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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On 07/06/2010 9:04 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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. ;-)
>

It is a Scot that you're talking to :-P

>> I'm glad it's called BP instead if British Petroleum, now.
>
> I'm sure you're not alone in that feeling.
>

I bet.

>> 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.
>

A good way to get ill.

>>> 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.
>

It was in a masochistic way.


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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:15:42 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>> Deal, as long as you keep buying the *next* one. ;-)
>>
> It is a Scot that you're talking to :-P

But of course I knew that - that's why I phrased the way I did. :-)

>> 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.
>>
> A good way to get ill.

Only if you take too much at once.  I've a coworker whose adopted 
daughter died as a result of overhydration - it was a form of punishment 
- the story is very complicated, but it was all over the news here when 
the trial happened.

I forget the measure I was told - I was originally thinking 32 Oz, but 
then thought that didn't seem like much.

>>>> 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.
>>
> It was in a masochistic way.

That's right, you're a Scot. ;-)

Jim

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