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Yoj wrote:
A couple of months ago I posted, asking for suggestions for a gift to send an Englishman. Someone suggested an indoor/outdoor thermometer. I bought one, and it was a big success. He has mentioned it many times. After I had wrapped it, I realized that we use Fahrenheit and they use Centigrade. After Christmas I mentioned that in an email, saying I hoped he knew a good way of converting. He responded that, not only is there a button on the thermometer to switch back and forth, but he grew up with Fahrenheit and is more comfortable with that. Anyway, thanks to whoever made the suggestion. Officially we use Celcius/Centigrade, but the majority of people in England still think in Farenheit. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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badwilson wrote:
I don't know Fahrenheit, but using Julie's handy dandy xmas card insert, I see that it's 26C Or you could use the built-in Google converter. Just do a 'search' for: 80 f It assumes that you want metric but can convert the other way. Try entering: 350 grams in ounces All is explained at the 'More about calculator' link that appears below the answer. Those 35 and 72 ounce packs in US supermarkets make more sense when you realise it is a round metric weight (the metric weight will be on the label anyway). |
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When I was in high school, my chemistry teacher told us that the metric system was the only sensible one, and that we'd be switched to it within 10 years. That was over 50 years ago, and although a few signs show distances or speeds in both kilometers and miles, we are nowhere near being on the metric system. ROFL! They told US the same thing in high school, 30 years ago. My goodness, that 10 years is taking a long time to pass! I wish my body parts were aging that slowly. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita |
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On 2006-01-12, Marina penned:
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: I'm definitely confused by Celcius But it's so simple and logical! O C is the temperature at which water freezes, at 100 C water boils. Normal human temperature is around 36.5. Sure, 0 and 100 are easy. Except that water boils at a much lower temp here at altitude (takes forever to make noodles). It's the other numbers that just don't 'gel' for me! Today the high will be 36F, or 2C. Tonight's low will be 17F, or -8C. In a typical year here in Boulder, there will be a few days when the high is about 8F, or -13C, and the low ... well, you don't want to know! -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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Yoj wrote:
though. I know a meter is a little over 3 yards (about 39 inches) and a snips on both sides A meter is a little over 3 *feet*, not yards. A yard is about 90 centimeters. I don't do temps in F without my self-made conversion list, am fairly useless in other imperial measures too. I do know that a pound is about half a kilo, which gives me a ball park estimate of weights in lbs, but ounces and cups and sticks and such... on no! -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 |
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"Yoj" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Yoj" wrote in message news Obviously you live in a cool climate, if you think of 80F as hot. I live in England. I prefer to think of it as a temperate climate ;-) We rarely get extreme highs or lows so we aren't used to it. 80F is pretty hot here, I like it at about 72! The highest temperature I've ever known where I live is 95F (for one day only) and the lowest -16C for two days. See, I am still doing the F above freezing and the C below! I can visualise it better like that. In Southern California, it's warm enough to be slightly uncomfortable, but not warm enough to be considered hot. In Alaska, where my mother lives, 75F if hot. It's all relative. I went to Germany to visit my friend Nüle in August 2003 and I nearly fried, it was in the mid 90's every day. I wondered if they were having a heatwave, but apparently not, it's normal. OTOH their winters are dire. Up neck in snow for months. There were posts on the side of the roads every few yards with fluorescent markings on. On one side the markings were spots, and on the other side, diagonal lines. I asked what they were for. "Oh, they are so you know where you are on the road when we have winter.." said N. One time when she was here, we had snow. It's a really big deal here and it was on the TV news, it always is, even though we get some every year we act like we are surprised by it and traffic slows almost to a standstill. Well, she just laughed and laughed at the thought that snow was a newsworthy item. I suspected that your British friend would like a minimum/maximum thermometer. We Brits are obsessive about weather because it's hardly the same from one day to another and it's a huge topic of conversation. In Germany, apparently they describe a bore as "someone who likes to talk about the weather" but I've had to alert N to the fact that for a Brit, it's compulsory! Rains a lot, though here though..mud, mud, mud here at present. Cat footprints everywhere. Windowsills, chair throws, floors all have muddy cat prints on. Can't be helped. I cleaned up yesterday. Pointless until the weather improves. Tweed |
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:39:25 GMT, "Christine K."
