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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <18855292cdc61d85$20555$546444$22dd286e@news.thecubenet.com>,   
   Rudy Canoza   wrote:   
   >https://postimg.cc/xJ1FNsgg   
   >   
   >The Binky(iWord used by paedophile to indicate tehir joy of child seuxal   
   molestations) Doctor wrote:   
        ^^^^^<-Paedophile talker noted   
   >> In article <1ro0o6r.7mwtjpv2o90uN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl>,   
   >> J. J. Lodder  wrote:   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> (confirmed, ignore)   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Please do not top post.   
   >>   
   >>>> lar3ryca  posted:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2025-12-26 20:37, The Doctor wrote:   
   >>>>>> In article ,   
   >>>>>> Snidely   wrote:   
   >>>>>>> The True Melissa used thar keyboard to writen:   
   >>>>>>>> I've added alt.usage.english to the newsgroups line.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> In article <10ill45$2hrgc$1@dont-email.me>, daniel47   
   >>>>>>>> @nomail.afraid.org says...   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> On 26/12/2025 7:33 am, The True Melissa wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> In article <10ijben$1rst9$1@dont-email.me>, daniel47   
   >>>>>>>>>> @nomail.afraid.org says...   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 25/12/2025 11:31 pm, The Doctor wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers from cool Canada, where is it 0 on both scales.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On which 'both scales', Binky??   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Celsius and Centigrade. :-D   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Ah!! Of course, I had forgotten that, for some reason, there are two   
   >>>>>>>>> names for the one scale.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Could that 'two names' thing be an "England v the rest of the World"   
   >>>>>>>>> thing?? i.e. the real name is 'Celsius' but England uses 'Centigrade'   
   >>>>>>>>> (or vice versa)??   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Come to think of it, I haven't heard anyone speak of   
   >>>>>>>> Centigrade in a while. I'm in the US, and people here say   
   >>>>>>>> "Celsius" now, but I heard "Centigrade" fairly often in   
   >>>>>>>> the 70s, maybe early 80s.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Melissa   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I'm not sure "Centigrade" was ever an official name for the scale (and   
   >>>>>>> there are non-Celsius scales where the critical points for water are   
   >>>>>>> separated by 100 degrees).   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Celsius is the name approved by international standards (and there's an   
   >>>>>>> ISO Doc for that).  See also the "cgs" vs "MKS" conventions of recent   
   >>>>>>> history.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> /dps   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> FYI 32 deg F is 0 Deg C   
   >>>>>>        5 deg F is -15 Deg C   
   >>>>>>       -4 deg F is -20 Deg C   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And they meet at -40, which happens occasionally around here.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Most of France is starting each day at -2°C or so at present (which you   
   >>>> probably wouldn't call cold in Regina), but not here: in Marseilles we   
   >>>> do our shivering at 8°C or so.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> One consequence of the cold is that I learned a new word today: greloter   
   >>>> means shiver.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
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