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VoteClark (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:25 PM Original message |
Why are all the French dying, it is not that hot? |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. The temperatures there were 30 degrees above normal |
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VoteClark (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. So it is what they are use to? Not the actual tempature? |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. How many times do I have to repeat this to you???? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. But, der, don't everybody got an AC in ChiTown?! |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No, JM, |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. That's right. They now believe that 700 people died in Chicago |
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VoteClark (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 01:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
51. France doesn't have air-conditioning? SO WHAT! |
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sujan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 03:28 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. let me ship you off to Base Camp @ Mt Everest right now |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Find me 100 residential buildings in all of Paris that are wired for air |
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FlashHarry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. I lived there for two years. |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The french equivalent of the Surgeon General resigned today |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Deleted message |
markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. First of all |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 12:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
47. I heard that part of the problem was that August is vacation month for |
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StopThief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 04:52 AM Response to Reply #47 |
65. OK, I gotta ask. |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. They count poor people in France |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you really interested in the answer, VoteClark? |
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VoteClark (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. U R Probably right if I get stupid responses like cold water doesn't help |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Stupid questions sometimes get stupid answers |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Since you never got that response |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. It takes 2 to 4 weeks to acclimatize to extreme heats |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, most don't have AC. They normally don't need it. |
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VoteClark (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. No, they are dead, just curious as to why 100 degress did it, I don't |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. What's your point? The French suck or something? |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. The really bad thing about July 13, 1995 from my perspective, JanMichael |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Perhaps you live in a place with low humidity |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. in addition their |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Think of cold in a place usually not cold |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. May I suggest that you visit France one of these days??? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. Dupe. |
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TruthIsAll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. I find your threads the most fascinating..... |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's not 80-85...just heard the report on ieAmerica (Malloy) news that |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. And your point is? |
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MiltonLeBerle (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Let's see... |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. "Dehydration" "Heat Stroke" "Heat Exhaustion" Ring any bells? |
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preciousdove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. 5-7000 deaths IS a lot of deaths just from heat. |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 10:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The French Surgeon General has resigned |
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Yentatelaventa (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. I thought France was progressive and took care of their people |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Who told you that? |
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Yentatelaventa (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Since when is asking a question an argument? |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Rhetorical questions are arguments, since ancient times |
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Paschall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 02:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
58. I don't know if the French right wing... |
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Paschall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. I've posted extensively about this |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Excellent post, thanks |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. Let's also remember |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Why Oh Why.... |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. If the mods don't remove this |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 01:55 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Markses my comment wasn't directed at you |
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meisje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. too much wine |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 12:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Especially the red wine |
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Paschall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 02:50 AM Response to Reply #46 |
60. Hint: the French Paradox is an American invention |
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VermontDem2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. I was wondering that myself |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-03 11:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Read the thread. There are a dozen posts explaining this. |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 05:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
67. Temperatures were 30 degrees ABOVE the normal. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
48. Stone houses are really that bad in the heat? |
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Paschall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 02:03 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. It sounds like your farmhouse must be on the ground |
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abbyhoffman (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
49. 5k to 7k |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 01:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Why do you say only 150 people died? |
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WonderTwins (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 01:32 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Umm |
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Paschall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 02:56 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. No time to show you the bodies |
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dudeness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
53. elderly people die here in australia too |
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VoteClark (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
54. Why did the French leave their 100 year-old grandma alone in the heat? |
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Paschall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 02:47 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Okay, VoteClark, because you're being so obdurate... |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
55. The temp. in france is dropping faster than teeth from a freeper's mouth |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
63. God is punishing France for not backing the Chimp's invasion of Iraq |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 04:21 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. hehe, "bastids" |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
66. Not only the French - somehow the media messes it up |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-03 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
68. we don't need this |
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