[lungumnentibe]

Ok so in Colorado we have our 1st big metro snowfall....ohh and this pic is only 12 hours into it....uuughh this means tomorrow im stuck at home...


My Car


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Cool thing is that Im getting to sled with the kids on the small slopes!!

"altho Im the one doing most of the pulling!!"

[Tndfpcin]

That looks entirely too cold for my liking.

[lungumnentibe]

That looks entirely too cold for my liking.

its 27 F, without the 20mph wind chill...so lets call it -5 F

[Nutpoode]

Wow... it's 75 degrees in Ft. Worth, Texas.
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[lungumnentibe]

Wow... it's 75 degrees in Ft. Worth, Texas.

must be nice[thumbup]

[nvideoe]

We are enjoying temperatures of upto 20c in the UK at present! [thumbup]

[EmxATW5m]

wtf is celcius?

[HotboTgameR]

wtf is celcius?

The more current (and better) way of measuring temperature. And it's way easier to understand. 0 degrees celcius is freezing point. 100 degrees celcius is boiling point.

Very easy to understand compared to

32F freezing point and 212F boiling point. Fahrenheit is just confusing and needs to be updated to the current measuring system. Kinda like miles and kilometers or Gallons and Litres.

I mean honestly:

1 mile = 1,609.344 metres
1 kilometre = 1000 metres

1 Gallon = 3.78541178 litres
1 Litre = 1 litre

You see, the current measuring system is much more easier to understand and is just....well....better. I believe Neeyik once quoted that the countries that still use miles, gallons etc etc are slow to transfer. In fact miles has been completely obliterated from Australian maths and language, we no longer use it at all.

EDIT: I will not deny the fact that 'miles' sounds way cooler then kilometres.

EDIT2: Also, a rather stupid question since I have never experienced snow before, but when it heats up wouldn't the amount of water over flow the drains, I know when it rains heavily here the drains over flow. Or is the melting process very slow?

[tobia]

The more current (and better) way of measuring temperature. And it's way easier to understand. 0 degrees celcius is freezing point. 100 degrees celcius is boiling point.

Very easy to understand compared to

32F freezing point and 212F boiling point. Fahrenheit is just confusing and needs to be updated to the current measuring system. Kinda like miles and kilometers or Gallons and Litres.

I mean honestly:

1 mile = 1,609.344 metres
1 kilometre = 1000 metres



1 Gallon = 3.78541178 litres
1 Litre = 1 litre

You see, the current measuring system is much more easier to understand and is just....well....better. I believe Neeyik once quoted that the countries that still use miles, gallons etc etc are slow to transfer. In fact miles has been completely obliterated from Australian maths and language, we no longer use it at all.

EDIT: I will not deny the fact that 'miles' sounds way cooler then kilometres.

EDIT2: Also, a rather stupid question since I have never experienced snow before, but when it heats up wouldn't the amount of water over flow the drains, I know when it rains heavily here the drains over flow. Or is the melting process very slow?

It gets more confusing in the UK where they tend to use one scale when its hot and the other when its cold(dont ask me which way round it is)

edit: a gallon in the UK is 4.somthing liters

[HotboTgameR]

It gets more confusing in the UK where they tend to use one scale when its hot and the other when its cold(dont ask me which way round it is)

How is that even possible?

[jojocomok]

Often they'll use whatever sounds the more impressive.

Oh, one imperial gallon = 4.55 litres.

[seodiary]

It gets more confusing in the UK where they tend to use one scale when its hot and the other when its cold(dont ask me which way round it is)

edit: a gallon in the UK is 4.somthing liters

Oh damn!! I would get a freaking head ache working with something like chermistry or math. bah!

[Kimmitmelvirm]

It gets more confusing in the UK where they tend to use one scale when its hot and the other when its cold(dont ask me which way round it is)

edit: a gallon in the UK is 4.somthing liters

That's not entirely true

It's media sensationalism.... the highest temperature EVER recorded in the UK is 38.5c (101.3F) so in the summer, when we are very lucky to see a temperature above 30c (86F), the papers will start their usual summer scaremongering and switch to F as it looks closer to 100 in print.... which everyone would usually associate with boiling point, therefore: "WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE, PANIC PANIC PANIC!".

Weather forecasts and people who are not total cretins stick with one measurement all the time.

