Aircon Last Night?

[UncleDonald]

Bangkok, Tuesday night, September 6

9 pm: Very muggy, turn it on

10 pm: Wife cold, turns it off

1 am: Wife "hot" but too sleepy to turn fan on

7 am: damp, sticky; turn it on, get blanket

8 am: everyone happy

[DavieA]

mmm...fascinating stuff dude!

[Gazza]

All year round: Use ceiling fans.

All year round: Air-con units sit idle.

All year round: Everyone appears happy.

All year round: Everyone appears healthy.

All year round: More money in pocket every month.

[SiamOne]

Is that it?

[Artisan]

I'd call it "mind-numbing stuff "!!!

[SiamOne]

I'd call it "mind-numbing stuff "!!! 

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I like your avatar, maye I will get my fish to swim around a bit

[astral]

Bangkok, Tuesday night, September 6

9 pm: Very muggy, turn it on

10 pm:  Wife cold, turns it off

1 am: Wife "hot" but too sleepy to turn fan on

7 am: damp, sticky; turn it on, get blanket

8 am: everyone happy

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Suggestion...........

Get new wife!!

[rio666uk]

UncleDonald - with events like this you should consider starting a blog

[UncleDonald]

UncleDonald - with events like this you should consider starting a blog 

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Why thank you, Rio, I knew that there would be some folks from places like Nongkai and Bristol UK who would enjoy it. Do you think I should interweave some themes from my prostatitis or is the aircon stuff enough?

[rio666uk]

I would leave out any urinary sufferings if its votes youre after (for your blog)

I reckon the aircon calamities will surfice - im not sure we're ready for anything more just yet.

[Gazza]

7 am: damp, sticky; turn it on, get blanket

Why do Thai girls insist on having the air-con on...only then to smother themselves in blankets to keep warm?

[rio666uk]

7 am: damp, sticky; turn it on, get blanket

Why do Thai girls insist on having the air-con on...only then to smother themselves in blankets to keep warm?

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... and then wake up moaning about having a sore throat from the aircon

[englishoak]

I hate aircon especially in Thailand.

When I arrive it usually takes a few days to get used to the heat but after that i'm ok.

Aircon just screws up my ability to acclimatize. I find that it's always way too cold after a while and when you move away from the aircon area you instantly sweat like a pig. Plus it makes you sick.

The only time it is of use is in the car but still on minimum.

If i'm too hot in bed I take a shower and the fan cools me down

Taking a jacket on the bus is a pain but otherwise you get cold

Taking the train and getting a top bunk means aircon in the face all nite

the worst place is the cinema and I find a jumper is normally needed. Last time I forgot and went to see LOTR and found myself going outside twice just to warm up. Ruined my enyjoyment of the film.

Naa aircon is a pain in the neck and it is a waste of money IMHO

[Gazza]

Nice post Oaky,

Same as myself, moving away from an A/C makes it feel as though it's hotter outside than it actually is.

I pity the children of some of my friends that live in the BKK city centre.

They live in an A/C home. Go to and from their A/C schools in A/C buses or cars. Hang out in A/C malls etc. Makes me wonder what effects it would have on their health in later years.

During the day, I have the back bedroom door and windows open. The front bedroom door stays closed which allows a breeze to flow through the back bedroom, down the stairs and through the rooms downstairs and out the front door.

Of a night. Bedroom doors are closed and 2 out of 3 windows are opened. The middle window in each room remains closed. This allows fresh air in and stale air out, with the assistance of only a ceiling fan.

Basically, it's all what we call ventilation, something that my Thai wife and in laws can't grasp the concept of.

They're forever closing doors and windows preventing any flow of air and then complain all the time with monosyllabic utterances every 5 mins of 'RAWN!' while wafting a magazine in front of their faces.

So what do I do? I open the doors and windows and they immediately feel the benefits. But do they ever learn this cooling process? Do they fukc.

Week after week after week after week, I have to go through an 'air-flow dynamics demonstration' and then.....awww sod it. I give up.

[englishoak]

Nice Plan Gazza .

In fact is so well thought out ill give it some thought on my own place

As far as the inlaws are concerned. Have you tried drawing a diagram.

In it you could include little drawings like people dead with the windows shut etc.

Alternativly here's a 100% success but it's a bit of hard work.

Find a monk who can speak english ( thats the hard bit ) Befriend him. If he grasps your concept then have him explain to the family, have him throw in a bad luck for this & good luck for that in the conversation and hey presto they all remember forever.

[UncleDonald]

Bangkok September 8, 2005

1 am: Both marginally comfortable all night with ceiling fan set "low". Temperature 27, Dew Point 24; Enthalpy 88 kilojoules and moisture 22 grams per cubic meter air, about two pints in the bedroom. Conditions in Miami very similar. Agree with comments best to avoid aircon.

7:30 am: Seems pleasant enough to me. Wife cold in shower, "Brrrrr!" pronounced "Euuuuuu! (falling tone). They be winter coming!".

10:30: Wife claims big hurry, but stops at open market and handles mangos and talks to fruit lady for 10 minutes. Very muggy, standing around waiting, uncle sweats a good deal. Don Muang temperature 30.0, dew point 27. But this is probably higher by 2-3 degrees compared to downtown. Look into this.