From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 15:53:36 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:   
      
   > In the US, gallons what you get when you buy gas.  I set my home   
   > thermostat in C but we all know why the US isn't metric:   
      
   https://www.nist.gov/pml/us-surveyfoot   
      
   While I agree the determination of the endpoints was a little bizarre I do   
   prefer Fahrenheit. Setting a thermostat to 21.11 doesn't make sense. I   
   assume C thermostats don't show fractional degrees.   
      
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