anyway. Why do the controllers of cooling systems think that unless the people are really suffering from the cold, they haven't really done their job properly ?
 

Bajabob said:
I had suffered from the bitter cold in a hospital for hours. Not as a patient, but for another reason. When I
emerged and waited for the bus, it was like paradise found ! The warm sun and perfect temperatures got me pretty well thawed out. But then the bus arrived, and it was as if I had been transported to Antarctica. No cooling was needed, but as most buses are it was hyper-cooled anyway. Why do the controllers of cooling systems think that unless the people are really suffering from the cold, they haven't really done their job properly ?
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I agree!
From what I've seen, it looks like everybody from city buses to public buildings turn on AC at the beginning of April and turn it off in November, regardless of the actual temperatures.
 
I've noticed that, especially at restaurants. My thoughts are that the employees are running around like crazy and the customers are just sitting. It seems much warmer when you are working, so they set the AC really cold and don't notice it.

Don't know about the bus, but maybe because the door opens and shuts so much it's difficult to keep cool, so they over do it.

I just carry an extra sweater or jacket in restaurants, doctor's offices, etc.
 

I guess we need numbers to agree or disagree. Some people seem to be able to shed heat without discomfort while ,sitting beside them, I'm about ready to expire from the heat. When I read of temps reaching the high 90's or above, that sounds like a "near death" experience for me. :eek:mg:

I find temps. above 70 to be getting warmer than I need. 75 and I start hugging the A/C. The climate control setting in my car varies between 68 and 70. Stays at these numbers year round. They say as we age we tend to need warmer temps. but I've reached 84 and have yet to want to live in a warmer setting than I've mentioned.
 
I spent a fair amount of time in August and September in hospital and they keep the entire place so cold they could hang sides of beef in the hall ways.
 
I've never liked A/C,in the summer months I use a fan in my bedroom/living room
I've notice when I'm shopping either at Target,or 1 of the grocery stores I regularly go to,their dairy sections are freezing cold. I shiver everytime I try to ck out the yogurt/jello,it feels like I'm in Antartica. The next time I'll remember to bring my gloves with me LOL! I'm sure I'll get strange looks either from other shoppers or the employees
A couple times this summer I took the bus to movie theatre,the A/C was on full blast,I had goosebumps the whole way.The same thing happened coming back.. I got off the bus,and walked the last 5 blocks home. It wasn't a hot/humid day Sue
 
NancyNGA said:
I've noticed that, especially at restaurants. My thoughts are that the employees are running around like crazy and the customers are just sitting. It seems much warmer when you are working, so they set the AC really cold and don't notice it.

Don't know about the bus, but maybe because the door opens and shuts so much it's difficult to keep cool, so they over do it.

I just carry an extra sweater or jacket in restaurants, doctor's offices, etc.
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You're right about the restaurants, Nancy; the cooler temps not only keep the bustling employees from overheating, it also discourages customers from hanging around too long after their meal, freeing up the tables in a timely manner.

As for hospitals and buses, cooler temperatures slow down the spread of viruses. The cooler, the better. Thank your bus driver.
 
That's true about hospitals- cooler air breeds less germs. The OR's are almost freezing! Supermarkets are well cooled but the frozen food aisle is really cold.

But I would much rather 67-70 than too warm and humid.
 
I don't mind the heat or the cold but I do suffer during the summer going from one extreme to the other when I'm out running errands.

I know a young fella that is a lumper in a frozen food warehouse. I can't imagine his life, he works all night in a subzero warehouse and then spends the rest of his day in the hot humid summer air.
 
Yeah, that's another situation. One time part of my job was monitoring a lab full of computers. They kept it really cold in there because of the equipment. Breathing the cold dry air for several hours, then going outside in the heat and humidity seemed to do a number on your head, or sinuses, or something. :sentimental:
 
Aunt Bea said:
I know a young fella that is a lumper in a frozen food warehouse. I can't imagine his life, he works all night in a subzero warehouse and then spends the rest of his day in the hot humid summer air.
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In a small desert town near Barstow CA, I worked for one summer in a little warehouse bagging block and crushed ice. We were a small crew, four of us, if I remember right, and we worked 10 to 12 hours through the night and into the morning. We wore down jackets, knit hats and gloves, and still sweat like pigs. Then we'd step out into the heat; often around 110 degrees. We had to wear little masks because someone always had the sniffles.

A couple of years after I left, someone told me that place closed down because the price of water for the ice machines skyrocketed. Someone else told me it was just a front for laundering drug money, and the price of water story was bs.
 
It's not the heat that gets uncomfortable...the Humidity really seems to be the culprit. I've been in Phoenix and Las Vegas when the temperatures were 110, but with their low humidity, it felt better than the Midwest on a 90 degree day, with the humidity sky high. There are days here in the Summer that just going outdoors and standing still is enough to make this old body start to sweat. AC is definitely a Must in this part of the country.
 
On the other hand, air conditioning (when used in moderation and only when necessary) is a true blessing. I once saw the results of a survey where they asked what invention had been the biggest boon to mankind, and air conditioning won.

My first reaction was, "Huh?!" but the rest of the article convinced me. It described the torment of living, for example, in the southern half of the U.S. back in the days before air conditioning, and how miserable the working conditions were, including indoors. The south was not able to develop economically until the advent of air conditioning made it possible. Even in New York, the garment factories were called "sweatshops." People often became ill, and many were unable to work during the summer because of the heat.

I remember when I was a kid, and air conditioning first came into use in movie theatres and stores. Many of them had "Air Conditioned" on the marquee. (There was also something called Air Cooled, which was not as good.) People flocked to those theatres, probably in some cases just to cool off.

Of course, anything can be overdone, and I also dislike being in an unnecessarily freezing environment. But let's not throw the baby out with the bath water.
 
I am far more miserable in heat than in cold. The awful heat here (yes, it's a dry heat, but 106 is still 106) makes me feel quite ill if I'm in it for more than a few minutes. As insurance against extreme air conditioning (like in hospitals) I always carry a sweater or jacket in my car.
 
I can remember when the stores started bragging about...we have air conditioning. That was in the early fifties. The local beer joint and the Blue Bird diner even have neon signs telling folks.. we are air conditioned.

Here, in Florida, it is a necessity. With my COPD, I have to have it during the pollen season and those hot humid days. :mad:
 

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