+42 deg C here in Melbourne today and yesterday! Opposite extreme.
+42 deg C here in Melbourne today and yesterday! Opposite extreme.
Are the US the only country in the world that for some strange reason still uses the Fahrenheit scale?
I've never heard of the "SAE system" - what benefits does it afford over the metric system adopted by the rest of the world?We are Americans and hopefully we will stay with the SAE system.
Wow! that's very warm. I remember it being 42 in Meekatharra, which is a very hot part of the country and very far across the continent from Melbourne. Current temp lists that as a cool 34 C, with the highs no warmer than Melbourne. Isn't the world record "only" 56 C?
Do homes in Melbourne generally have air conditioning?
Now days yes.
We just closed a coal fired power station and we now have a shortage of electricity. My electricity company paid me $41.50 to NOT use my air con for 3 hours for 1 day last week (4pm to 7pm peak). Crazy world.
Inches, feet, yards, miles and fahrenheit.
Yes, I'm familiar with all of these quaint units, along with pints, gallons, pounds, ounces, fluid-ounces, therms, candles, foot-pounds and horsepower - but what actually is the SAE system you reference? What does having non-metric units do for you, apart from making scientific calculations very difficult and so incompatible with the rest of the world it leads to such disasters as the loss of NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter?
Yes, I'm familiar with all of these quaint units, along with pints, gallons, pounds, ounces, fluid-ounces, therms, candles, foot-pounds and horsepower - but what actually is the SAE system you reference? What does having non-metric units do for you, apart from making scientific calculations very difficult and so incompatible with the rest of the world it leads to such disasters as the loss of NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter?
In the UK when it is hot we will often say it 70 (meaning 70 degrees Fahrenheit), yet when its cold say its -5 but meaning -5 degrees Centigrade! I remember when we went from being taught Imperial units to Metric (so no more rods, perches, or whatever) and also the enterprising kid at school when we when went from Pounds, Shillings & Pence to Decimalisation who sold the new coins and made a profit!
All I can say is that it's about 31 F here right now. I have no idea what that translates to in C...and I don't think I care. When I go to South America, of course everything is in C. Who cares...I walk outside and I say..."damn, it's hot" Works for me....
Will you still be making those trips to South America with your new "assignment"?
... and also the enterprising kid at school when we when went from Pounds, Shillings & Pence to Decimalisation who sold the new coins and made a profit!
That kid probably became currency trader and made a small fortune.
Funny thing for me visiting UK is its still miles on sign posts and miles per hour on speedos. Yet engineering is in metric. Some imperial weights when shopping, some kilos. Pints at the pub of course!
That kid probably became currency trader and made a small fortune.
Funny thing for me visiting UK is its still miles on sign posts and miles per hour on speedos. Yet engineering is in metric. Some imperial weights when shopping, some kilos. Pints at the pub of course!
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