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Title: Temperature Rant Post by echo on Jan 14th, 2003, 5:17pm It would really be nice if Kansas would pick a temperature and stick with it for awhile. These swings in degrees are kicking me in the head. At least in Minnesota when it got cold -- it stayed cold! The stadol stone is getting old and the meds are getting low. New corporate insurance again in 2003. Tight ass bastards! There, I feel better getting that off my chest! The MB seems a little slow -- is every one asleep? |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by domm on Jan 14th, 2003, 5:25pm Hey echo - that's what they make hats for, bud. Keeps the cold off the bald spot. Light a fire tonight and curl up with a good book (or a loved one?). stay warm domm |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Karla on Jan 14th, 2003, 5:47pm At least I assume you are getting some cold. You are lucky. Here in WIsconsin were the temps normally dip to 20 or 40 below with the windchills has been around 50 above all winter. We have gotten no snow and it has been quit depressing. I hear your complaint about temps changing that messes with my head to but I just wish ours would change and for the better of our winter. It is still like fall here. The insects will be plentiful and hard to get rid of come summer without a hard freeze. It has only gotten below freezing a few times. Im sad. :'( |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by brain_cramps on Jan 14th, 2003, 5:52pm A few days ago we were enjoying 63(F) and then I had to go to work. 400miles away it was -20(F) (not including wind-chill) when I arrived. WOW, what a wake-up call! Can't wait to get out of here. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by 9erfan on Jan 14th, 2003, 6:29pm Echo- How's the wife?? :P |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by echo on Jan 14th, 2003, 6:39pm 9erfan -- Well I did get her to her doctor. She has hormone pills and another rx for depression. She is takinghte hormone but not the depression pills. Can't force feed her so I'll deal with it. Alcohol is a problem with her, she is much better when she has nothing to drink. She is much better now -- she is out of town. Yeehaw!! and I'm still at work doing year end employee evaluations. Party!!!!! You know -- I'm getting too old for dealing with her crap. But I am truly, desperately, and undenyably in love with that woman! I just cannot picture myself without her in my life. She's out of town and deep in my soul I miss her. I won't sleep well tonight without being able to hear her breathing. I'm a sick man! |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cathy on Jan 14th, 2003, 6:48pm on 01/14/03 at 18:39:57, echo wrote:
Hey echo....that is really lovely, don't change cos there arn't many like you around...depression is an illness, crush them pills in her dinner.... ::)yep that means you'll have to offer to cook her a nice meal.. ;D As far as the weather goes...in the last week we've had temps ranging from -7 freezing fog, snow, floods and hey guess what today we've got warmer and gales.... ??? Me thinks things are warming up.... ;D Cathy |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by suzy617 on Jan 14th, 2003, 7:07pm Should take around 21 days for the hormone pills to start kicking in. In the meantime, I say keep partying while you have the chance. ;) suzy |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Jarvis on Jan 14th, 2003, 9:24pm Hey Echo- maybe this will help to get over minnesota weather............. Right now at 8:30 pm outside on my front porch.......temperature is -5 deg F. (-21c) - wind speed gusting to 25 mph. - wich makes for a balmy wind chill factor of ......-50 deg F. (-45c) ....... :o .......... last week temps hit 60 deg. F. ..... I was raised in the Arizona dessert where a brutal winter day was in the 40s. This sucks. Cabo San Lucas on the baja the temp is in the 70s. I cant find a plane ticket untill febuary. Anyone want to loan me a fast plane outa here. Got a time share waiting there.. 