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On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 23:04:03 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

>On 2025-07-09 10:50 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>> On 2025-07-06 8:02 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-07-06 1:34 p.m., Rhino wrote:
>>>>>> I decided to take a look at Mad Unicorn, new from Netflix, mostly on the
>>>>>> strength of a trailer with lots of action in it. It turns out that these
>>>>>> scenes were rather deceptive. I've just finished the third of the seven
>>>>>> episodes and it's actually about a poor guy from the mountains of
>>>>>> Thailand who has a dream to get rich with a package delivery service.
>>>>>> He's got a lot of initiative but only a sketchy idea of how to go about
>>>>>> achieving his dream. An inspirational talk by a wealthy businessman
>>>>>> lights a fire under him and he starts his journey, with the businessman
>>>>>> soon becoming a mentor to him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Things don't quite go according to plan though and our hero and the
>>>>>> businessman soon have a major falling out, which adds revenge to our
>>>>>> hero's motivations. There's also a pretty girl in the mix, although she
>>>>>> is already engaged to someone else. In a nutshell, this is a drama -
>>>>>> with comedic elements - about a business startup. I should mention that
>>>>>> it is quite fast-paced, much like an action-adventure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The story is set in Thailand and China. I'm watching the subtitled
>>>>>> version because virtually every word of the dialog is in Thai or
>>>>>> Mandarin so you may prefer the dubbed version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IMDB rates it 8.5 and it has lots of glowing reviews. One of the
>>>>>> featured reviews indicates that this is based on a true story. None of
>>>>>> the actors so far have been familiar to me so don't expect to see your
>>>>>> favourite actors in this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> We're having a scorcher here today with temperatures in excess of 90F
>>>>
>>>> That’s what our temperature gets DOWN to in the middle of the night.
>>>
>>> I still don't understand how ANYBODY lived in your area before the
>>> advent of A/C. If I was a pioneer, I would have just moved on to
>>> somewhere cooler....
>> 
>> I’ve been asking that question for 60 years and I have never gotten a
>> satisfactory answer.
>> 
>I'm betting you heard theories that people were just hardier in those 
>days....

I wouldn't say that but more people were used to the temperatures than
now. We still have people doing road work or building houses in all
sorts of weather so even in the USA we have people who deal with those
hot temps. My brother in law being one as he is an electrical lineman.

>Of course one of the big differences between hot in Arizona and hot in 
>Ontario is the humidity we have versus the dryness you get. I've only 
>experienced dry heat like you get once, when I spent a week in LA a few 
>months after the Rodney King riots. It was 79F in Santa Monica and 107 
>in the Valley one day when I was there and my friend and I stood outside 
>for a few hours waiting to get into a TV taping of Wings. I don't know 
>what the temperature was where we were but it was hot.  Yet it was dry 
>so it really wasn't hard to take at all, not like here when it's humid 
>and you're sweating constantly just because of the humidity.

Yeah, I still remember heading out from Georgia where the summer temps
were in the 90s with humidity running from 50% to 100% (when getting
ready to rain) to Phoenix where the temps were running mid 90s, but
with a low humidity. Walking around in Georgia was miserable because
if you sweat the moisture just stayed on you. Where as in Phoenix (or
surrounding areas) even though the temps were mid 90s with a humidity
of maybe 10% the sweat would evaporate within moments helping to keep
you a bit cooler and dryer than in Georgia.

>>>
>>> Then again, you're not even in the hottest part of the world. Millions
>>> of people live places where the temperatures are substantially higher,
>>> like India, where the pavement literally melts on the hottest days.
>>>>
>>>> so
>>>>> I decided to watch the rest of Mad Unicorn this afternoon rather than
>>>>> risk heat stroke. I was very satisfied with this series and strongly
>>>>> recommend it to anyone that likes something a little different from the
>>>>> run-of-the-mill. They manage to avoid a lot of cliches while telling an
>>>>> uplifting story. It reminds me of Karate Kid in that respect.
>>>>>