True, and they USE IT! A lot of the "Old World" Europe doesn NOT have air conditining, in some places they shut down for the entire month of August and go on vacation, because it's just too hot to work, even indoors, with zero air conditioning. When I used to fly to Frankfurt a lot it was hard to find an open store or even a restaurant in the month of August, as every one was 'at the beach'.

As Wouter will tell you, all up and down the coast in his coutry they have catamaran clubs with hundreds of cats on the beach, lined up and ready to go. I think every Prindle ever made must go to Amsterdam to retire on the beach! I've never seen so many Prindles as when I went to Zandvoort! Here, scroll down a bit: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...0CB45E48A4D533F9589AE7E39F1&first=36