#256 - Goss Bros, Source A Horse and Space Invader Ska
Elis James and John Robins
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New York City Flats Run the Heat Full Blast With the Windows Open
John mentioned that New York City flats run the heat full blast with the windows open in winter and realized he might enjoy the historical reason this happens. The Myasma theory of disease was still the accepted thinking for why cities had epigdemics of various infectious maladies. At the time it was believed that leaving the window open in a crowded apartment building would protect the inhabitants from cholera or influenza. With thermostats not yet invented, the simple mechanics of the boiler-based radiator were built to be either on or off with no adjustments levels. So have they got like nationalized bins in Spain then? Are they all cold-ified sort of- Must be Spanish, run by Spanish
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