Heat in the Sandpit
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Love the post above, moral of the story....
Buy a Toyota car and stay in company accommodation
Personally I kinda like the heat, its not that bad once you are used to it. Just takes about 3 years or so to adjust. The more time you spend outside the less it bothers you.
I think the people who have the biggest problem adjusting are those that hide inside with their thermostats cranked all the way down.
Set it at 23' and leave it there for the whole year.
Buy a Toyota car and stay in company accommodation
Personally I kinda like the heat, its not that bad once you are used to it. Just takes about 3 years or so to adjust. The more time you spend outside the less it bothers you.
I think the people who have the biggest problem adjusting are those that hide inside with their thermostats cranked all the way down.
Set it at 23' and leave it there for the whole year.
Sims Fly Virtually
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Used to be 3rd Sand Dune from the Left - But now I'm somewhere else somewhere else.
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MTOW, Someone ought to extract that post and make it a sticky 
M2005, Lucky for you that you can "pop across the bridge" - No Way can I go over and drive back to RUH at night Have to stay the night with my friend
(on the sofa, that is
)
Of course, the plus side is that here it was 44 an 5% RH - which is "a lot cooler" (though it still has the car seats and steering wheels giving the burns)
Overall, I think I've got used to it after almost 20 years
Fantasy Island going dry? - I wouldn't have thought it - surely the economy severely depends on the Nationals from this side of the bridge going across at the weekend? Although, having seen the state of some of Magic Kingdom Nationals, I really wouldn't blame them. And my friend leaves her car at home if at all possible from early Wednesday evening until Saturday morning
M2005, Lucky for you that you can "pop across the bridge" - No Way can I go over and drive back to RUH at night Have to stay the night with my friend
(on the sofa, that is )Of course, the plus side is that here it was 44 an 5% RH
- which is "a lot cooler" (though it still has the car seats and steering wheels giving the burns)Overall, I think I've got used to it after almost 20 years
Fantasy Island going dry? - I wouldn't have thought it - surely the economy severely depends on the Nationals from this side of the bridge going across at the weekend? Although, having seen the state of some of Magic Kingdom Nationals, I really wouldn't blame them. And my friend leaves her car at home if at all possible from early Wednesday evening until Saturday morning
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Never mind the heat, feel the cheque!
When the wrong bucket gets too heavy then it's time to decide whether to stay or go ... but then you get your cheque ... and you're a believer!!!
Join Date: Jul 2005
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...how to adapt (for those lacking imagination).
Europe: Kick wife(partner) out of bed:-
Run bath
Make tea
Warm loo seat
Start car and select heater
Self: snooze to recover energy from kicking wife out.
Enjoy tea
Read newspaper
Run to car to keep dry
Dubai:
(Wife has long disappeared to take kids to skool and her tennis morning)
Maid:
wakes one with a cup of tea and sandy 2 day old newspaper
chills loo seat
runs shower (cold tap is now hot and vice versa - think about it).
Starts car and selects A/C (10 mins before "Sir" departs).
Self:
tea, read, shower, dress and walk very slowly to car.
Other Pros and Cons;
Remainder of your Thermos Cup of tea is still hot enough to drink the leftovers on the way home after work.
Turn off Hot Water heater May - Sept (Water from cold tap is more than hot enough to shower, and water stored in immersionis chilled enough by House ambient to sub as cold)
Garden is full of colour - the same bl**dy bouganvillea
colour Jan 1 - Dec 31
51 w/ends a year are blue skies
Plan barbies months in advance
Wardrobe is 100% casual
Footwear only to insulate feet from being cooked
Speckled Hen, Abbott ale, Bishops Finger, IPA are all readily available - not quite the same as the real flat warm stuff, but still.
Dark at 6 or 7pm 365 days - no long summer evenings - my only regret
Europe: Kick wife(partner) out of bed:-
Run bath
Make tea
Warm loo seat
Start car and select heater
Self: snooze to recover energy from kicking wife out.
Enjoy tea
Read newspaper
Run to car to keep dry
Dubai:
(Wife has long disappeared to take kids to skool and her tennis morning)
Maid:
wakes one with a cup of tea and sandy 2 day old newspaper
chills loo seat
runs shower (cold tap is now hot and vice versa - think about it).
Starts car and selects A/C (10 mins before "Sir" departs).
Self:
tea, read, shower, dress and walk very slowly to car.
Other Pros and Cons;
Remainder of your Thermos Cup of tea is still hot enough to drink the leftovers on the way home after work.
Turn off Hot Water heater May - Sept (Water from cold tap is more than hot enough to shower, and water stored in immersionis chilled enough by House ambient to sub as cold)
Garden is full of colour - the same bl**dy bouganvillea
colour Jan 1 - Dec 31
51 w/ends a year are blue skies
Plan barbies months in advance
Wardrobe is 100% casual
Footwear only to insulate feet from being cooked
Speckled Hen, Abbott ale, Bishops Finger, IPA are all readily available - not quite the same as the real flat warm stuff, but still.
Dark at 6 or 7pm 365 days - no long summer evenings - my only regret
Join Date: Apr 2006
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long summer evenings
sounds like Expat has got his sh#t all in one sock! (compliment)
Main draw back from long summer evening/nights in the UK is some t#sser sharing his/her taste in music..thump thump thump... whilst driving like a f###ing knob through the village with no exhaust.
Give me frosty winter nights to keep the bu##ers inside watching some rubbish on the tv.
Alwayzz
Main draw back from long summer evening/nights in the UK is some t#sser sharing his/her taste in music..thump thump thump... whilst driving like a f###ing knob through the village with no exhaust.
Give me frosty winter nights to keep the bu##ers inside watching some rubbish on the tv.
Alwayzz
