tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post4743698201197810617..comments2023-08-22T09:56:18.941-05:00Comments on Eric and Emily's Adventures: Would someone please shut that window!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04624952545651275644noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-39526888088483327022008-07-21T22:43:00.000-05:002008-07-21T22:43:00.000-05:00Emily, I could not resist the temptation, since I ...Emily, I could not resist the temptation, since I also hate the brazilian opened-window-mania, and posted your blog commentary on that website. This time I didnt posted links and even changed some names lol<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the discussion is heated and interesting, it may be worth to take a look. Dont worry, you are not being bashed for your comments, although I am getting a bit bashed for being against open windows. :)<BR/><BR/>http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=667536Rogério Pennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11267485547764041461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-57382183028032905802008-07-21T07:15:00.000-05:002008-07-21T07:15:00.000-05:00Maybe brazilians fart too much. Better to have our...Maybe brazilians fart too much. Better to have our windows open, since air conditioning cant get rid of foul odours.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Btw, if you keep windows shut all the time, how do you get rid of stagnate (sp?) air? You know... odours (fart or not) from human existance?Rogério Pennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11267485547764041461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-42669479399211792842008-07-18T14:20:00.000-05:002008-07-18T14:20:00.000-05:00Hi Emily! I'm an American married to a Brazillian ...Hi Emily! I'm an American married to a Brazillian and I've been living in Campinas for the past week (I'm a newby), but I've been to Minas a lot my husband is from a little city near Belo Horizonte. Anyways, I love your blog and can't wait to visit all the places (the good ones anyway). I've been laughing this week at all our Brazillian friends shivering in high 60's weather. I'm from Utah- so that's heaven to me. Keep up the great posts.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13570309612207230980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-36902131254807057552008-07-18T10:08:00.000-05:002008-07-18T10:08:00.000-05:00I can't tell you how many times I have come shiver...I can't tell you how many times I have come shivering into the kitchen to find the door and the windo WIDE OPEN!! Ditto with the bathroom. I run around behind my Brazilian husband shutting everthing!! But the best was yesterday in the car. I had the AC on and my husband rolled down the window. When I pointed out I had the AC on, he just shut it off!! Guess there is just no substitute for bus fumes!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-91015746503901586852008-07-17T19:43:00.000-05:002008-07-17T19:43:00.000-05:00Though I totally have seen this, it's also very pe...Though I totally have seen this, it's also very perplexing to me. I think this also may be a class thing, because air conditioning is a definite constant in upper class anything in Rio. Also in Rio, people roll their windows up for safety reasons, and air conditioned buses are more expensive than non-AC ones. And my boyfriend always closes the windows unless it's above 90 degrees, and I'm the one reopening them!!! Maybe it's a Minas thing?Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635081614692635510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-25364673119591784542008-07-17T17:07:00.000-05:002008-07-17T17:07:00.000-05:00So that is why my husband insists on having a car ...So that is why my husband insists on having a car window open at all times! It drives me crazy that he wants the window open even when we're on the freeway.<BR/><BR/>My MIL has a whole system for which window to open at which time of day. I still haven't figured it out. But at night, she runs the airconditioner in her room with the window open.Laural Out Loudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752808766555503042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-39040612990838069112008-07-17T12:19:00.000-05:002008-07-17T12:19:00.000-05:00Emily, I am glad you noticed the same issues ...Emily,<BR/><BR/> I am glad you noticed the same issues with "open windows" as did when in Brazil.<BR/> It drove me crazy for years, until I started to understand after asking many people in many different situations.<BR/> Here are a few answers; Brazilians are "prejudice" against air conditioners, there is an urban myth that they are the cause for many respiratory illness, such as bronquitis and some allergies for example, and there might be some truth to that, once most of Brazil is very humid, most air conditioners duct systems become an insanely perfect breeding ground for bacterias related to mold that thrive in hot and humid enviroments, so I lot of people fear and hate air conditioners at the same time, in offices and cars...<BR/> Another factor is that many people are "very" sensitive to cold, they also hate your car air conditioner and won't tell you about it but will keep your windows open to make sure they enjoy the heat they love so much...I used to flat out ask people to close car windows when the air was on, they always complied...<BR/> The issue with open windows in homes during the winter was explained to me as, we need fresh air to keep people from catching and transmiting colds and flus...<BR/> Ironically enough and what also drove me crazy was the fact that in the summer most windows were closed, the explanation was, the summer is the rainning season, we can't possibly leave the windows "open"...<BR/> There is also as you well mentioned, the fact that air conditioner is still not widely used, so it is slowly becoming part of Brazilian culture, and maybe, just maybe, in the future, people will be less "afraid" of the air conditioner "urban myths"...I think this will slowly fad away...<BR/> I have noticed many of the new residential apartament buildings in Sao Paulo are being sold with central A/C units with heat and cool, insulated windows and walls, heated bathroom marbles floors...now that is a real change in the culture...of course I have only seen that in the high end apartaments.<BR/> Sao Paulo also have many new buses and new subway trains with sealed windows and air conditioners and heaters running according to the season, I am sure this trend will spill over to other important Brazilian cities such as Belo Horizonte.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Take care<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ray AdkinsRay Adkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956436835497979546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948677340500742474.post-4205866433105705342008-07-17T11:25:00.000-05:002008-07-17T11:25:00.000-05:00hey Emily! just to defend the "bus thing"... I did...hey Emily! just to defend the "bus thing"... I didn't use to take public transportation in Brazil, but when I came to Paris, there was no choice and besides, it's cheap and very efficient. Anyways, in the winter, I would sit there in the bus, during my 20 minute ride to college thinking how disgusting it was to have all those people breathing the same air, sneezing, blowing their noses, not to mention other incidents not related to breathing that could make it even more disgusting... I would definitely rather have some windows open and bear a colder environment to get all the germs away. But then again, I'm known as a little "clean freak" so...Bruna @ [Run, Forrest! Eat.]https://www.blogger.com/profile/00323699491065149818noreply@blogger.com