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Fans  [message #41384] Mon, 12 March 2007 13:01 Go to next message
Deeej is currently offline  Deeej

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Would you believe it? Apparently there is no demand for desk fans at this time of year. I have trudged round every shop in Egham looking for one, and the vast majority of mail order places are also out.

I live in a university hall of residence where the temperature has been, throughout winter, a constant (I've got a clock with built-in thermometer, so I check from time to time) 80 degrees F (27 degrees C). This has been with the radiator permanently switched off. The demand from the 3000 or so university-accommodated students alone would be enough to keep a fan shop in business, I would have thought...

If they heated the buildings a little less, perhaps the accommodation fees would decrease? Ha ha. I live in a country where there is a legal minimum temperature for a workplace, but no legal maximum. Better to boil than freeze, presumably. On the other hand, this is also the country where, traditionally, "central heating" means "everyone puts on another jumper".

Before someone tells me to open a window, the windows here only open about 4 inches, a health and safety measure to stop people jumping out (the temperature being enough to make the inhabitants delirious).

David

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I don't know why I just posted that  [message #41385 is a reply to message #41384] Mon, 12 March 2007 13:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deeej is currently offline  Deeej

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Re: Fans  [message #41386 is a reply to message #41384] Mon, 12 March 2007 15:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: Fans  [message #41388 is a reply to message #41386] Mon, 12 March 2007 15:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Roger is currently offline  Roger

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Durn, If I knew where to send it, I have one I would give you. It got used one day in two years.


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Re: Fans  [message #41389 is a reply to message #41384] Mon, 12 March 2007 16:23 Go to previous message
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