by rstevenson » Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:09 am
heehaw wrote:rstevenson wrote:
By the way, I don't think °F should be used at all in scientific info or discussions, unless ....
Rob
Years ago I phoned my elderly mother in Canada and was surprised when she said "it's so hot here, thirty degrees!" So change is possible! [On the other hand: there are two kinds of nations: those that use celsius, and those that have landed men on the Moon.]
Yeah, we Canajuns like to startle 'Mericans like that. But we're far from perfect about the whole SI meausrement thing. We're adept at using both systems, mostly because we have to be, being smack up against the world's largest F-nation. I think of outdoor temperatures in Celcius with no trouble, but because my thermostat was "Proudly made in the USA", our indoor temps are in °F. Similarly, I drive in kph, but make furniture in feet and inches. Our construction sheet goods are still 4' x 8', but have been made thinner to match SI standard sizes. The stores quote $/lb in the ads to make us think beef is cheap, but when you get to the store, the packages of hamburger are all shown in grams and are heavier than a pound in order to ramp the price up for profitability. Once in a while, just to irritate them, I hand them one of the packages and ask them to take some out until it's 1 pound in weight. They don't, but it's fun watching their faces change colour.
Rob
[quote="heehaw"][quote="rstevenson"]
By the way, I don't think °F should be used at all in scientific info or discussions, unless ....
Rob[/quote]
Years ago I phoned my elderly mother in Canada and was surprised when she said "it's so hot here, thirty degrees!" So change is possible! [On the other hand: there are two kinds of nations: those that use celsius, and those that have landed men on the Moon.][/quote]
Yeah, we Canajuns like to startle 'Mericans like that. But we're far from perfect about the whole SI meausrement thing. We're adept at using both systems, mostly because we have to be, being smack up against the world's largest F-nation. I think of outdoor temperatures in Celcius with no trouble, but because my thermostat was "Proudly made in the USA", our indoor temps are in °F. Similarly, I drive in kph, but make furniture in feet and inches. Our construction sheet goods are still 4' x 8', but have been made thinner to match SI standard sizes. The stores quote $/lb in the ads to make us think beef is cheap, but when you get to the store, the packages of hamburger are all shown in grams and are heavier than a pound in order to ramp the price up for profitability. Once in a while, just to irritate them, I hand them one of the packages and ask them to take some out until it's 1 pound in weight. They don't, but it's fun watching their faces change colour.
Rob