[HPFGU-OTChatter] air conditioning

[artsylynda at aol.com]

Silly question, this, but it bothers me.  If the houses on Privet Drive are 
so "nice" and the owners so "particular," why do they have their windows open 
on a hot day?  Don't houses like that have air conditioning?  I realize the 
open windows help the plot a lot (letting owls in, letting Harry hear the news, 
etc.) but still, if it's so hot, why not use a/c?  And another thing (this 
bothers me from TV ads here in the US which are often filmed in California where 
there aren't as many flies and other bugs, since they're in the desert, as 
there are here in the Midwest or in the South) -- why no screens?  Don't they have 
bugs to worry about in Surrey?  In California or Hawaii, screens are 
unnecessary, but in other parts of the country, there are a lot of bugs so we have 
screens on our windows, doors, even porches.  In Florida, they will have screens 
covering their entire back yards quite often, to protect them from mosquitos.  
My curiosity is running amuck here -- any Brits care to answer my queries?  
Thanks!  ;->

Lynda 
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". . .the cat's among the pixies now."  Mrs. Figg, OoP


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