Comments on: Telecommuting in London to soar with summer temps

Use of remote network access services will surge as workers shun sweat-soaked commutes, U.K. broadband company says.

[Andrew J Glina]

Odd

32 C / 90 F is a warm day in Australia...

[Andrew J Glina]

Odd

32 C / 90 F is a warm day in Australia...

[Stating]

London Sounds Like A 3rd World Country

What is it with Britain? Do they not know that air conditioning was invented 100 years ago by Willis Carrier? If they can't work normally in 90 degree outside temperature then they might as well throw in the economic towel. They will never win in the 21st century. Good god, get me a gin and tonic.

[Stating]

London Sounds Like A 3rd World Country

What is it with Britain? Do they not know that air conditioning was invented 100 years ago by Willis Carrier? If they can't work normally in 90 degree outside temperature then they might as well throw in the economic towel. They will never win in the 21st century. Good god, get me a gin and tonic.

England - the land of mediocre weather

First let me say I am/was a Brit - since Feb 13th 2004, I've been a first generation American. I've been living in Arizona for 12 years & we've had 100-110F for about a few weeks, and will have 100F+ for a 2-3 more months (somtimes peaking over 115F) - so I know about hot.

But England doesn't get extreme weather with any regularity. A bit of snow, some frost, quite a bit of rain (but not all that much at one time). Sometimes high winds.

As a result, it's not cost effective to prepare for any one type of weather - hence no a/c, inefficient heating, etc. There even the case of a train being late (a traditional pastime), because of "THE WRONG TYPE OF SNOW" & another was late because of "LEAVES ON THE TRACK".

I think this is the general reason for wingeing Pommes - life slowly grinds away at people & even a sunny day often only lasts a couple of hours, to add disappointment. It's tough living in England - that's why I don't (110F is easy-ish by comparison).

P.S. Did I mention that the country with the highest proportion of it's population living abroad is.....Britain. Can you guess why :-)

England - the land of mediocre weather

First let me say I am/was a Brit - since Feb 13th 2004, I've been a first generation American. I've been living in Arizona for 12 years & we've had 100-110F for about a few weeks, and will have 100F+ for a 2-3 more months (somtimes peaking over 115F) - so I know about hot.

But England doesn't get extreme weather with any regularity. A bit of snow, some frost, quite a bit of rain (but not all that much at one time). Sometimes high winds.

As a result, it's not cost effective to prepare for any one type of weather - hence no a/c, inefficient heating, etc. There even the case of a train being late (a traditional pastime), because of "THE WRONG TYPE OF SNOW" & another was late because of "LEAVES ON THE TRACK".

I think this is the general reason for wingeing Pommes - life slowly grinds away at people & even a sunny day often only lasts a couple of hours, to add disappointment. It's tough living in England - that's why I don't (110F is easy-ish by comparison).

P.S. Did I mention that the country with the highest proportion of it's population living abroad is.....Britain. Can you guess why :-)