Drago
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It's ok. I'll re freeze them before giving them back to Welshie.
Beat the Heat
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It's ok. I'll re freeze them before giving them back to Welshie.
Globalti
Legendary Member
Spare a thought for the millions and millions of people who live nearer the equator and have to do hard physical jobs all their lives in even higher temperatures. Britain may be becoming a poxy nation (especially after yesterday) but it still has a good balance of weather and other factors that make it a safe and comfortable place to live.
Drago
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Oh aye, who would be a dustman in Bournemouth on a day like this?
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
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Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
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- South Wales
I'm not sleeping tonight. I'm going to a midnight screening of the new Godzilla movie
mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
Yes we are incredibly lucky, despite that basket case.
But spare a thought for those of us doing hard physical labour in the heat in this country too..
And trying to keep our crops (your food) alive, and thriving in it.
(For sure it's far worse for our brothers and sisters in the global south - there's real drought trouble there already - mainly caused by our own fossil fuel profligacy
This isn't just a few hot days of inconvenience, that makes it unpleasant for cycling.
This is a real ongoing problem, and extreme weather events like this are only going to get worse.
If we don't act now, right now, treat this like the emergency it is..
It will be too late.
Drago
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Right on Mudsticks.
mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
Levo-Lon
Guru
Was that fookin necessary ,eh was it...
not that im hot bothered and been to work..I have 10 days off from NOW
. I'll pretend ive retired 
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Globalti
Legendary Member
Little will change because the Human race will find ways around the problems and carry on pillaging the Earth. I expect to see glaciers disappear from the Alps in the next 20 years. Look how we have managed to thrive in the Middle East and Africa; we will continue to manipulate our own environments with heating and air conditioning and better building design and we will survive until something so bad happens that the majority of us are wiped out.
Threevok
Growing old disgracefully
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Well if I had to take this train, I would be skeptical about going to work
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1154265605345857536
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1154265605345857536
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Levo-Lon
Guru
Scary stuff, do the hot countries suffer or do theuse large expansion joints? Or is it more technical than that?
Drago
Legendary Member
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Hot countries often use concrete sleepers which allow the rails to be bolted down more firmly. This allows allows the tracks to be stressed, or pre stretched, so thermal expansion is accommodated. Problem in the UK is if we did that then in winter conditions the railways would be tricky, so it doesn't ultimately solve anything but simply moves the operating window to a different temperature range.