8) ..mj |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cerebus on Jan 14th, 2003, 9:31pm I hear ya there! I lived 20 miles south of witchita a few years back and Kansas remains the most inclimate place I've lived yet. Mom stayed, I'll never figure out why. Living in northern Illinois now, not much better here, Today's high was only in the low twenties and even though the wind isn't nearly the caliber it was in Kansas I still gotta warm up my jumblies when I come inside. Here's a question that hopefully will take your mind off the weather: How can a football team be the highest scoring in the entire NFL and NOT make the playoffs? Not intended to be an insult I'm a HUGE chiefs fan and I am still struggling with that one. PFDAN Cerebus |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by echo on Jan 14th, 2003, 9:37pm Cerebus -- no insult taken. I agree with you. It amazes me (ok not really) that they choked getting into the playoffs. They remind me of the Vikings from the Tarkenton years -- so close, yet so far away. Then we look back at Gannon being our Chiefs backup QB and the front office put their money on Garbac, now where the H is that idiot. And we can sit back and watch our ex-2QB march his team to the playoffs. I cannot imagine that Priest Holmes was that big of a presence to the Chiefs offense. Guess he was the offense. Just wait until next year. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cootie on Jan 14th, 2003, 9:46pm It's cold as a witches tail (exactly 'WTF' does that mean anyhow) here in Ohio.....not as cold as suma ya's tho.....20's here at nite or low teens. Not much sun at all.....gets depressin. I need onea then hats with the light on it ta catch up on lacka sun rays. Careful with them hormone pills 'n depression stuff.....that sheeit can make a girl get kinda wacked out if it's the wrong stuff. Heed the warnin's....sumtimes you can go from werse ta werser....don't rattle her cage to hard (ha-ha)....Good luck...........Pam |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by echo on Jan 14th, 2003, 9:50pm Cootie -- are you saying it's possible she could get worse? :-/ |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Opus on Jan 14th, 2003, 10:23pm Woke up with a 4 and boy it was nice sitting outside in 0 degree weather. It hasn't been above freezing in 3 weeks. Opus :P |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by BruceD on Jan 14th, 2003, 10:30pm Dumb el Nino! I'm in Wisconsin too and really wish things would get back to normal. I hate not having snow and the temp swings wreek havoc on my CH's too. I guess I'm not the only one in that boat as I see that Karla is a fellow clustercheesehead. BTW, thanks to all on this board for sharing their experiences/treatments. The O2 is a Godsend and is unbelievable. I've got 5 more tanks coming and I've been able to abort every attack (even nightime ones) before they make me resort to trying to crash my head through our steel door. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by brain_cramps on Jan 15th, 2003, 8:50am Woke up this morning and checked the thermometer outside the kitchen window. Froze and cracked. Guess after -32C (-26 F), it just doesn't matter anymore! Dreaming of Jamaica, stuck somewhere north of Montana, Grant |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by catlind on Jan 15th, 2003, 10:32am I'll join this rant! The weather can't make up it's damned mind, and my hubby the AF meteoroligist is catching hell everyday from me. And yes, I continually hear the saying "I'm just the messenger". We had a week of temps in the 50's an this week we are at lows in the -8 F range. Not to mention the 4 feet of snow that tug hill got (we got off lucky and only 2.5 feet) Then it rains, and it half melts, then freezes and makes a great brick layer between the bottom 2 feet and top 2 feet of snow making it impossible to shovel and damn hard work with the snowblower. Then of course the snowdozer comes through and leaves me with a mountain in the front yard! No friggin wonder everyone is getting sick. Can't pick a temp and stay wit it! Lovely picture of life in upstate: http://home.twcny.rr.com/clind/upstatesnow.jpg |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Margi on Jan 15th, 2003, 10:40am Holy WOW, Cat!! :o Out here in south-western Canada, we haven't even got a full inch of snow yet. Just a skiff that fell last night, to cover the skiff we got on the weekend. Makes for interesting driving because the first skiff is now ice. We had a bit of a cold blast these last few days, but we're headed back up to be above zero°C for the next few days. It was -10°C this morning, but this will be the last of the arctic air for us, apparently, for the next few days. You guys are sure getting nailed out east this year - Ontario is in the MINUS 30's this week!! We're praying that you don't get any more ice storms out there. Hang in