wrote: Yoj wrote: though. I know a meter is a little over 3 yards (about 39 inches) and a snips on both sides A meter is a little over 3 *feet*, not yards. A yard is about 90 centimeters. I don't do temps in F without my self-made conversion list, am fairly useless in other imperial measures too. I do know that a pound is about half a kilo, which gives me a ball park estimate of weights in lbs, but ounces and cups and sticks and such... on no! I'm a bit like you Christina - I can do ball-park estimates of conversions between imperial and metric weights and distance measures. I haven't got the hang of F to C conversions (I think in C), except for 0 C = 32 F and 100F = about 39C. Oddly, I think of people's height in feet and inches, rather than metres and cm and I used to think of people's weight in stones and ounces, although that changed when we got a kg scale. I mainly do imperial - metric weight conversions when I'm cooking and trying, for example, to follow an Elizabeth David recipe (where all the weights are imperial). BTW, does anyone here know what a "gill" is and what it translates to in metric? I gather it's a liquid measure, but I'm stumped as to how much it actually us! Cheers, Tish |
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I mainly do imperial - metric weight conversions when I'm cooking and
trying, for example, to follow an Elizabeth David recipe (where all the weights are imperial). BTW, does anyone here know what a "gill" is and what it translates to in metric? I gather it's a liquid measure, but I'm stumped as to how much it actually us! Cheers, Tish 4 fluid ounces. From Wikipedia: Liquid volume * 1 minim (min) = 1/480 fl oz (approx 61.612 µL) * 1 fluid dram (fl dr) = 1/8 fl oz = 60 min (approx 3.697 mL) * 1 fluid ounce (fl oz) = 1/128 gal = 8 fl dr (approx 29.574 mL) * 1 gill (gi) = 7.21875 cu in = 4 fl oz (approx 118.294 mL) * 1 cup = 2 gi = 8 fl oz (approx 236.588 mL) * 1 pint (pt) = 2 cups = 4 gi = 16 fl oz (approx 473.176 mL) * 1 fifth = 25.6 fl oz (approx 757.082 mL) * 1 quart (qt) = 2 pt = 32 fl oz (approx 946.353 mL) * 1 gallon (gal) = 231 cu in = 4 qt = 128 fl oz = 3.785411784 L |
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"Tish Silberbauer" wrote in message
... On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:39:25 GMT, "Christine K." wrote: Yoj wrote: though. I know a meter is a little over 3 yards (about 39 inches) and a snips on both sides A meter is a little over 3 *feet*, not yards. A yard is about 90 centimeters. I knew that. I just goofed. I meant to say either 3 feet or a yard. I don't do temps in F without my self-made conversion list, am fairly useless in other imperial measures too. I do know that a pound is about half a kilo, which gives me a ball park estimate of weights in lbs, but ounces and cups and sticks and such... on no! I'm a bit like you Christina - I can do ball-park estimates of conversions between imperial and metric weights and distance measures. I haven't got the hang of F to C conversions (I think in C), except for 0 C = 32 F and 100F = about 39C. Oddly, I think of people's height in feet and inches, rather than metres and cm and I used to think of people's weight in stones and ounces, although that changed when we got a kg scale. I mainly do imperial - metric weight conversions when I'm cooking and trying, for example, to follow an Elizabeth David recipe (where all the weights are imperial). BTW, does anyone here know what a "gill" is and what it translates to in metric? I gather it's a liquid measure, but I'm stumped as to how much it actually us! Cheers, Tish |
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