On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:26:14 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>> Hmmm, might have to reconsider that first round, then. ;-)
>>
> As long as you buy the lst one ;_)

Deal, as long as you keep buying the *next* one. ;-)

> I'm glad it's called BP instead if British Petroleum, now.

I'm sure you're not alone in that feeling.

> Yes you need to drink. Which raises another gripe of mine. People
> carrying water bottles in temperate climates as if they are in the
> tropics.

Well, I can understand that - it's a diet thing for some people.  When I 
was working with a personal trainer, I was under instruction to drink (I 
think it was) a gallon of water a day (not at once, but thorughout the 
day) or something like that.

>> But I've seen>  100 F in 80%+ humidity and that's just miserable.
>>
> One job I had (on BP's Thistle) was to keep an eye on the production
> instrumentation, when the telemetry had broken. It was about 40 C (104
> F) and the humidity was very high. We must have drunk a gallon of water
> an hour.

I'd believe that.  That can't have been fun.

Jim

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