there, easterners!! |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by brain_cramps on Jan 15th, 2003, 10:52am Margi: I'm begging my boss here in Saskatoon to let me go back to Calgary and work from home. -10 C is a heatwave out here! Amazing what 400miles can do. Negril, here I come (if not in body, at least in mind). I can almost feel the sand between my toes, hear the reggae, see the bikinis. Grant |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Margi on Jan 15th, 2003, 11:06am Yeah, Grant, Toon Town just gets stupid cold sometimes. ::) It's when it starts hurting your skin to be outside that you know it's time to come home to Chinook country. and, ps, Echo - YES, crushing up pills in her food (!) could make her WAY worse. Anti-depressants can really mess you up if they're not the right strength or type. Cathy, you just scare me sometimes. :o |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by SFChris on Jan 15th, 2003, 11:28am Well sorry to depress you guys, but it's supossed to be 70 degrees here for the next 3-4 days...Hey, at least it's partly cloudy - wouldn't want to get too tanned. 8) Chris |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by brain_cramps on Jan 15th, 2003, 11:41am SFChris: to see the expression on my face, look at the picture under your name. >:( LOL |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by 9erfan on Jan 15th, 2003, 12:19pm echo- that was so sweet what you said about your wife. :D Here's hoping that those meds kick in soon! Hang in there! :) SFChris - I'm with you! I haven't turned the heater on in my apt in over a week. 8) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Mark C on Jan 15th, 2003, 12:27pm on 01/15/03 at 11:28:31, SFChris wrote:
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by 9erfan on Jan 15th, 2003, 12:37pm LOL!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cootie on Jan 15th, 2003, 2:07pm echo...anwer to the wife problem...yup....it could get worse.....depends on the meds.....Paxil (bad bad bad word) made me better fer while....then ...then I got MOODIER ! Nothin worse then a moody-coot.....I think it's a faze no matter what ya do. Anyhow.........bout the weather.....washed my car and it's so cold out taday it is cover'd in ice ! A frozen coot-mobill....But hey. Bein it's yeller it looks like a frozen bannanna rite now. It's 2:30 pm here in Ohio and only 15 degree's. Dam cat.....you got alot of snow...........wow..OMG !!! Pam |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by catlind on Jan 15th, 2003, 2:33pm The sad part about how much snow there is, is that there is going to be at least double what's there now before March finishes, if not triple. 2 years ago the banks were so high I couldn't see my van from my living room window. Egads. Now you know why the convention has to be in the summer LOL Cat |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by 9erfan on Jan 15th, 2003, 3:08pm I just got back from lunch and the sun was so warm I had to flip on the AC in the car for a little while! GEEZ! 8) 8) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Mr.Happy on Jan 15th, 2003, 3:12pm Gee wilickers, folks. Go ahead...whine away. Cold, hot, wind, rain, snow............ 24/365 - I look out my door, and it's: Philadelphia Sometimes, the wind shifts around, and comes up from the refineries in Marcus Hook for a change of pace. I love the smell of ash and sulphur in the morning. Room temperature, RJ |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Slammy on Jan 15th, 2003, 4:03pm on 01/15/03 at 15:08:56, 9erfan wrote:
Friggin North Californians....... Flip the AC for a little while? I haven't turned my off yet.... let me see..... 78 degrees here in Malibu... Not a cloud in the sky! 8) Slammy http://www.uselessgraphics.com/devil09.gif |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by echo on Jan 15th, 2003, 4:08pm Stayed cold today -- good. 6 - 10 inches of snow on the way. It's about time! I'm getting tired of the various shades of Kansas brown. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by woobie on Jan 15th, 2003, 4:18pm "various shades of Kansas brown" LMAO!!! ;D Used to live in Newton, Kansas... i know exactly what you mean.. LMAO!!! Tina :-* PS... SLAMMY - You better step to the LEFT.. cuz you ain't RIGHT!!! lOL LOL LOL ;D (i been DYIN to use that!!) 78 degrees?? OMG.. LMAO!!! 3 degrees here.. wind chill at a -18. Windy.. and lots of clouds. Jealous of you people in california!! |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Peppermint on Jan 15th, 2003, 4:40pm on 01/15/03 at 16:03:26, Slammy wrote:
