Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:45:26 UTC, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Roger wrote:
The message
from Appin contains these words:

Difficulty in understanding that open doors, windows etc. will
cause thermostats to call for more heat and therefore drive up
the fuel bill seems to be more common among women.

I don't believe that this statement reflects anything more than
your own experience, you can't possibly know about all other
women. The supporting opinions from other men on this ng are
insufficient.


Of course it reflects more than my own experience -- I wasn't the
first or the second to make the point.
It reflects the experience of many of us, however varied our wives
may be.

I think you're in a minority on this issue. It's you against the
weight of evidence thus-far adduced.

ISTM that there is a widespread view that men and woman tend to have
different strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps the most widely observed
of these are that woman can multitask (talk, read and knit all at
the same time) much better than men but have a poor spatial
awareness (can't reverse a car nor navigate generally).


Apparently AIANABS (1) this is to do with the two halves of the
brain, the left half being the logical, rational bit and the right
half being the intuitive, artistic half. The two are connected by
the Corpus Callosum.

The CC is also thicker in women, the theory being that this improves
information transfer between the sides. It may also be responsible for
the increased right/left confusion often observed.

You are a wise man Bob :-)


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