Re: OT: Richard Foote

From: Richard Foote <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 21:46:23 +1000
Message-ID: <usPX9.31245$jM5.79325@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>

"Glen A Stromquist" <glen_stromquist_at_nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:SZyX9.29454$LM3.1468649_at_news0.telusplanet.net...
> Norman Dunbar wrote:
>
> > Morning Vladimir,
> >
> > you wrote :
> >
> >>> And then quite a lot of people frozen to death there (and here in
> > Russia,
> >>> though we are more used to extremely cold weather - it's not
> >>> unusual here...)
> >
> > Strangely enough, the country which suffers from the most cold related
> > deaths every year, is England !
> > I suspect this is some ratio or other, based upon size of population
> > etc, but it appears that simply by not wearing hats (or keeping properly
> > warm) , our bodies lose 33% of our heat through the head and that
> > thickens the blood. Thick blood all day leads to a heart attack at
> > night.
> >
> > An unfortunate thing for England to be 'top of the world' in.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Norman.
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Norman Dunbar
> > Database/Unix administrator
> > Lynx Financial Systems Ltd.
> > mailto:Norman.Dunbar_at_LFS.co.uk
> > Tel: 0113 289 6265
> > Fax: 0113 289 3146
> > URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com
> > -------------------------------------
>
>
> -38c where I live this morning, and wer'e in for about a week of it by the
> looks of things. I'll gladly send a few degrees of this colder weather to
> those that need it!
>

Hi Glen,

Looks like we'll be getting around +38 to 40C in (not longer sunny but somewhat hazy) Canberra this weekend.

Maybe it's not such a small planet after all !!

Richard Received on Thu Jan 23 2003 - 05:46:23 CST