Mercy! Meeeeerrrccyyyy! http://216.40.249.192/mysmilies/otn/sad/smily77.gif |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by 9erfan on Jan 15th, 2003, 5:31pm I lived in Overland Park, KS for 2 years. And while the people there are the greatest, the weather just plain sucks! After months at a time of not seeing the sun, I had to get the hell out! >:( But don't get me wrong...I do miss the cost of living!! :o |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by 2late on Jan 15th, 2003, 5:47pm with all due respect to you left coast folk........F.O.! ;D ..........2late |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by woobie on Jan 15th, 2003, 5:48pm Ah... yes.. the cost of living ... was wonderful.. and the people WERE great.. Ramon said it was too "visually UN-stimulating" (being an artist).. and after 37 straight days of tornado warnings.. (NOT watches)... and NO basement in the neighborhood.. scared to death of all that violent weather.. had to GO... HAD to get outa there.. and we did.. How can you live in tornado alley and have whole blocks that dont have storm cellars or basements?? That just doesn't seem right to me!! LOL.. NO one had a basement! I was sittin in my tub for weeks, man.. i was DONE! a nervous wreck, i tell ya! Ok.. im done .. LOL tina :-* |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cathy on Jan 15th, 2003, 5:53pm on 01/15/03 at 11:06:46, Margi wrote:
Margi...I can be scarey sometimes...but this was meant as a joke ....you know ha ha...do you really think echo took that literally ??? Yes you are absolutely right anti-depressants really can mess you up if they are not taken correctly and no one should ever administer drugs to someone without there knowledge...this can be VERY dangerous....so hope that clears this up!!! Cathy >:( |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by echo on Jan 15th, 2003, 5:59pm Actyally I ground them into a fine power and sprinkled them on her pillow so she'll snort them while she sleeps. HEhehehehe ;D |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cathy on Jan 15th, 2003, 6:02pm ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ROFLMAO.... ;D |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by CathiP on Jan 15th, 2003, 6:11pm EEEECCCHHOO- Here's the plan..... How bout we put it to a vote! There are many orefices from which we can choose- while Cathy is grinding the pills, we'll vote for the orefice of choice- THEN, you can administer..... I' m always here to help, Ech- you know that!! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;D :o ::) ;D :o ::) ;D ::) :-* puddin' |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by echo on Jan 15th, 2003, 6:16pm So many holes to choose from. Or - we could make another! Naw -- that's probably illegal. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Roxy on Jan 15th, 2003, 7:20pm Okay....since everyone's talking about the weather----- Those of us who live right smack in the middle of tornado alley, we're having us a somewhat screwed up weather pattern. Sunday morning, two inches of beautifully, falling snow. No wind, flakes were just huge and falling real slow. It was gorgeous. Course, here in Texas, any snow is pretty. The next 2 days....65 degrees. Now it's Wed. night, the winds blowing 42 mph, which is putting our chill factor about 20 degrees, and they can't decide if it's going to snow again or not. But Sunday, back to the 60's. It is never boring in this state!!! |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Mark C on Jan 15th, 2003, 7:36pm I am with you Roxy, Not much better here in Tennessee. Its was 65 today, short sleeves, now at 8:00pm its fallen to 32 and will botton out at 16 degrees tonight. Tomorrow it is supposed to snow, how much? No one knows. 65 to 16 in less than 18 hours, how bizzare! |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by echo on Jan 15th, 2003, 7:44pm [quote author=Mark C link=board=general;num=1042586224;start=0#42 date=01/15/03 at 19:36:59]65 to 16 in less than 18 hours, how bizzare! quote] That's the crap I'm talking about. It just plain kicks my ass everytime. