I want to know how do the US ,UK ,Cnanada people cool themself in hot summer except A/C


Slinky , Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 05:22:36 AM

1. What bed sheet do you often use ,Bamboo, straw fabrics,paper fabrics? If 
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other ,please tell me.
2.Do most people have air conditioner at home 
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?How do you prevent from summer hot ?
3.what kinds of bed sheet do 
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you perefer,cotton one?
4.what quilte do you use the most? do you 
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use downs quilte ?
5.Do you like use special material to prevent the 
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heat,take China for example, we use bamboo mat or bamboo bedsheet to 
prevent heat.
 
 
 
 
 

Cute Stuff , Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 01:19:45 AM

Here in S. California we use a lot of air conditioning &  
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ceiling fans. We use a combination of the two. A lot of people here also  
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use swamp coolers which are pads made of a straw material & water is  
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pumped over that & then a blower forces the cooled air into the house. If  
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the weather is humid they do not work very well because it adds moisture  
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to the air.  
We use a lot of cotton materials for both sleeping & wearing. We have a  
cotton quilt for winter but usually don't even need that. I have never  
heard of a bamboo bedsheet.  
 
 
 
 
 

bae =) , Thursday, 12th of August 2010 08:02:53 PM

THEY DO NOT EAT MORE CHOLESTEROLE  
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Googey Bear , Friday, 13th of August 2010 04:46:44 PM

1. Cotton.  
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2. Depends on where you live. Many people do where I live (Southern  
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California) but I don't have A/C in my home. We just leave the windows  
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open, turn on lots of fans, and don't wear much clothing (shorts, tank  
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tops, no shoes, etc).  
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3. Cotton.  
4. No, even in the winter it never gets cold enough here for down quilts.  
I just use a light blanket or two.  
5. Nope. We just sleep naked with a cotton sheet under us and nothing  
covering us.  
 
 
 
 
 

trigger , Saturday, 14th of August 2010 09:53:41 AM

I am in northwestern U.S. - lots of people here don't have air  
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conditioning because most of the time the weather is cool. For the couple  
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of months of summer that it gets hot we use fans. I like to go to  
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businesses that have air conditioning (mall, library.) I just wear shorts  
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& endure the heat as best I can. As far as bed sheets I use cotton & my  
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quilt is cotton.  
 
 
 
 
 

Snickers , Sunday, 15th of August 2010 04:00:54 PM

Do you think we live in the stone age? Give me a break.  
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I use a ceiling fan in my room plus a air conditioner in my window. My  
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family doesn't have central air. My sister has central air but most people  
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in the US has central air or window air conditioners & I would think that  
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Canada & UK have the same thing. The UK probably have alot of ceiling fans  
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& central air. I use cotton sheets in the summer. I hardly have any quilts  
on during the summer. It is way to hot. I use quilts in the winter.  
 
 
 
 
 



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