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Otterman Ollie · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:24 am Post subject: WOW ,The heat is killing me !

Any body else think its more than a little hot this week ?
I've heard rumours that the Health Ministry may declare a two day holiday this week because of it .Any comments about that ?
First tip on keeping cool esp at night in bed

Lie on a damp towel .

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Heat Wave ın the Balkans. It was 46 ın Athens yesterday.

MEDRACER · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 57

Keep a spare T-shirt in the freezer.

comrade in arms · Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 61

angelacakir · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 13

Hey I'm in Adana and we are dying here! 36 here today! They gave a holiday to all expecting women, and anyone else who looks like they are about to pass.
I usually escape to the UK when it gets this hot!

Vixter · Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 64

i though it would be hotter than 36 in Adana. Bursa is melting. the field in front of our apartments burnt completely today. it's going to be 45 degrees tomorrow. at least my office has aircon.

MEDRACER · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 57

What really grinds my gears though, is just how daft students are when it comes to air-conditioning. Instead of controlling the temperature with the remote, they prefer to open and close the doors and windows with the air-conditioning running. So of course the system inevitably breaks down trying to cool down the entire building/street. Pillocks

Caterinamh · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 140 Location: Istanbul

Try teaching 20 - 12 year olds English with no AC four hours a day 7 days straight with no day off ! I went bonkers today and snapped as the sweat continued to drip down my face, back etc. God, it's outragous that they don't believe in having AC in classrooms here in Turkey. God bless the kids because I can't blame them for being difficult as I know I have been in this heat. God give me strength. 8 days and counting left of my summer camp teaching.

MEDRACER · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 57

That sounds like an RFT job I turned down. 4 hours per day two week summercamp...25 per hour perchance?

Caterinamh · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 140 Location: Istanbul

What's RFT? No it's a private college and its 50 ytl per lesson. A little supplementary income for the summer. Need it with the downward slope of the dollar. Regardless 15 days with no day off is a hard thing to do for even the best of us.

Otterman Ollie · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:30 am Post subject:

Yesterday in Izmir the mercury hit 48 c thats the hottest ever for me ,so I escaped to the coast and hit the water ,thats better ! Not coming back till it snows .

Bebsi · Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Posts: 958

Ah, Scot, those of us with real he-man Gulf experience find this complaining about "heat" so tedious!!!! Laughing

Seriously, it is indeed hot in the Balkans these days. On Tuesday, it hit 44.5 in Bucharest in the shade, but on my car readout, I got high 50s in the sun.

In Romania, for some reason, many people have a major aversion to AC (everyone seems to live by this myth that it will kill you from all sorts of dangerous viruses such as Legionnaire's Disease), and rather than alter the temperature if tehy find it too cold, will simply turn it off and sit in a room dying in 50+. Other think you must still open the windows when the AC is on...*PHEW*

Do you get that in Turkey?

MEDRACER · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 57

Of course it doesnt really help with these dratted power cuts every so often. You just get the classroom to a nice temperature that even the most sensitive little darling can tolerate, and of course there's a power out, so you open the windows to get some fresh air and everything is back to chaos again when the power comes back on. Honestly, I think I'll just pay a couple of gypsies to stand either side of me to waft a couple of ostrich feathers. Maybe install a puntah wallah...

mthood · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 73

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

After the Balkans this week I am pleased to be back in the the Magic Kingdom where AC is universal. (Unless you are one of those poor slobs working outside.)