On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:44:08 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 14:00 19 Dec 2019, Gary > wrote:
>> Pamela wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> America might be the only country in the world where you need to take a
>>> coat with you on a baking hot day when visiting a restaurant to avoid
>>> getting chilly.
>>
>> This can be true. Be outside on a hot day then go sit in an AC
>> restaurant and just sitting there, easy to get chilled.
>>
>> Not necessarily the temp but the difference in temp.
>
>Although that's true, many American restaurants are over air-conditioned.
>
>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...erica-fell-in-
>love-with-crazy-amounts-of-air-conditioning/
>
>This article on workplaces claims its because the temperature is chosen for
>the metabolic rate of men rather than women.
>
>https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2741
>
>I'm surpsied the greens haven't started lobbying about the waste of energy!

They'd have a point, as usual.