Comments on: I am not ready for this. http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-ready-for-this/ As honest as a gambling man can be Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:54:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mr. McLaren http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-ready-for-this/#comment-40386 Mr. McLaren Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:53:30 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-ready-for-this/#comment-40386 It gets hotter in the middle of the continent in the summer--it's only out here on the ocean that the 30s are very rare. Cars and corporate spaces have A/C, but residential central air is incredibly uncommon in Nova Scotia. Even when it's hot during the day it always cools off at night here, so there's no need. Even the mansions don't have it. I suspect that the temperature at which Nova Scotians feel the need to engage the A/C in their car would be considered cold by Texans. It gets hotter in the middle of the continent in the summer–it’s only out here on the ocean that the 30s are very rare.

Cars and corporate spaces have A/C, but residential central air is incredibly uncommon in Nova Scotia. Even when it’s hot during the day it always cools off at night here, so there’s no need. Even the mansions don’t have it.

I suspect that the temperature at which Nova Scotians feel the need to engage the A/C in their car would be considered cold by Texans.

]]> By: Fred http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-ready-for-this/#comment-40385 Fred Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:30:07 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-ready-for-this/#comment-40385 It doesn't usually get that hot where I live, but I have friends in Texas and I've visited the southwest, so I'm not unfamiliar with blistering heat as a concept. 40C is reasonably toasty, but I've got to admit, not what I'd consider unbearable. I'm sure they have air conditioning in Australia. (If it's that cold, do they have it in Canada?)* * I'm only half joking here. It doesn’t usually get that hot where I live, but I have friends in Texas and I’ve visited the southwest, so I’m not unfamiliar with blistering heat as a concept. 40C is reasonably toasty, but I’ve got to admit, not what I’d consider unbearable. I’m sure they have air conditioning in Australia. (If it’s that cold, do they have it in Canada?)*

* I’m only half joking here.

]]> By: Mr. McLaren http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-ready-for-this/#comment-40375 Mr. McLaren Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:26:21 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-ready-for-this/#comment-40375 I know there are some parts of the U.S. where 40C isn't unbelievably hot, but I assure you that it never gets that hot here. Even in the hottest part of the summer it's pretty rare for the mercury to get up to 30C here. So going from mid-winter here to somewhere 10C hotter that I ever see will be a bit of an adjustment. I knew it was going to be summer there, but I didn't realize what that meant. I hope they aren't shocked when I show up at the office in a t-shirt, shorts, and carrying a couple of personal cooling devices. I know there are some parts of the U.S. where 40C isn’t unbelievably hot, but I assure you that it never gets that hot here. Even in the hottest part of the summer it’s pretty rare for the mercury to get up to 30C here.

So going from mid-winter here to somewhere 10C hotter that I ever see will be a bit of an adjustment.

I knew it was going to be summer there, but I didn’t realize what that meant.

I hope they aren’t shocked when I show up at the office in a t-shirt, shorts, and carrying a couple of personal cooling devices.

]]> By: Fred http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-ready-for-this/#comment-40374 Fred Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:47:37 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/02/22/i-am-not-ready-for-this/#comment-40374 I was confused. I live in a backward country where we still use silly things like Fahrenheit, so I thought that seemed perfectly fine, not uncomfortably chilly even. Then I saw what that is in Celsius. That's pretty warm. I was confused. I live in a backward country where we still use silly things like Fahrenheit, so I thought that seemed perfectly fine, not uncomfortably chilly even. Then I saw what that is in Celsius. That’s pretty warm.

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