Winter came on a Thursday afternoon here last year...It was gone by lunch the next Saturday...I remember there being dust on my jacket collar when I got it out of the closet......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
Scientists are about to change what a kilogram is. That’s massive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.5710393bcb32
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
Frankly my good man---I don't give a damn----I'm keeping mine at 2.2 pounds---my slide rule does not allow me to work at 34 decimal places of accuracy
All kidding aside---I'm so anal I find the very interesting
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
Because of habit.. prices in most Canadian groceries will officially list an item by metric units .. Price per kilogram or liter.. and then as a side note price per pound or gallon.. The baby boomers grew up before metric..
At some Canadian delis if you order a pound of something you will receive half of a kilo (500 grams.. 1.1 lb)
Canada is officially bimensuric, meaning there are aspects of both Imperial and SI (metric) systems.
They are not alone in that. For example, don't go into a British Pub and order a half liter of beer.
I go both ways In somethings I think in metric and have to mentally convert to Imperial when speaking to someone rooted (and stuck) in Imperial units. In somethings I still think in Imperial units and have to mentally convert to SI as needed.
My personal preference is to be completely metric, it makes far more sense.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
Yes, but the formula to transpose is not linear.
T(°F) = T(°C) × 9/5 + 32
or
T(°F) = T(°C) × 1.8 + 32
So, using the formula and TG’s deleted query —
15 x 1.8 = 27 + 32 = 59
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution