Since we’ve segued into the metric system, I’ll just say that I, too, prefer metric units for most measurements. However, I still favor Fahrenheit over Centigrade temperature. The reason is, being a native Minnesotan, when it’s +100F here in the summer, that’s only +40C, so that number seems way too low for how I feel. Then when it’s +32F here on a balmy winter day, 0C seems like it should feel much colder than it is. All this just because I grew up here with the Fahrenheit scale, so that’s my conditioning. Europeans would probably feel just they opposite it they had to convert to Fahrenheit.
There is a cartoon that shows Mr. Fahrenheit and Mr. Celsius as college roommates (Speed Bump, Dave Coverly). Caption: “I’m freezing! What is it, 20 degrees in here?! Yes! And it’s perfect! I let you near the thermometer and I bake!” I’ll leave it to you to figure out who is whom in this dialog.
The United States does not officially use the metric system. Neither do the economic powerhouses of Liberia and Myanmar (Burma). And that’s about it. The US military does and just about every manufacturer selling, or trying to sell, on the world market.
Zykoic almost 4 years ago
Are those pedometers?
noktar Premium Member almost 4 years ago
back to the school
Kind&Kinder almost 4 years ago
I guess sometimes you have to toe the line to make the system work?
Qiset almost 4 years ago
Must be morgue humor.
mrcooncat almost 4 years ago
Some people … you give them a foot and they take a meter …
ForrestOverin almost 4 years ago
Not a whole lot more peculiar than current events.
Zebrastripes almost 4 years ago
Someone has to trip up on the measurements…
Cpeckbourlioux almost 4 years ago
Been livin’ in Europe more than 35 years, now. Can’t even think in inches and feet any more. So logical, metrics.
comixbomix almost 4 years ago
But…Isn’t it easier converting your yard to meters?
Linguist almost 4 years ago
My yard has 3 meters in it – the gas meter, the water meter, and the electric meter!
Glibster Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Since we’ve segued into the metric system, I’ll just say that I, too, prefer metric units for most measurements. However, I still favor Fahrenheit over Centigrade temperature. The reason is, being a native Minnesotan, when it’s +100F here in the summer, that’s only +40C, so that number seems way too low for how I feel. Then when it’s +32F here on a balmy winter day, 0C seems like it should feel much colder than it is. All this just because I grew up here with the Fahrenheit scale, so that’s my conditioning. Europeans would probably feel just they opposite it they had to convert to Fahrenheit.
There is a cartoon that shows Mr. Fahrenheit and Mr. Celsius as college roommates (Speed Bump, Dave Coverly). Caption: “I’m freezing! What is it, 20 degrees in here?! Yes! And it’s perfect! I let you near the thermometer and I bake!” I’ll leave it to you to figure out who is whom in this dialog.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
The United States does not officially use the metric system. Neither do the economic powerhouses of Liberia and Myanmar (Burma). And that’s about it. The US military does and just about every manufacturer selling, or trying to sell, on the world market.
mistercatworks almost 4 years ago
I still can’t keep it straight and I have two science degrees: How many elephants to a parsec?
cherns Premium Member almost 4 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider#Refueling