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Roxy on Jan 15th, 2003, 7:49pm What's bad Mark, is that my 02 is out on the porch. Nothing like hitting that windy chill factor at 4am, the mask is really, really cold. Don't notice the cold much till the pains gone.....but damn, you still got those five or so more minutes....those are the killers. Like your snow picture too....someday I'll figure out how to do those!! :) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Charlie on Jan 15th, 2003, 8:03pm 15 degrees F here in Jamestown, NY. Since we aren't all that far from Buffalo, snow is pretty much a hobby. Some people really supplement their income here shoveling, plowing, and just dealing with the stuff. Actually, it's been an easy winter so far. We have about 10-15 inches of snow, depending on where you live. It takes a lot more to get on my nerves. One thing we really enjoy though is watching all you people south of the Mason-Dixon Line, drive in snow. It's often a part of Buffalo broadcast news this time of year. Hey, when ya live here in January, you gotta have sumpin. Frigid old Charlie |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Ueli on Jan 15th, 2003, 8:52pm One thing that surprises me is that people who insist on using this cumbersome Fahrenheit scale are talking about negative temperatures ??? That just cannot be true. Old Mr. Fahrenheit carried his (at his time) newfangled thermometer all over the world. One day in Finnland it was so terribly cold that he was convinced that it couldn't get any colder. Therefore, he defined that as the origin of his scale. From this it follows without doubt: There are no negative values on the Fahrenheit scale. q.e.d. Ueli ;) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Margi on Jan 15th, 2003, 9:18pm Cool - I finally get to argue with Ueli!! :) We used the Imperial system in Canada until I was in high school - that's when we switched to metric. It does, indeed, go into the negative scale, Mr. Ueli! At -40°F, it is very close to the same temperature as -40°C. I remember many a winter here as a little girl where we would be -40 for weeks on end and I can guaran-dang-tee you it was a very negative experience. 0°C is 32°F, the time when ice freezes - I think maybe it may have been Mr. Celcius who decided that THAT should be the baseline point. ha HA Mr. Smarty Pants!!! ;) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cathy on Jan 16th, 2003, 4:53am on 01/15/03 at 21:18:25, Margi wrote:
Actually not to be miss piccy or anything, but 0 degrees celcius is when water freezes, I think ice is already frozen isn't it...LOL Cathy ;D |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Charlie on Jan 16th, 2003, 8:02am I recently learned that the metric system is not 100% accurate. It's "off" by an infinetesimal bit. Seems that one of the Frenchmen who are responsible for it, made a itty bitty error. He was so upset about it that he spent most of his life not telling anyone. This isn't a problem in everyday life, but for the laboratory and other scientific pursuits, that's another matter. Still, Fahrenheit is bizarre by comparison. Fill in the blanks Ueli...... Charlie |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by catlind on Jan 16th, 2003, 8:12am The Celsius system can't be all that bad since the rest of the world besides the US uses it :P Echo, are you happy with your weather now? LOL Looks like fun for you today! Cat |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Margi on Jan 16th, 2003, 9:38am Actually, Cathy, I did that on purpose for Ueli - to see if he'd pick up on it - he's a stickler for detail. But, hey... thank you SO much for pointing it out for everyone else. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by catlind on Jan 16th, 2003, 9:40am Oooops sorry Margi LOL I am forever *discussing* with Clark that the weather in the US is WAAAAAAAAAAY behind the 8 ball cause they still use Fahrenheit LOL My bad :) Cat |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Margi on Jan 16th, 2003, 9:55am no, Cat, I wasn't talking to you - I was talking to the other Cathy - about pointing out my 'ice freezes' trap for Ueli. ;) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by catlind on Jan 16th, 2003, 10:02am DOH Too many cathy's and bob's around this place LOL I'll have to remember to look for just Cat LOL Cat p.s. Don you spelled my name wrong on the convention thread :P But the good think is you didn't spell it with a K. ;) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by SFChris on Jan 16th, 2003, 10:34am Wow! Margi called out Ueli!!! Neener, neener, neener.... |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cootie on Jan 16th, 2003, 11:08am All I know is anythin below 70 degree's is COLD ta me !! Is Fahrenheit and clecius switch over similar in comparisin....