Fahrenheit-Celsius temperature conversion

[Gość: azm]

Residents of Edinboro, PA, USA convert Fahrenheit degrees as follows:

EDINBORO TEMPERATURE CONVERSION

@ +70 degrees
Texans turn on the heat and unpack the thermal underwear.
People in Edinboro go swimming in Lake Erie.

@ +60 degrees
North Carolinians try to turn on the heat.
People in Edinboro plant gardens.

@ +50 degrees
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Edinboro sunbathe.

@ +40 degrees
Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Edinboro drive with the windows down.

@ +32 degrees
Distilled water freezes.
Lake Erie water gets thicker.

@ +20 degrees
Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, and woolly hats.
People in Edinboro throw on a flannel shirt.

@ +15 degrees
Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Edinboro have the last cookout before it gets cold.

@ +10 degrees
People in Miami all die...
Fighting Scotts lick the flagpole.

@ -20 degrees
Californians fly away to Mexico.
People in Edinboro get out their winter coats.

@ -40 degrees
Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Edinboro are selling cookies door to door.
@ -60 degrees
Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic.
Edinboro Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets
cold enough.

@ -80 degrees
Mt. St. Helen's freezes.
People in Edinboro rent some videos.

@ -100 degrees
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
E.U.P. frats get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg.

@ -297 degrees
Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products.
Cows in Edinboro complain about farmers with cold hands.

@ -460 degrees
ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero in the Kelvin scale).
People in Edinboro start saying, "Cold '! nuff for ya?"

@ -500 degrees
Hell freezes over.
The Steelers win the Super Bowl!


I like it. Does anybody know other methods?

[Gość: paul]

Who cares? No-one uses Fahrenheit any more anyway!

[Gość: wacko jacko]

Not true. About 280 million people use fahrenheit scale everyday.
If you live in USA and don't know Fahrenheit, God help you dress.

By the way.
In the spring, when there is 60 degrees, people wear shorts and T-shirts.
In the Fall, when there is 60 degrees, people wear overcoats. Go figure.

[Gość: awalk]

Gość portalu: wacko jacko napisał(a):

> Not true. About 280 million people use fahrenheit scale everyday.
> If you live in USA and don't know Fahrenheit, God help you dress.
>
> By the way.
> In the spring, when there is 60 degrees, people wear shorts and T-shirts.
> In the Fall, when there is 60 degrees, people wear overcoats. Go figure.

I figure you live somewhere in the northern part of the US. :)

[Gość: azm]

have a look at wacko jacko's address, I guess it's NYC area.

BTW: I should have erased Celsius from the title as he's got nothing to do
with the story.

Unit converter website

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www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/
you'll also find this one very helpfull:

www.refdesk.com/

[Gość: wacko jacko]

Not NYC area. Mi casa es Ciudad de Nueva York, amigos.
After so many years in NYC one does not need the converter.
When they say it's gonna be hot, hazy and humid, about 98 degrees,
you say: FUCK
And when they say Siberian Express is coming, about 20 degrees with minus 8
wind chill. you say: FUCK and again.

It's a lot worse with distance. In a long jump, the best guy in competition
jumped 28 feet. I have no idea how far it was. My imagination is still in
meters and centimeters.

[Gość: cleo]

it's not hard: 1foot=30cm , 1 inch=2,5 cm, 1foot=12inches, 1 yard=3 feet and so
on. more confusing to me is conversion from gallons to liters, but i'm getting
a hold of it. and these bloody ounces!!!

[Gość: awalk]

Gość portalu: cleo napisał(a):

> it's not hard: 1foot=30cm , 1 inch=2,5 cm, 1foot=12inches, 1 yard=3 feet and
so
>
> on. more confusing to me is conversion from gallons to liters, but i'm
getting
> a hold of it. and these bloody ounces!!!

It is a very hard approach you shouldn't convert them in the first place, try
to imagine them.

For example a gallon - when I think about it I imagine the milk container with
the handle, you can buy it in any grocery store in the US. I miss it in Poland
it was very convenient.

A foot - well look at your foot, it is a good approximation.

Farenheit - 32 is the freezing point, 70 my favorite room temperature, 100
you've got a fever or it is very hot outside.

a mile - my favorite crusing speed is about 70 mph

a six-pack - may favorite volume unit :)

etc.

Generally after I got used to them I prefer American units because they are
usually bigger and therefore more convenient.

[Gość: wacko jacko]

Thanks awalk. It's indeed a matter of imagination not a simple conversion.