Why is Celcius used for measuring the temps?

its a really hot day, people will commonly say its 80 or 90 degrees out
there. But a cold day might be 2 or 3 degrees or -2, - 3. What I am saying
is we use Farenheit for warm weather and Centigrade for cold weather.

No-one would dream of saying - its really cold out - its 10F. It just would
never happen. But they will say its 85F. How stupid is that?

Chip




When its cold here and I say it's -15 out, that sounds a whole lot more
bad ass than "5". And I know that if someone says it's 90 out they
aren't using Celsius because they are not on fire.
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Rick wrote:
Sounds better than our -5 today in Canada, eh!

You reckon? I've never experienced 42°C, but since that's 5°C hotter
than
your core temperature should be, it's gotta make it hard to regulate your
temperature. Damn, if you measured 42°C in your mouth or any other usual
temperature place (use your imagination) then I wouldn't be putting good
odds on you living, thats brain damage time.

Ice cold drinks help, as does minimal clothing, and shade. Oh, and not
moving, the less heat you generate, the better

At least you can light a fire when it's cold. When it's hot, it's much
harder to find ice...

Head for somewhere airconditioned...

Ben
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Eh? Run that by me again.

Chip

I wonder if people can design some kind of thermal clothing that uses a
water cooling system with pumps and radiators etc etc... just need to
integrate some water blocks and pipes into the clothing material. Oh and
have some 7000 RPM fans too


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Rick wrote:
Sounds better than our -5 today in Canada, eh!

You reckon? I've never experienced 42°C, but since that's 5°C hotter
than
your core temperature should be, it's gotta make it hard to regulate
your
temperature. Damn, if you measured 42°C in your mouth or any other
usual
temperature place (use your imagination) then I wouldn't be putting good
odds on you living, thats brain damage time.

Ice cold drinks help, as does minimal clothing, and shade. Oh, and not
moving, the less heat you generate, the better

At least you can light a fire when it's cold. When it's hot, it's much
harder to find ice...

Head for somewhere airconditioned...

Ben
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Actually , No.

It's cuz I,m a cheap penny pinching sonovabitch.

Garry.

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And as another Canadian who was brought up imperial and then converted
to
metric, I buy my gas by the litre, drive a car that registers speed by
kilometers per hour, yet I always convert to how many miles per gallon
the
vehicle gets.

Ya but you only do that to compare to the American published numbers of
what you should be getting
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"rstlne" wrote in message
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You reckon? I've never experienced 42°C, but since that's 5°C hotter
than
your core temperature should be, it's gotta make it hard to regulate
your
temperature. Damn, if you measured 42°C in your mouth or any other
usual
temperature place (use your imagination) then I wouldn't be putting good
odds on you living, thats brain damage time.

At least you can light a fire when it's cold. When it's hot, it's much
harder to find ice...

Ben

I grew up in Lousiaia.. (not the hottest state mind ya) but mix the
humidity, sun, and overall conditions and it's hot ..
av temp 29c
The highest I really "remember" being quoted was in the mid 100's (F)..but
the record high was 109 F (43c)..

I remember one day in Nebraska about 13 years ago.... official temperature
was 114F (45.6C), and the thermometer at the local bank said 125F (51.7C).
I think the state record is a little higher. And yes, it WAS humid!

Maybe this'll help put things into perspective:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/.../extremes.html

Believe it or not, North Dakota has a higher record temperature than
Louisiana. ;-)
Looks like California has the U.S. record with 134F (56.7C).

"FSAA" wrote in message
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I wonder if people can design some kind of thermal clothing that uses a
water cooling system with pumps and radiators etc etc... just need to
integrate some water blocks and pipes into the clothing material. Oh and
have some 7000 RPM fans too

BMW has already done it. They have a climate-controlled jacket for their
motorcycle consumers.

In article , Ben Pope
wrote
(snip)

At least you can light a fire when it's cold. When it's hot, it's much
harder to find ice...

Do you strike flint on it for sparks or something; or use a clear piece,
ground into the shape of a lens, as a magnifying glass with sunlight, on
some tinder?
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Roger Hunt wrote:
In article , Ben Pope
wrote
(snip)

At least you can light a fire when it's cold. When it's hot, it's much
harder to find ice...

Do you strike flint on it for sparks or something; or use a clear piece,
ground into the shape of a lens, as a magnifying glass with sunlight, on
some tinder?


Well I have a Zippo and a SwissFlame (which I got 2 days ago).

Failing that, I think you have to rub two boy scouts together or something.

Ben
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