On Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:26:49 -0500
Ubiquitous <
web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> Squid Game: The Challenge contestants are threatening legal action
> against Netflix and producers after claiming they were injured during
> the filming of the game show.
>
> A British personal injuries law firm is representing two unnamed
> players who say they suffered hypothermia and nerve damage while
> shooting in cold conditions in the UK.
>
"Cold conditions"? In the London area? They're joking, right? It's
almost never cold enough to snow in that part of the world and that
means it's really not that cold, at least by Canadian standards. (The
Brits still remember the year that the Thames froze solid and that was
in the mid-1600s if I recall correctly; I'm not sure if it has
happened since then.) I don't even put on my winter coat unless it goes
below freezing and even then I won't even zip it up if it's close to
freezing; it has to get a good bit colder than that before I zip it up.
I still remember my first visit to London in 1983. BBC Radio said that
it was the hottest, driest summer in 200 years. By Canadian standards
it was NOT remotely hot. (It helped that humidity was negligible.)
Mind you, I remember my one visit to LA in 1992, six months after the
Rodney King riots, and the day I went to a taping of Wings, it was 79
in Santa Monica and 107 in the Valley. I stood outside the studio for a
couple of hours waiting to see the taping and it honestly wasn't
uncomfortable given the lack of humidity.
--
Rhino