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...Eden in Rome ("Truly paradisal," says Fielding), their room turned out to be tiny and cramped, overlooking a courtyard that was "like an echo chamber"; at the Athens Hilton (Fielding: "Infinitely the best hostelry in Greece"), the Matisoos had to live with a thermostat that was permanently stuck at 80° and a ghostly toilet that flushed all by itself in the middle of the night. Says Juri: "The manager told us that all the toilets in the hotel were flushing, and there just wasn't anything he could do about it." But Harry's Bar in Florence made...
Also it seems that the philosophy behind most of the other stimuli we consciously subject ourselves to is to put us into neutral--to free us from stimulation. We eat food to free us from hunger and to save our bodies from weakness and deficiencies. We adjust the thermostat in our rooms so that we will have to feel neither cold, nor heat. We want to hang in the middle, to reach a stasis in how we feel. This is what we think of as our "natural" condition. From here, we presumably, we can experience anything that might happen...
...None of the cells has a toilet. Every cell has a solid wood door, with a small peek-hole, and an uncovered bucket for toilet purposes. In the morning the men bring their buckets to a central depository. . . . There is not a thermostat in the entire 87-year-old institution. When it is too hot, the windows are opened. When it is too cold, there is no relief...
...specifics. "A single faulty spark plug," he wrote, "can add ?13 [$36.40] to the fuel bill for an average motorist's annual mileage of 7,400. Similarly, an engine filter choked with dirt can cost another ?6 in the course of a year; defective piston rings - ?5; faulty thermostat-?3; and incorrect ignition setting...
...hospital was that the size of the dosage and the purity of the drug are uncertain and the reaction of any individual is somewhat uncertain. He cited the case of a woman who, after taking the drug under his supervision, tore off her clothes and knelt before a thermostat which she believed was a crucifix. The experiment was then terminated...