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 Post subject: temperature...hmmm...Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:27 am 
nice easy geographical topic that everyone can understand (unlike, say, depressions, or oceanic patterns or whatever). Which do you use: Faranheit or Degrees centigrade? It always confuses me when people are like "oh yeah it was easily 70 degrees over here today". my brain's thought patterns at this moment are more or less "70 degrees... you couldn't survive at... oh... she's talkin' farenheit!" The problem comes 'cause we aint comparing oranges and oranges. The other thing that is wierd is ounces. Yes, people do still use ounces... "can i have x amount of ounces of bulls-eyes please" is a slightly common question asked in the shop I work at. Centremetres. I actually use an inch to work out rough distances. I can do one inch. CMs is harder. But back to the one that's really annoying sometimes: Farenheit or Degrees Centigrade. Which do you use? _________________ She is handsome, she is pretty, she is the girl from Belfast City, she is courtin' one two three, please won't you tell me who is she? TheClassicRomance wrote: Facebook is a dirty skank blog! |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:49 am
I used Fahrenheit because it's what I'm used to and because it's all that they use on the weather forecasts. _________________ Thistledown |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:05 am
guitarfreak217 wrote: I used Fahrenheit because it's what I'm used to and because it's all that they use on the weather forecasts. Pretty much the same for me. I can vaguely recognize centigrade.  _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:24 am
my bbc weather widget tells me in degrees c because that is how i roll. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:55 pm
I use degrees. That's the system I was introduced to in school. _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:01 pm
guitarfreak217 wrote: I used Fahrenheit because it's what I'm used to and because it's all that they use on the weather forecasts. Yep. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:42 pm
i feel like farenheit has a broader range. like 70 degrees is mildly warm where as 90 is hot hot and there are very many shades of heazy betwixt them. the only thing I hate is that freezing is 32 and not 0...that is where big C has the advantage |
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:28 am
....both? I'm American so am used to farenheit but I live in Dubai where most people use centigrade. When at the mall or something and the bunch of girls I'm with says "Oh my gosh, like how hot is that guy!?" I love to answer "Hmm, about 95 degrees farenheit?" _________________ To Write Love On Her Arms the world is poor because her fortune is buried in the sky and all her treasure maps are of the earth. |
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:22 pm
Centigrade! And metres! |
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:00 pm
I understood Centigrade much better when I was taking science every year, but I still couldn't relate it to weather. As some of you know, I've been in Europe now for awhile and despite this I STILL can't translate Centigrade to Fahrenheit. All I know is that 0 is freezing, I definitely need a coat when it's 10, I don't feel like I'm freezing to death when it's in the late teens, and 30 degrees is nice and warm. _________________ Hi, my name is Jenna. 
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:54 am
Who cares what you call it really, let's just say "It's hot" or "it's cold." Or in my circumstances "It's hot" or "It's really hot." _________________ To Write Love On Her Arms the world is poor because her fortune is buried in the sky and all her treasure maps are of the earth. |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:59 am
breathless wrote: Or in my circumstances "It's hot" or "It's really hot." So lucky! |
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