| Author |
Message |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well.. My hat IS off to you in other places of the Globe .. as I know and have heard on our recent newsbroadcasts the reminder of how REALLY Bad the winter has been to parts of Eastern US New York- Boston-/ down thru Alabama-Georgia (where the kids have Never seen snow in their lives, - Florida, Texas& Los Angeles (Rain) then up thru North Atlantic Maritimes, over to Europe- Great Britain and Ireland, as well as well as Moscow -Russia, Australia ( flooding), - Thailand, as well as parts of eastern South America - Brazil . All Over the World in effect .... except here..  Last October here in the Pacific Northwest ( where I live) it was reported to expect the worst Winter ( here) in 100 years- with far above snowfall., We'll it looks like we dodged the bullit here, as I have yet to this day shoveled any snow or even installed snow tires on both my cars. ( wait, Is that Daffodills I see starting to bloom in my backyard).. But to the others here I pass my condolences over to you and yours .......                        (any replys - please reply with 'no quote' keep these pictures in line... ) | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry | | | | Last edited: by widescreenforever |
|
| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have never seen snow that deep before  |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's a temperate 53° fahrenheit here in Southeast Missouri right now. But just last week it got down to -3° fahrenheit. The weather is strange.  | | | | Corey |
|
| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
It's a temperate 53° fahrenheit here in Southeast Missouri right now.
But just last week it got down to -3° fahrenheit. The weather is strange. Fahrenheit always does my box lol Why not use Celsius. Makes more sense For example 212 Fahrenheit is the boiling point of water which is 100 in Celsius 212 sounds so arbitrary. Where as 100 seems nice and rounded. |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting FilmAlba: Quote:
Quoting Katatonia:
Quote:
It's a temperate 53° fahrenheit here in Southeast Missouri right now.
But just last week it got down to -3° fahrenheit. The weather is strange.
Fahrenheit always does my box lol
Why not use Celsius.
Makes more sense
For example 212 Fahrenheit is the boiling point of water which is 100 in Celsius
212 sounds so arbitrary. Where as 100 seems nice and rounded. Abstractions. | | | | Corey |
|
| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | I remember seeing this as a kid and going to Mt. Rainier. It was pretty damn impressive. |
|
| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting FilmAlba: Quote:
Quoting Katatonia:
Quote:
It's a temperate 53° fahrenheit here in Southeast Missouri right now.
But just last week it got down to -3° fahrenheit. The weather is strange.
Fahrenheit always does my box lol
Why not use Celsius.
Makes more sense
For example 212 Fahrenheit is the boiling point of water which is 100 in Celsius
212 sounds so arbitrary. Where as 100 seems nice and rounded. I don't understand why the world isn't based upon true temperature. Zero should be the absence of all heat, and only one scale works, Kelvin. |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | The majority of the world is Celsius and only the USA is still on Imperial standard or ' non metric' . (Only Golf Courses should be in feet ) Canada and The USA was set in 1975/76 to change over to metric and the United States backed out at the last moment citing differences that their citizens wouldn't be able to understand the changes overnight , ( but as the years went by never did take it up) ,, and Canada did the big switcheroo , chnaging over all the signposts and all the packaging of consumer goods ..etc etc etc ( and I'm sure this was one of the reasons why to this day we still have a big deficit on our hands) .,, .. I'm still having to convert in my mind (i.e.) from Fahrenheit to Celsius to figure the temperature of the day .. but my kids don't understand Fahrenheit or standard imperial measurements at all .. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry | | | | Last edited: by widescreenforever |
|
| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | The point I make, is what difference is it. Depending on where I am and who I am talking to, will make a difference on what measurement I am using.
I am comfortable with "Imperial Standards" or "Metric", but actually use a mix. I typically measure distance in "Metric" and volume in "Imperial". Depending on age of Auto, may use either. And when I was dealing in physics, used Kelvin. It is all an arbitrary reference, with standards set by some lab (in the US it is the Naval Institute of Standards). So why make the issue, when we all come up with he same physical measurement?
By the way, the US is slowly (emphasis on slowly) changing from one to the other, most everything is listed with both (except a lot of highway signs, go figure). |
|
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Well.. My hat IS off to you in other places of the Globe .. LO, ludicrous snow. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
|
| Registered: May 27, 2007 |  Posts: 691 |
| | Posted: | | | | All the people over here complaining about the tiny bit of snow that has fallen here last winter... They haven't seen anything yet, comparing to those pics.
I do like snow though. | | | | Unfortunately, I can't use DVDprofiler at the moment due to lack of a Windows computer. |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 756 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CharlieM: Quote:
By the way, the US is slowly (emphasis on slowly) changing from one to the other, most everything is listed with both (except a lot of highway signs, go figure). There's a section of Interstate (I19, I think) near Tucson which is marked in kilometers. Just for a short stretch & then it goes back to miles. Does anyone know why? I have my Audi set to show the temperatures in Imperial, coz it annoys the heck out of my daughters! | | | | Chris |
|
| Registered: June 15, 2008 | | Posts: 220 |
| | Posted: | | | | wow that's A LOT of snow!! Just a little snow here...but cold...about -30 c. | | | | Last edited: by Mysticum |
|
| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | This map is very interesting. Country's in black are the ones who use imperial.  |
|
| Registered: October 6, 2008 | | Posts: 1,932 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting EdwinK: Quote:
...I do like snow though. You may have some of mine.  |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Last October here in the Pacific Northwest ( where I live) it was reported to expect the worst Winter ( here) in 100 years- with far above snowfall.,
We'll it looks like we dodged the bullit here, as I have yet to this day shoveled any snow or even installed snow tires on both my cars. ( wait, Is that Daffodills I see starting to bloom in my backyard).. I'm also in the Pacific Northwest (Portland, OR) and heard the same stuff. And like you, I've yet to see much. We did have a few days back in December. But it was little more than a dusting unless you were up in the hills. Of course I'm one of those who actually enjoys the snow too, so I'm a little disappointed! | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection. |
|