On 12/8/05, Stephen Humphreys <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As well as newspapers, TV and people the "summer destination" holiday
brochures in the holiday stores tend to use deg F too.
That "changover point" is interesting - mine tends to be 10/50 but the
media, newspapers, etc etc tend to do it around 70F.
Interestingly - 2 yrs back when we had 104F the "c" version got dropped
altogether. I guess the "100 mark" might have something to do with that.
Its -2 tonight, btw - a little scraping required tomorrow morning!! ;-)
>From: "Martin Vlietstra" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"U.S. Metric Association" < usma@colostate.edu>
>Subject: Re: [USMA:35334] RE: thinking Celsius outdoors
>Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:31:58 -0000
>
>It always amazes me that the British public put up with the media using
>Fahrenheit in their headlines for high summer temperatures and Celsius for
>low winter temperatures - but I suppose that it adds to the sensational
>nature of the some of the comics that grace our streets masquerading as
>newspapers. Often the people who buy them (particularly those who buy "The
>Sun") are interested only in the "Page 3 Girl" (for the benefit of US
>readers who have never been to the UK, the "Page 3 Girl" is usually topless
>and is well-endowed).
>
>Of course, anybody who actually uses temperatures in their everyday work
>would consider it stupid to mix Fahrenheit and Celsius in the way that
>Steve
>has described - if only because handling the change-over point causes
>problems.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stephen Humphreys" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" < usma@colostate.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:53 AM
>Subject: [USMA:35334] RE: thinking Celsius outdoors
>
>
> > I get the reverse situation (its a common condition for Brits!)
> > Lower temperatures I prefer in deg C whereas higher ones "feel more apt"
>in
> > deg F.
> >
> >
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