Having said that we are a bit of an odd one as a country. Celcius for temperature, Miles for distance, Pints & Gallons for Beer & Milk, Litres for petrol and everything else. Kilo's for weight, Stones, Pounds & Ounces for weight of people, etc.... Don't think we've quite made up our minds yet

[MyLeva]

Boy, that sounds weird! I have been quite a few times to the UK, but I have never noticed these things. It never seemed odd to me when I got my petrol receipt in litres, but ordered Pints in bars. Now that you've said it...

[alexbookhyip]

Stones is also a pretty weird measurement [yes]. They use it on people weight mostly IIRC

1 stone = 6.35029318 kilograms


(thanks google)

[DariushPetresku]

The more current (and better) way of measuring temperature. And it's way easier to understand. 0 degrees celcius is freezing point. 100 degrees celcius is boiling point.

Very easy to understand compared to

32F freezing point and 212F boiling point. Fahrenheit is just confusing and needs to be updated to the current measuring system. Kinda like miles and kilometers or Gallons and Litres.

I mean honestly:

1 mile = 1,609.344 metres
1 kilometre = 1000 metres

1 Gallon = 3.78541178 litres
1 Litre = 1 litre

You see, the current measuring system is much more easier to understand and is just....well....better. I believe Neeyik once quoted that the countries that still use miles, gallons etc etc are slow to transfer. In fact miles has been completely obliterated from Australian maths and language, we no longer use it at all.

EDIT: I will not deny the fact that 'miles' sounds way cooler then kilometres.

EDIT2: Also, a rather stupid question since I have never experienced snow before, but when it heats up wouldn't the amount of water over flow the drains, I know when it rains heavily here the drains over flow. Or is the melting process very slow?

Yes, but that's your "relative" viewpoint. As most people on this side don't use m or L for anything, it makes sense to them. If you grew up using English units instead of SI, you would be used to it as well.

I'm an engineer, so I know SI units all too well, but I still cannot connect relative temperatures when I read them in C. I know some of the numbers like 0, 20, 25, and 100 C but when I read 38 C, I can't connect real easily what that means in "feel" terms and that it means something near 100 F, but if I were told it was 100 F outside, I'd know exactly what that feels like.

[refdhbgtd]

Stones is also a pretty weird measurement [yes]. They use it on people weight mostly IIRC

1 stone = 6.35029318 kilograms


(thanks google)

Well yeah it is a measurement of weight...

I don't know who talks about lb/ft (torque etc) but there's exactly 14 lbs in stone, so that's what a stone is.


Also, people who think in miles often thing in yards and feet. One mile is 5280 feet or 1760 yards. I know they aren't obvious numbers, but there you go.

[MyLeva]

Yes, but that's your "relative" viewpoint. As most people on this side don't use m or L for anything, it makes sense to them. If you grew up using English units instead of SI, you would be used to it as well.

I'm an engineer, so I know SI units all too well, but I still cannot connect relative temperatures when I read them in C. I know some of the numbers like 0, 20, 25, and 100 C but when I read 38 C, I can't connect real easily what that means in "feel" terms and that it means something near 100 F, but if I were told it was 100 F outside, I'd know exactly what that feels like.

This is so true! For example I know exactly what miles per gallon means, and I can convert it to litres per 100km, but I have to convert it in order to understand whether its a good value or not. Its really weird. You know the units, but cant really "feel" what they mean.

On the other hand I have to say that the metric system really is better, from an objective standpoint too. Simply because its all about 10. No 1,65324223 converters etc...

[Tndfpcin]

Yes, but that's your "relative" viewpoint. As most people on this side don't use m or L for anything, it makes sense to them. If you grew up using English units instead of SI, you would be used to it as well.

I'm an engineer, so I know SI units all too well, but I still cannot connect relative temperatures when I read them in C. I know some of the numbers like 0, 20, 25, and 100 C but when I read 38 C, I can't connect real easily what that means in "feel" terms and that it means something near 100 F, but if I were told it was 100 F outside, I'd know exactly what that feels like.

Exactly. I definitely appreciate SI units for calculations, but when I hear my Canadian buddies talking about a temperature in Celsius, I really can't identify without doing a quick conversion.

[himecthekWiff]

I'm an engineer, so I know SI units all too well, but I still cannot connect relative temperatures when I read them in C. I know some of the numbers like 0, 20, 25, and 100 C but when I read 38 C, I can't connect real easily what that means in "feel" terms and that it means something near 100 F, but if I were told it was 100 F outside, I'd know exactly what that feels like.

I fully agree. On a side note though I do have a feel for most other metric measuring units for length, volume, mass etc.