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In Australia a lot of the older churches (which comprise the majority as new churches are not common) are not designed for air conditioning. Most of them have high roofs (which helps cooling anyway) and there are air leaks all over the place. The high roofs mean there is a large volume of air to be temperature controlled.
New purpose build churches would have them, but I think that AC would be a minority position.
My wife's Baptist Church has two very large ceiling mounted fans which seem to do a decent job. They're relatively slow turning, but if they ever come loose it will be like something out of "Air Crash Investigations"!
New purpose build churches would have them, but I think that AC would be a minority position.
My wife's Baptist Church has two very large ceiling mounted fans which seem to do a decent job. They're relatively slow turning, but if they ever come loose it will be like something out of "Air Crash Investigations"!
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-2 feels like -8 degrees celsius here...does anyone in Australia want to split this half/half, so we are all in some nice 21 degrees, and the candles don't give up all hope overnight?
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Just south of Brisbane here - 26 Centigrade out, 28 Centigrade in, sun's down.
I can also see the appeal....
I can also see the appeal....
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I am mourning now. My old hunting partner John died. He was 78. I met him when he was in his late 50s and his younger son was about my age. He ran me ragged, at 19, hunting the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. He was a 'Nam vet, bronze star w/valor. The man had a unique set of skills, vets will know what I mean. He came to Christ in his 50s and left a lot of baggage in the jungles of Vietnam. For those last 20 years, he was a Christian. In the words of the 28 BCP:
And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to grant them continual growth in thy love and service, and to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. Amen.
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I don't know. Maybe there's a distinctively American quality to this. But last time I went to one of my parishes, there are two brothers there. The younger one bears a great deal of sorrow for killing Vietnamese people. His older brother said he'd like to go back to that country and see what has become of Vietnam. His younger brother was about to have a cardiac event at this point. Now I was a Navy medic and could have rendered life saving aid to the younger brother, but I'm just flummoxed by how different their perspectives are.
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Far fewer Australians fought in Vietnam; I'm not sure I've ever spoken to a veteran of that war (later conflict in the middle east, yes), and I don't think it had the same impact on us socially.
That said, I'm sure for the veterans it has left complicated legacies. I guess no two people experience a war in exactly the same way...
That said, I'm sure for the veterans it has left complicated legacies. I guess no two people experience a war in exactly the same way...
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They might, and I was thinking about that too, but you don't even need to have something like PTSD to feel very differently to the next person.
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I'm not necessarily "old" but I find the saying true "the older you get, the faster time goes." It's rather frightening!
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