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CrossEyed7 · « **Reply #7560 on:** August 03, 2011, 10:05:55 PM »

Celsius sounds stupid for weather. With American measurements, you know that 100 is a big [darn] number when you're talking about speed or temperature, and the closer you are to 100, the closer you are to too much. 104 degrees is too hot. 80 degrees is pretty hot. 50 or 60 is right in the middle. 30 or 40 is cold. Driving 50 miles an hour is normal. Driving 80 miles an hour is fast. Driving 30 miles an hour is slow.

75 mph is 120 kph, so that's not too bad. That's still a nice even number for the highest you're going to be going in most applications.

With Celsius, 37 degrees is really hot, and a negative temperature might only be jacket weather. It also has less precision -- Farenheit has 180 degrees between freezing and boiling water, while Celsius only has 100.

In other applications, preferring Imperial over Metric is just opinion, but when talking about weather, Imperial is objectively better.

Weegee · « **Reply #7561 on:** August 04, 2011, 12:02:30 AM »

Quote from: CrossEyed7 on August 03, 2011, 10:05:55 PM

Celsius sounds stupid for weather. [...] but when talking about weather, Imperial is objectively better.

Hrm.

CrossEyed7 · « **Reply #7562 on:** August 04, 2011, 12:36:06 AM »

Isn't Fahrenheit part of the Imperial system? I don't know. I should've just said American.

Weegee · « **Reply #7563 on:** August 04, 2011, 02:24:15 AM »

I was actually drawing attention to your assertion that Fahrenheit is "objectively better" because of your opinion that Celsius "sounds stupid" when describing weather.

BP · « **Reply #7564 on:** August 04, 2011, 04:19:56 AM »

Thought it was obvious why I said Fahrenheit was better for weather. Thank you Crosseyed.

Sometimes I get to thinking there could be a system for time that deals in tens. Somehow.

Weegee · « **Reply #7565 on:** August 04, 2011, 12:22:59 PM »

A metric time system was introduced during the French Revolution, but it never caught on.

Luigison · « **Reply #7566 on:** August 04, 2011, 12:30:06 PM »

Quote from: CrossEyed7 on August 03, 2011, 10:05:55 PM

With Celsius, 37 degrees is really hot...

Thank you. That's the first time anyone here has said I was hot.

CrossEyed7 · « **Reply #7567 on:** August 04, 2011, 07:47:29 PM »

See, here's the funny thing -- Fahrenheit is better for weather because when talking about weather temperatures, Fahrenheit is centigrade. Celsius has 100 degrees between freezing and boiling, but the majority of that hundred is never going to be used by weathermen; Fahrenheit just happens to work out perfectly to have a 100-degree range from 0 to 100 of reasonable weather temperatures.

WarpRattler · « **Reply #7568 on:** August 05, 2011, 08:10:30 AM »

My car is deaaaaaaaaaad.

(we're looking into getting a new one, though)

The Chef · « **Reply #7569 on:** August 05, 2011, 01:48:22 PM »

For a moment I thought that said "My car is dad".

BP · « **Reply #7570 on:** August 06, 2011, 03:01:42 PM »

Cars that reproduce

This is an invention that would benefit mankind

Weegee · « **Reply #7571 on:** August 06, 2011, 03:25:05 PM »

Are you kidding? It's an invention that would overthrow mankind.

CrossEyed7 · « **Reply #7572 on:** August 06, 2011, 04:09:29 PM »

Not if they use car covers.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #7573 on:** August 06, 2011, 04:17:51 PM »

http://achewood.com/index.php?date=01112006

Weegee · « **Reply #7574 on:** August 06, 2011, 06:16:58 PM »

STRAWBERRIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SWEET AND JUICY AND RED, NOT BLAND AND DRY AND OFF-WHITE