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michael Soldan

01-28-2004 06:29:07

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I thought maybe it was time to clear this temperature thing up so here is the Canadian Temperature Guide. 50 Farenheit (10C)
Californians shiver uncontrollably
Canadians plant gardens

35 Farenheit(1.6C)
Italian cars won't start
Canadians drive with their windows down

32 Fahrenheit(0 C)
American water freezes
Canadian water gets thicker

0 Fahrenheit(-17.9 C)
New York city landlords finally turn on the heat
Canadians have the last B-B-Que of the season

-60 Fahrenheit(-51 C)
Mt St. Helens freezes
Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door to door

-100 Fahrenheit (-73C)
Santa Claus abandons the north Pole
Ottawa canal opens for skating

-173 Fahrenheit (-114 C)
Ethyl alcohol freezes
Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the Keg

-460 Fahrenheit (-273 C)
Absolute zero: all atomic motion stops
Canadians start saying "cold 'eh? "

-500 Fahrenheit (-295C)
Hell freezes over
Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley cup

Now I don't know how scientific this research is but I hope it helps y'all understand the difference.. and yes I have been a Maple Leaf fan for 50 or so years...( I was tempted to leave the last line out and replace it with " Farmll H still starts"....how do you like me now?..... .Mike in exeter Ontario

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Hugh MacKay

01-29-2004 07:48:53

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

Mike: I like that, can understand your feeling on the Leafs, however for the Farmall page H still starts would have been better.

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Jeff

01-28-2004 17:03:46

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

Thanks for a real GOOD laugh! My next door neighbor here in south Jersey has a Deere 'B'. He was real proud when he spun that flywheel in 8 degree night time temp and she started. He was all aglow!!

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CNKS

01-28-2004 11:52:47

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

The last F and C in your table also have something to do with the Kansas City Chiefs (or perhaps the Detroit Lions) winning the Super Bowl.

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Jimmy King

01-28-2004 11:32:08

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

I saw where you said this weather came to you from OK. they do that to us in S W Mo. all the time summer and winter. Snow, cold, rain, twisters, etc. the rain I like, keep the rest.

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deano/duluth

01-28-2004 09:43:55

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

whatever happened to the plan to convert us (usa) to metric? i think it went the way of the mph/km per hour speed limit signs. i still like metric for most of the work i do..

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Alberta Mike

01-28-2004 09:33:40

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

Hey, for an old Canadian school teacher, you'd better learn how to spell Celsius or they'll drop your pension quick-like. That is hilarious. Remember when I was in school they used the term Centigrade, remember that?

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Michael Soldan

01-28-2004 13:45:16

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Re: Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to Alberta Mike, 01-28-2004 09:33:40

It would take another old retired teacher to find the mistake!! yes, when I was in senior years the science labs were all in Centigrade! How are things in Edmonton?? We have had roads and schools closed for 5 of the last 8 days and they are predicting more for the next three days...we get Lake Effect snow here..winds blow across the open waters of Lake Huron and about three miles inland it starts to dump snow, then we get white outs and blizzard conditions with the cold arctic air..am sure tired of blowing snow, blow the driveway out to get to the farm, blow the lanes and yard there and by the timeI get back home I have to blow my driveway again..probably average 3 hours a day blowing snow...take care Mike..... .Mike in Exeter Ontario

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Bill B

01-28-2004 13:15:21

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Re: Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to Alberta Mike, 01-28-2004 09:33:40

Good greif, you mean they changed it?? What is celcius about? Guess I should get out more.

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Peabody

01-28-2004 10:27:32

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Re: Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to Alberta Mike, 01-28-2004 09:33:40

Named so in honor of Richard W. Centigrade, inventor of the scale.

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Alberta Mike

01-28-2004 14:27:15

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Re: Re: Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to Peabody, 01-28-2004 10:27:32

Hmmm, that sounds a bit too convenient, however the Celsius thing was in fact named after it's inventor, Anders Celsius who simply took the boiling and melting points of water on a thermometer and divided that linear distance into 100 equal parts which makes a lot more sense than the 180 parts between 32 and 212 degrees on the Farenheit scale, at least I think it does. All I know is that was minus 35 degrees Celsius here last night and that's cold on either scale.

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Paul in Mich

01-28-2004 16:03:52

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to Alberta Mike, 01-28-2004 14:27:15

Mike, Anything makes more sense than fahrenheit, inches, feet, yards, gallons, quarts, ounces, pounds, and anything else we have inherited from our British brethern. The world is metric, and the uSA is chaotic. As comedian George Gobel once said,"Did you ever feel as though the whole world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes"? maybe someday we'll wise up.

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Bill B

01-28-2004 19:02:44

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to Paul in Mich, 01-28-2004 16:03:52

At least we dont drive on the wrong side of the road. That part of england we did not agree with.

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Paul in Mich

01-29-2004 04:58:02

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to Bill B, 01-28-2004 19:02:44

Bill, Most of us dont, most of the time. A couple weeks ago, we had a truck jacknife on I-75. A couple of morons stuck in the traffic turned around and drove backwards on the interstate until they could come to a police cross over so they could illegally cross to the opposite lane in order to make a detour. Since the cross over was well past the stopped traffic, these idiots had cars scrambling themselves to avoid another accident. The worst part was that had they taken another 30 seconds more to complete their caper, they would have been met by the State Boys.

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farmallman

01-28-2004 09:04:03

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

Ha Ha Ha Ha...that is great. I love the last one...a more appropriate thing would be "Tha Farmall Cub still starts"...

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Bill B

01-28-2004 07:53:30

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

Maybe you are more furry than me, but anything below zero makes me cold. This winter has me thinking of the southern states, as my son in arizona calls to taunt me when we get a cold day.

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Darren in TN

01-28-2004 07:52:15

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

That's great, Mike!

Here in southern TN we had flurries for half an hour yesterday. There was at LEAST a thousandth of an inch of accumulation in one place I saw. Predictably, everyone started bemoaning the end of the world and all our stores were stripped of milk and bread within the hour. It was 15 degrees F this morning when I got up-- coldest weather we've seen in three or four years. We're all about ready for the hot-and-humid to be back. Us southerners can't handle this stuff. The weather guy calls it an 'arctic blast.' You guys just need to quit sending it down our way. Next thing you'll know we'll have penguins and polar bears in our creek, and whales breaching in the river.

Darren, who has had enough winter for one year (and who has a hide thick enough to be called a pansy for living in the South)

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Jim in NC

01-28-2004 07:28:13

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

an ex-teammate of mine(seven time Canadian cycling champion) always called me a "wuss" about cold weather.....now I understand. Thanks Mike.

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Dachshund

01-28-2004 07:15:28

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Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to michael Soldan, 01-28-2004 06:29:07

And what happens at -40, when both scales are the same?

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Paul in Mich

01-28-2004 16:06:36

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Re: Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to Dachshund, 01-28-2004 07:15:28

Dachsund, The smartest among us will be headed for Florida when it reaches -40.

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Michael Soldan

01-28-2004 07:52:51

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Re: Re: Fahrenheit vs Celcius in reply to Dachshund, 01-28-2004 07:15:28

Dachshund, that's easy , no John Deeres will start on either side of the border!

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