Built like a Mercedes (?)

I agree.

Only if you're feebleminded and/or lazy. Half of 65 is 32 (rounded), and
half of that's 16. Double 65 is 130, 2-and-a-half times 65 is a little
over 160, and three times 65 is a little under 200. I did all that off the
top of my head, in real time, while typing over 100wpm. It's not complex.

North America is not the extent of the world. Get out more.

Ah, so you *are* feebleminded and/or lazy.

 

Only the USA and the UK ( for now ) still use miles AFAIK.

There's no 100 mph limit in the UK.

Graham

 

because you are not going to fit 3 not related temperature datum on a
straight line unless you are 'exceptionally' lucky

cheers

 

I stand corrected, I am indeed ..... and it's getting worse with age.
enjoy your holiday

cheers

ps, I actually have come across your explanation of the freezing water
reference point but I do believe that it's simply folklore.
I would seriously doubt that any physicist would
approach the problem in that way. Critical would be to have two (which
makes for a straight line) data points that are 'reproducible' in a
relatively simple way. Additionally I believe Fahrenheit tried his
utmost to get away from negative temps for everyday usage, indeed, he
tried to make a 'human' temperature scale and for that reason set the
zero low end at the ammonia/ice/water mix believing that is about as
cold as it ever got anywhere (Danzig/Gdansk that is).

 

see the smiley ? My admittedly feeble attempt at poking fun at the number
crunchers

cheers

ps I did not say that it was untrue.... simply ventured 'my' opinion that it
is likely to be folklore for reasons I explained elsewhere.

 

And Mozambique. Only the US and the poorest country in the
world refuse to go metric.

 

Again a problem of scale, as in celcius.

PSI is reasonably meaningfull for us when tires are in the 20-50
range. Kilipascals (or whatever) in the 800-900 range (or whatever)
is silly as are bars where 1 bar = 17psi (or something).

At 3.3 bars the tires have too much and at 3.15 too litle? WTF?

 

....except in expensive restaurants. They're farmed in Florida. Yum.

 

Aw, you're just saying that cause stouffers doesn't make them. I've
seen your freezer.

 

Or unless you carefully select the concentration of salt in the brine
to make it work out right.

 

If it makes it easier then just call it 31.5 and 33. No problem see?

Huw

 

Remember what you always say: "Correlation does not equal causation. LOL!

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

....which are numbers that sound suspiciously like PSI.

 

Which is the reason for moving the decimal point and shows that perception
of the scales is all in the mind.

Huw

 

Try the M4 on a Friday afternoon going west... bumper-to-bumper at 100
mph...well...actually I experienced 90+ under those conditions. So many
cars about you can't go faster...


DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling

 

Pardon, but your ignorance is showing.

Kilopascal
1 bar = c. 15 psi.

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling

 

Actually from what I understand, average body temp was first
calculated in celsius or centigrade, and was an approximate reading at
best. Then when you convert it to fahrenheit, it comes out to 98.6.
However, that is not a normal reading for anyone.

*************************
Dave

 

I guess only the best and brightest are willing to stand up to all the
lazy people in the world.

*************************
Dave

 

All just colloquialisms. Not legal measure. You can certainly buy fruit in
pounds, but the trader can be prosecuted in the UK. The legal measure of
weight is metric.

Some people in the UK still refer to "bob" (shilling) because it's handy to
say "a few bob". There haven't been any shillings since 1971. And there
was all this moaning and goaning about getting used to the new funny
(decimal) money. Didn't take long, really.

Only distance on roads is still miles and I can't see it changing for may
years because the cost of changing the road signs would be prohibitive.
Same with switching to driving on other side.

Sweden could do it because the country is small (population-wise).
Apparently a large fraction of cars (most even) were LHD, too. Furthermore
it had long land borders with LHD countries.

Different ball game in the UK/IE (and in large chunks of the world for that
matter).

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
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Actually, all plywood is now metric. Canadian bricks are metric. You
can buy metric bolts and nuts at any hardware store , Canadian Tire,
Home Depot, or whatever. Not always all sizes and threads, but they
will be there.

Out here in the "small towns" of "silicon valley north" things seem to
be more Metricated than in the "big smoke".