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   From: david.looser@btinternet.com   
      
   "J. P. Gilliver (John)"  wrote in message   
   news:kql5HK8P1UJPFwpJ@soft255.demon.co.uk...   
   > In message <4f24f52a.5156238@news.eternal-september.org>, Don Pearce   
   >  writes:   
   > []   
   >>We mix our units much more than that. Take temperatures - if it is   
   >>near freezing we use Centigrade, when it is hot we use Fahrenheit.   
   > []   
   > I suspect that for a lot of us, it's only the media - in fact, only the   
   > print media - who do this. I think in Celsius for both:   
      
   Likewise. The first time I was ever interested in air temperatures was on   
   holiday in 1960 in Switzerland where, naturally, they have used Celcius for   
   centuries. Then, since school physics used SI units, where was the point in   
   bothering with Farenheit?   
      
   > thirtysomething is too hot for me, much below twenty (unless there's   
   > absolutely no wind) too cold.   
      
   Below zero: freezing (literaly)   
   0 - 10: cold   
   10- 20: mild   
   20 - 30: pleasant   
   30 - 40: hot   
   40+ too hot   
      
   Seems simple enough to me!   
      
   > Our weather forecasts have been in C for some decades, albeit with the   
   > forecaster giving the F equivalent verbally (but not visually).   
      
   Indeed.   
      
   David.   
      
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