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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 23:34:13 -0500, Tony Cooper   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:07:17 +1100, Peter Moylan    
   >wrote:   
   >>The scale that essentially all of the civilised world now uses is   
   >>Celsius.   
   >   
   >While you may not, I do consider the US to be part of the "civilised"   
   >world despite the uncivilized actions of the current Administration.   
      
   It seems that the US has periodic government "shutdowns", and in part   
   of my mind I find it hard to think of the actions of the Trump gang as   
   those of the US government. The government somehow shut down on 20   
   January, and may or may not reopen in four years' time.   
      
   Before then one could think of the actions of the US government as   
   bad, wicked or evil, but they were the actions of the government of a   
   country.   
      
      
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