Continuing hot weather; winners and losers.

[227bhp]

Winners:

Tourist trade
Ice cream vendors
Drinks vendors/manufacturers
Suntan cream manufacturers
Aircon installers/manufacturers



Losers:
Some animals I think, there aren't many slugs or snails for some birds and hedgehogs to eat.
Anyone who cuts lawns for a living
Anyone who repairs lawnmowers

You will have more and better examples than me

[Gary29]

Winners:

Dragon flies, 1000's of them around here (NE Wales)

Losers:

Ginger people, also 1000's of them around here.

[MikeDrop]

Sainsburys had large metal fans on sale near me. £40.

On. Sale.

Unscrupulous barstuds.

[Plinth]

MikeDrop said:

Sainsburys had large metal fans on sale near me. £40.

On. Sale.

Unscrupulous barstuds.

B&Q - 15" fan on floor stand : £15
12" desk fan : £12

[Nickbrapp]

Winner- the media being able to report and fill time because we are having a summer, and have something to fill time between Brexit and trump

Losers - everyone that has to keep seeing the news

[227bhp]

Losers; quilt manufacturers.

I wonder how fruit growing is doing? My apples stalled until I got the hose out....

[dci]

Winners:

Anyone who decided not to go abroad for their summer holidays this year.

Losers:

My lawn, it's fked! Full of yellow patches and the newly grown grass from the over seeding I carried out in May is dead despite nightly watering.

[Smitters]

Winner: Me, eating my ice cream* and enjoying running in the sun.

Loser: My 8 month pregnant partner, with gestational diabetes, limited to low GI (i.e not sugary) food. Like ice cream.

• I try not to do this in sight. It seems needlessly mean.

[Cotty]

Losers - train and tube commuters with no air conditioning

[A.J.M]

Winners. Anyone in the air con business for buildings or cars.
Suncream sellers.

Losers. My dog, who can’t take the heat and can’t go his long walks during the day.
Me. Ginger, freckles going mad, fair hair, unable to cope with warm temperatures

[Contract Killer]

Loser - Loft insulation installer.

I saw some guys doing this this morning, i honestly don't know how they could do it in this heat.

I stuck my head into an attic last week, and quickly came up with an excuse as to why it wasn't possible to do the job yet...

[Shakermaker]

Losers: Christmas Tree farms. Long term but the crop is looking a bit risky for December

Winners: Bikini retailers, bikini wearers, bikini enthusiasts

[227bhp]

Contract Killer said:

Loser - Loft insulation installer.

I saw some guys doing this this morning, i honestly don't know how they could do it in this heat.

I stuck my head into an attic last week, and quickly came up with an excuse as to why it wasn't possible to do the job yet...

I remember taking a candle out of a loft where it had been stored, it had bent to an angle beyond 90 degrees.

[Mr-B]

Losers: fat sweaty people

Winners: People who hate mowing lawns (me) No rain for a couple more weeks should see the bastarrd die for good and leave me with a dirt patch, lovely.

All blokes, every day is tit Monday.

[bristolracer]

227bhp said:

Losers; quilt manufacturers.

We have just bought a lightweight summer quilt.

[crankedup]

Losers : umbrella sales.

Winners : BBQ kit sales

[dxg]

crankedup said:

Losers : umbrella sales.

Winners : BBQ kit sales

Losers: umbrella sellers

Winners: portable sunshade sellers. They're uncannily like umbrellas, you know!

[5er]

Winner: me. Had air con installed in our bedroom before the hot weather hit

Losers: everyone without AC in their bedroom


In the absence of a smugness smiley, I'll just go with this

[Moonhawk]

Contract Killer said:

Loser - Loft insulation installer.

I saw some guys doing this this morning, i honestly don't know how they could do it in this heat.

I have been installing loft insulation in my house - fking horrible job at the best of times, triply so with the heat.

[bristolracer]

crankedup said:

Winners : BBQ kit sales

My Local B and Q had run out of Calor gas cylinders for BBQs last weekend,
So you could add Losers: People who didnt get to B and Q early