(even tho 'NOT' in any way shape or form I know).....in comparison to the miligrams and cc's switch over. I mean are they all still similar even tho there was a switch.....doens't take much ta muss up my head. I have lotta of critter meds that say ml's verses the old cc's.....thought this mite be a good spot ta aks that question. Cathy.....you don't scare me.....ha-ha-ha-ha.....Pam ;) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by brain_cramps on Jan 16th, 2003, 11:11am Anyone know why Mr. Fahrenheit(sp) used 0 for a base point? That's the temp. that salt water freezes at. HAH ;D |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Slammy on Jan 16th, 2003, 11:14am on 01/16/03 at 09:38:04, Margi wrote:
BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! ;D heh.... ummm......... *sniff*............. I believe you! :D Slammy http://www.uselessgraphics.com/devil09.gif |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by brain_cramps on Jan 16th, 2003, 11:14am Cootie Aren't 'ml' (milliliters) and 'cc' (cubic centimeters) both metric? |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Margi on Jan 16th, 2003, 12:23pm Yeah, Slammy.....BITE ME. ;) I'm totally deflated that the Uelmeister hasn't picked up on that little set up yet. :'( I must be losing my touch. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Ueli on Jan 16th, 2003, 12:24pm On Charlie's request: The metric system is a legacy of the French revolution. Those not affected by it, like the British and Americans, are more than 200 years behind the times and are still wasting lots of efforts to teach a cumbersome, archaic measuring system in school instead of using that time for improving on spelling. ;D In 1793 the meter was defined as 1/10'000'000 (one 10 millions part) of the distance from the pole to the equator. In 1799, after measuring that distance, two notches were engraved in a bar of Platinum, thus defining 1 meter. (Other countries going with modern time received a copy of this arch-meter.) In 1866, by act of the U.S. Congress, the use of the metric system was legalized, but was not made obligatory. In 1892 Michelson measured the red line of Cadmium as having 1'0553'164.13 wavelength per meter. This was henceforth used as a secondary standard. In 1960 the meter was redefined as 1'650'763.73 times the wavelength of the 2p10 - 5d5 emission of Kr86 (Krypton 86). In 1983 the standard was redefined again, this time linking it to the second, by defining the speed of light in vacuum as c = 299'792'458 m/sec. (The second is defined as 9'192'631'770 oscillations of the Cesium 133 atomic clock.) All these new definitions did not change the length of the meter, they made it more accurate. The Cesium clock has an accuracy of 1 part in 1014, much more that the distance between 2 notches can be measured. The inaccuracy Charlie mentions is that modern measurements of the quarter meridian is 10'002.29 km, 0.02% off the value that was intended in 1793. That is of no consequences, since the geographical definition was abandoned long ago. In 1959 the length of the inch was defined as 2.540'000'000 centimeters. One mile (63360 inches) is therefore exactly 1609.344 m. Conclusion: You guys are actually using the metric system, but insist on converting it to weird units (How many can tell if the above number of inches per mile is correct or not?) Ueli http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung/aetsch/aetsch031.gif |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cathy on Jan 16th, 2003, 1:08pm on 01/16/03 at 12:23:02, Margi wrote:
and me.....or at least a little nibble... cos your a brick, which btw in uk is another way of saying your great...so for you slammy I have a huge sack of bricks and Im giving them to you....LOL ;D ;D :-* |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by echo on Jan 16th, 2003, 1:22pm Simple math says it is -- but it's probably a trick question. Love the weather in KC today. Cold and snow. This Minnesota boy loves the snow. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by CathiP on Jan 16th, 2003, 1:53pm So CA is a great warm climate- so much so that Easter & Thanksgiving were celebrated around the pool- with the AC on inside- now, what's up with that?? 'Course, summers were too hot to spend too much time outside- dehydration & bruned soles on our feets- and the pool water would actually get to be body temp- how refreshing! I like moss, I like foggy rain, I like flowers that bloom, rather than fry, I like Portland. .................I miss the beach.................. :-/ |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by cathy on Jan 16th, 2003, 1:58pm on 01/16/03 at 12:24:31, Ueli wrote:
