On 26/06/2019 14:14, Henri Derksen wrote:
> Hello Philosopherer,
>
>> Oh dear. Ad s a child I remembeer scrapining the ice off the INSIDE of
>> the bedroom windows..
>
> Me too.
>
>>> How warm did you heat it during the day, for it to cool down to 5 deg C
>>> overnight?
>>>
>>> I feel very cold if the room temperature drops even to 10-15 deg rather
>>> than normal 20 deg, so 5 deg must feel very cold.
>
>> It does. IIRC thermal underwear, pajamas, and as many government surplus
>> 'horse blankets' as we could pile on the bed, and indeed under us as
>> well. Heatloss through the mattress was not trivial.
>
> Yes.
>
>> And they wonder why thermometers to day near any populated place read
>> higher...
>
> Global warming ?
>
No. Local warming, Cities up to 4°C hotter than surrounding countryside
Thermometers in cities...

Go figure


>>> I often think that people in the days before central heating, when fires
>>> were not kept in overnight and advice was to sleep with an open bedroom
>>> window, must have been made of much sterner stuff than me ;-)
>
>> The secret is enough bedclothes.
>
> Exactly.
> I did that this year in March in the cargo hold of an old inland ship.
> Temp was betrween 0 and 5 oC.
> After standing up, you inmediately have to put on your clothing,
> and after that start eating for breakfest asap.
>
> Henri.
>


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