FabSwingers.com forum: How did your forefathers survived

By *exanthem OP Man
4 days ago

Nearby

How did they survive in scorching heat of India for over 200 years? Except a few Lords, Generals and Mountbatten, not everyone could afford to live on the hills I guess. So, If you know the answer, please share.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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4 days ago

East Sussex

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By *icecouple561Couple
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4 days ago

East Sussex

No idea but I expect they loosened their collars at midday

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By *hamallamadingdongMan
4 days ago

London

Mine were built for this weather. We thrive in the sun. We are kissed by fire, bronzed by the heat, tanned to perfection.

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By *lowupdollTV/TS
4 days ago

Herts/Leeds

"Mine were built for this weather. We thrive in the sun. We are kissed by fire, bronzed by the heat, tanned to perfection."

Shush you. And drop the towel. You’ll feel cooler.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
4 days ago

Leeds

" So, If you know the answer, please share. "

They wore pith helmets.

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By *007ManMan
4 days ago

Worthing

Its a dry heat so less humid. One of my grandads was a desert rat but he did not talk about it.

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By *naswingdressWoman
4 days ago

Manchester (she/her)

Died old enough to procreate. Died horribly. Lives nasty, brutish, and short.

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By *exanthem OP Man
4 days ago

Nearby

I heard they made buildings with High ceilings

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By *he National ThrustMan
4 days ago

Horsham area, West Sussex

They mainly died...

For they younger sons of British land owning families who weren't going to inherit back home, a posting with the East India Company would either set them up for life, or leave them dead and buried in a forgotten corner of an Indian cemetery.

If you want some really good context, there's a whole series on the Empire podcast, which is a really good listen, but often very stark and miserable.

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By *x_DresserTV/TS
4 days ago

Ivybridge

"Mine were built for this weather. We thrive in the sun. We are kissed by fire, bronzed by the heat, tanned to perfection."

Mine were Northern European. Built to survive a harsher way of life.

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By *actile TensionMan
4 days ago

Sussex

Shade

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By *allySlinkyWoman
4 days ago

Leeds

Fans

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By *vaRoseWoman
4 days ago

Ankh-Morpork

A Victorian era posting to india meant a low death rate of 5-10%.

If there was an outbreak of cholera, dysentery or malaria during a long hot season it could jump that mortality rate to 50% or higher in remote postings.

So the answer is, for those that survived…they got lucky

There are many cemeteries filled with young servicemen and their families.

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By *ustyKunzsMan
4 days ago

Birmingham

"How did they survive in scorching heat of India for over 200 years? Except a few Lords, Generals and Mountbatten, not everyone could afford to live on the hills I guess. So, If you know the answer, please share. "

We have a different kind of heat right due to the humidity.

As someone with chronic breathing difficulties I've been struggling all week because it's so humid.

200 years the average life span was much lower so we've got the best of it.

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By *oudoir-EroticaCouple
4 days ago

Bolton

"Mine were built for this weather. We thrive in the sun. We are kissed by fire, bronzed by the heat, tanned to perfection."

Sham, you have a most wonderful way with words 🤭😁

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By *oudoir-EroticaCouple
4 days ago

Bolton

" So, If you know the answer, please share.

They wore pith helmets. "

Is that to protect against gowden showers? 🫣🫣🫣

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By *issilia AmoriWoman
4 days ago

North Welsh Borders

Dunno, but I bet they fared better than modern people....

Scorching temperatures and hazardous weather alerts and the stupid people are still getting severe sunburn and leaving kids/dogs in cars

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By *ostindreamsMan
4 days ago

London

Humans are incredibly resilient. You just have to leave the people in hot weather for a few days before they adapt to it.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
4 days ago

Leeds

They wore pith helmets.

Is that to protect against gowden showers? 🫣🫣🫣"

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By *unkissedYorkieMan
4 days ago

BRADFORD/LEEDS

What people forget to realise about the British heat is that compared to the rest of the dry climate countries where it is just hot. We have a humid climate, which means that when we have a heatwave the humidity is unbearable

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By *unkissedYorkieMan
4 days ago

BRADFORD/LEEDS

"Humans are incredibly resilient. You just have to leave the people in hot weather for a few days before they adapt to it."

Say that to the people that die in storage containers being snuggled

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By *ostindreamsMan
4 days ago

London

"Humans are incredibly resilient. You just have to leave the people in hot weather for a few days before they adapt to it.

Say that to the people that die in storage containers being snuggled "

Surely being in hot weather isn't the same as suffocating them?

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By *issilia AmoriWoman
4 days ago

North Welsh Borders

"Humans are incredibly resilient. You just have to leave the people in hot weather for a few days before they adapt to it."

Or they'll end up like lemmings, like the topless zombies I saw in Llangollen yesterday walking about with little disregard for self preservation.

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By *ad NannaWoman
4 days ago

East London

They dug into the ground or lived in caves in the mountains.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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4 days ago

East Sussex

I think people make the mistake of believing that because humans survived something in the past no matter how unpleasant, that we should all accept similar now. It's the reason my dad keeps on about doodlebugs and rationing

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By *ellsOMan
4 days ago

hull

Sadly, I'm related to the Ginger Irish gene!

We run and hide and melt!

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By *he MinionMan
4 days ago

Surrey

I'm Irish, it wasnt that the British heat that killed my forefathers

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By *ellsOMan
4 days ago

hull

"I'm Irish, it wasnt that the British heat that killed my forefathers"

I have a rather neat collection of tin hats from my forefathers

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By *e-OptimistMan
4 days ago

Stalybridge

"Humans are incredibly resilient. You just have to leave the people in hot weather for a few days before they adapt to it.

Or they'll end up like lemmings, like the topless zombies I saw in Llangollen yesterday walking about with little disregard for self preservation."

Nature has a method of removing the shallow end of the gene pool. Going top less in this weather merely accelerates the process.

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By *hamallamadingdongMan
4 days ago

London

"Mine were built for this weather. We thrive in the sun. We are kissed by fire, bronzed by the heat, tanned to perfection.

Shush you. And drop the towel. You’ll feel cooler. "

The towel has been dropped 👀

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By *hamallamadingdongMan
4 days ago

London

"Mine were built for this weather. We thrive in the sun. We are kissed by fire, bronzed by the heat, tanned to perfection.

Sham, you have a most wonderful way with words 🤭😁 "

Thank you very much. Sometimes I say the right stuff 😜

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By *anielleCD94TV/TS
4 days ago

Cheshire

" So, If you know the answer, please share.

They wore pith helmets. "

Instant reminder of Joe wilkinson after reading this comment

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By *inkShyWoman
4 days ago

near Windsor

Mine come from colder climates along with the Vikings, so they probably got angry and stabby

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By *007ManMan
4 days ago

Worthing

"Humans are incredibly resilient. You just have to leave the people in hot weather for a few days before they adapt to it."

This...the blood thickens. The reverse is true, I had friends visit who lived in Spain. The wore jackets while we were in shirts. After a while, they were ok.

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By *wcoMan
4 days ago

West Midlands

They didn't cope very well with it at all.

"During the mid-19th century, mortality rates for British soldiers stationed in India were staggering, averaging 69 deaths per 1,000 men. A significant portion of these deaths was caused by heat-apoplexy (heatstroke) and related complications during the blistering summer months."

Life expectancy for Indian people back then was around 30.

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