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Living and Working in Saudi Arabia [Riyadh], for much much of the year, it was Air conditioned house, air conditioned car, air conditioned office, air conditioned shopping centres, and back to air conditioned house.
If we walked to work, less than half a mile, it was like breathing in from an hair dryer.
Used to come home on leave, and people would ask where the sun tan was!
Originally posted by PompeyPete
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A few of my childhood years were spent in Singapore. We started school early and came home early - to avoid the worst of the heat...careful rules were given for avoiding dehydration and sunstroke (especially for pale skinned fair/red heads like my sister...I had the genetic luck to be olive skinned and dark haired)...air conditioning EVERYWHERE...markets held in the evening rather than midday
Some years later we lived in Germany...strict laws on working in the heat (schools and work would close if the temperature rose too high)...afternoon 'quiet times' were strictly observed - some places the town centre simply shut down for an hour or two - no shops open, no cafes
Now I live in the UK, by the sea...the very second that the sun peeps out then folks are stripping off, burning themselves lobster red, dehydrating and then rehydrating by quaffing pints of chilled beer and alcopos...and every year there are warnings about seabathing (especially in one area) and EVERY year the warnings are ignored (with tragic results on occasion)….. I really don't 'get' the British attitude to summer!...but the same folks cone back year after year and say they have had a fantastic holiday...and it brings in much needed revenue to an economically-dying town, so I guess it has its benefits too!