Heatwaves are bad for older geezers, take 76, in 1976 a young bloke would have had a full head of hair, enough to repel the UV, it is likely that that same guy in 2025 would be pretty much slap now with no natural UV protection, as such, any comparisons not like for like 
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Yes, many British still use °F, especially older people and I am older person ! But then we started to change to °C.
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I’ve still have a full head of hair
Wear a hat though, you know it makes sense.
I am a fish fanatic I keep African Cichlids ( Peacocks ) and a few heavy plated tanks some with Killifish .
Killifish are very popular in the UK and Germany so going on those sites I have somewhat learned the Celsius system .
The British Killifish Association is huge and I used to buy eggs there but they stopped selling outside of the UK and though now no need to buy any more eggs I used ebay / Amazon to by their eggs which breeders there also sold on.
USA also has Killifish group but at the time the only place which carried the impossible to find eggs was the UK .
Ahhh protects you from sun .
I went bald by 30 , lol but still garden , etc with no hat as can’t stand them .
Well thank goodness it’s cooled down a bit since the weekend! I’ve been in a music room teaching all morning and I don’t think I would have been able to bear it if it was like Saturday or Sunday!
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Well spitfire, this is my hat from Libya 
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You are well travelled Bes, respect.
Thank you, Mr Spitfire. It was mostly project engineering and lots of places - from South Africa, Taiwan, Malesia, Orient Express…etc
The heatwave of 1976 can’t have been that bad, it doesn’t even get a mention in my journal… 
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76 was the best year ever for birdin!
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I had been married for 4 years with a 2 year old daughter and an eye watering mortgage Spitty…
Heat? What heat?
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Sorry Foxy, in 76 I was a slave to the Hormones, nowt added, nowt taken away, paradise, now lost
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Lol pros and cons to that .
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Mid-high nineties here, mid to high 70’s at night. very cozy warm.
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I run the A/C at 78 which for most to hot and do not do it to save money but when wake up bit cold , lol I also run ceiling fan which is big at top speed so like sleeping in a wind tunnel and fall asleep nicely like that .
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Bet you wake up very aerodynamic 
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Gives a new meaning to the phrase…‘Blow job’
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lol very much so