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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Dry or humid?

The problem with British heat is that it's very humid, which is a lot worse than a dry heat. I've hardly felt a dry European 40°, but anything over 27° at home (Sheffield) and I'm just flobbing about trying to cool down.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Extremely humid, we were at 86% around then.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Fair enough. It's probably just what you're used to then. I remember being over in the Caribbean a few years ago, someone got out of the sea and went "it's cold". Cold I said? You come to England I'll show you cold.

    Cue the northern Canadians scoffing at my definition of cold.

    It's not often over 25° here so we're not used to it. Plus our houses are designed to keep the heat in and the cold wet out.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    "at home (Sheffield)".

    There's a small section of my brain that seems to be permanently reserved for mentally cheering whenever I stumble across someone from near where I hail from, even if I haven't lived there for many years now

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