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|    Carlos E.R. to rbowman    |
|    Re: gas me up, DUC[KT] tape    |
|    07 Jan 26 02:45:11    |
      From: robin_listas@es.invalid              On 2026-01-05 20:51, rbowman wrote:       > 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              Will that survive Trump?              >       > 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.              Half degrees.       Displaying 0.1 degree is becoming normal, though.              Fahrenheits make no sense at all to me.              --       Cheers, Carlos.       ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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