I almost bought an air conditioner last Saturday. The temperature that day peaked at about 24°C which, for me, is about the ambient limit for sitting comfortably at my computer. I'd researched window kits, read reviews, and had one in my basket ready to go before getting distracted (no doubt by something shiny) and forgetting about it. Then on Monday as I started work I had a blanket wrapped around me, shortly followed by my heating kicking in for the first time since I've been back. Truly the British summertime experience.
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