You Brits have easy Weather
It was -17 C on the way to work today with 20 Mile Per Hour winds and drifting snow. Fun!
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 12:54, 37 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

*furrows brow*
Shutuuuuuuuuurrrpp
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 17 Dec 2009, 12:58, Reply)

Do you work...
at an Arctic science base?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:00, Reply)

No,
warm sunny Vermont, in the us
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:05, Reply)

So it was actually
about 1°F in your language?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:19, Reply)

fuck Fahrenheit it's stupid

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:23, Reply)

What's the one where 100 is boiling and 0 is freezing?
That's the proper one.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:24, Reply)

Celsius
Or Centigrade, as it used to be called.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:26, Reply)

fuck Mr Celsius
any cunt could have come up with that temperature scale and so I see no reason why his name should be on it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:27, Reply)

Holy shit, they're the same?
I always used to just say 'C' because I wasn't sure. Little did I know I could have said what the hell I liked.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:28, Reply)

Yup
Centigrade, because there are a hundred degrees between the two fixed points, and Celsius because Anders Celsius was the first to get off his arse and do something about standardising the scale.

Edit - although of course he had it arse for tit first time round with 0°C for boiling water and 100°C for freezing point.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:30, Reply)

I'm always going to use this one.
Because I hate it when people text me from Turkey saying "It's 21 degreeeees!" and I think "So fucking what, when I went to Spain it was in the 90s. You'd better get a refund."
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:31, Reply)

That doesn't make any sense.
Not like 32 for freezing and 212 for boiling. Clear and simple.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:27, Reply)

So is centigrade
Use Kelvin or nothing! It's 255.9277778 degrees outside
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:25, Reply)

Kelvin is useful in science
because it's an absolute scale. But Celsius is useful in everyday life.

Except when the weather men say it's going to be twice as warm when it's 20°C than when it's 10°C.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:28, Reply)

Agree
(but I am used to miles and Degrees F ands I am too old to change now!)
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:33, Reply)

I wish the UK
would fully metricate and get rid of miles. It's the only official unit which is still imperial (except for some minor exceptions like selling draught beer in pints).
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:34, Reply)

I agree, but its a slippery slope
The Gov would just say that in the interest of safety, global waring etc. Instead of 30mph signs, simply read them as 30kph. They would the bastards.

Also metricate time and angles. Make a right angle 100 degrees. I blame the Babylonians. Bastards.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:43, Reply)

Get rid of miles and you'll have me to answer to young man.
What the fuck is a kilometre? Tell me I have 1 mile to get home and I can picture how far to go. Tell me it's a kilometre and I'm buggered. Litres pah! Pints or die.
( girlinthehole, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 14:08, Reply)

yards in cricket
Furlongs in Racing
Acres, chains, fathoms hehehe
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 14:19, Reply)

But
the US uses 'English' units for everything. Which is a bit ironic as, for example, the US gallon is only about 5/6 of the imperial gallon, and hence not English at all.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:26, Reply)

If they went over to Metric units
They may stop crashing into Mars with their space probes.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:33, Reply)

Ooh, very topical eleven years ago.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:52, Reply)

Not topical...
We are here discussing imperial and metric units, cutting edge topicallity. I hope we have a thread about the Weimar Republic later.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 14:03, Reply)

Do Americans use imperial?
This is something I admit I have never thought about. I know gallons are used but what about lbs and ozs? Feet? Dare I mention the hundredweight?
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:36, Reply)

Yup
They use feet, inches, pounds and ounces (although yards and stones are seen less frequently), miles, and fluid ounces (which are different from imperial fl oz, hence the differing pints and gallons).
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:40, Reply)

Well
I'll be damned.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:41, Reply)

A pint here
is 16 fluid ounces, whereas in the UK it's 20.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 17:05, Reply)

I was thinking the same thing

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:26, Reply)

If it's so fucking cold in Vermont
why does all that ice cream come from there?

Bit odd. It's like sub-Saharan Arica being the home of radiators....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:24, Reply)

but all of the cars in
africa need big radiators!

People eat ice cream all of the time here, I guess it keeps your inside temp closer to the outside temp (or at least that is the rational of why some Aussies drink hot tea when it is really hot outside). Dosen't work too well for me.

It is also the only place I've ever lived where you see people wearing shorts when it is this cold (granted you only see this on really stupid teenagers making fashion statements but you still see it).
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:31, Reply)

because if you made it somewhere hot it would melt.
Duh.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:33, Reply)

fuck all of that
no really
I mean put your cock in the snow and make a slushee
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:10, Reply)

You should try living in Cumbria.
Don't forget your Speedos.

You have the easy weather because it's predictable and you can make provisions for it.
We don't know where we are. One day it's a flash flood, the next it's a big freeze.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:39, Reply)

Here in Birmingham
I glanced out of the window 15 minutes ago and there was the odd flake drifting down. Looked out 5 minutes ago and could see nothing but a wall of swirling white. Now It's stopping having dropped a couple of cm. And brought the office to a standstill.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:46, Reply)

Buy that girl a sled
So her three dogs can Husky her to work.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 13:48, Reply)

Standard midlands snowstorm then.
That's your year's worth, so make the most of it.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 14:22, Reply)

Bright sunshine now
More expected at the weekend. So nurr.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 14:28, Reply)