I can ........LOL ;D does that count cos Im a not a guy! :-/ It is amazingly correctish...I think, err hang on will just re-check...647588 x85749-985(467584=7584ax+9685-+75847x3875)x=b+y-2xyxa=6478+-12343= yep you were right! ( I think) ;D Cathy ;) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by BruceD on Jan 16th, 2003, 2:36pm on 01/16/03 at 12:24:31, Ueli wrote:
Not trying to fuel the fire (or dis the French :P) but actually the French surveyors who did the original measurements made some blatant mistakes and then intentionally covered them up. So the original definition of the meter was incorrect. I don't have the reference to their names here at work, but will look it up later tonight. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by brain_cramps on Jan 16th, 2003, 3:11pm on 01/16/03 at 13:58:11, cathy wrote:
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Margi on Jan 16th, 2003, 3:43pm LOL I'm with you, Grant. I just multiplied 5280 x 12 and came up with Ueli's answer. I think he was tryin to trick us. Kinda cool growing up in Canada, though - because we've been taught both systems. I think they did that so we would have a fighting chance at teaching Americans how to do math. ;D |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Slammy on Jan 16th, 2003, 3:50pm on 01/16/03 at 15:43:37, Margi wrote:
Why? Didn't you teach us how to ice fish, eh? isn't that enough? ;D Slammy http://www.uselessgraphics.com/devil09.gif |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Margi on Jan 16th, 2003, 3:55pm No, dear, we taught you how to build a shack on top of a lake, auger a hole through the ice, freeze your asses off and then sit there and drink booze until you can't feel your feet anymore. If you want to call that 'ice fishing', you go right ahead. We'll be the ones, sitting in our easy chairs, ordering pizza with back bacon, eh? ;) |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Slammy on Jan 16th, 2003, 4:27pm Canadian Temperature Guide The temperature conversion guide (degrees are in Fahrenheit)... 50 above - New Yorkers turn on the heat. Canadians plant gardens. 40 above - Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians sunbathe. 35 above - Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down. 32 above - Distilled water freezes. Canadian water gets thicker. 20 above - Florida's wear coats, gloves & wool hats. Canadians throw on T-shirts. 15 above - Californians begin to evacuate the state. Canadians go swimming. 0 - New York landlords finally turn up the heat. Canadians have the last cook-out before it gets cold. 10 below - People in Miami cease to exist. Canadians lick flag poles. 20 below - Californians fly away to Mexico. Canadians throw on a light jacket. 40 below - Hollywood disintegrates. Canadians rent videos. 60 below - Mt. St. Helen's freezes. Canadian Girl Guides begin selling cookie door to door. 80 below - Polar bears begin to evacuate the Arctic. Canadian Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough. 100 below - Santa Clause abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their ear flaps. 173 below - Ethyl alcohol freezes. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw their kegs. 287 below - Microbial life survives on dairy products. Canadian cows complain of farmers with cold hands. 460 below - ALL atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "Cold nuf for ya?" 500 below - Hell freezes over. The Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup. ;D Slammy http://www.uselessgraphics.com/devil09.gif |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by brain_cramps on Jan 16th, 2003, 4:55pm on 01/16/03 at 16:27:31, Slammy wrote:
Guess that means hell froze over in 1989. The |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Margi on Jan 16th, 2003, 4:58pm Good homework, Slammy ;) I've printed that out and put it on my wall. I think he's right about the Calgary Shames, Grant. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by Jarvis on Jan 16th, 2003, 10:58pm My,my the subject changed fast. this was about the temperatures. then the metrics vs "normal" measurements, Then the girl gettin one over on the guy, then the guy befuddling the issue with knowledge. Its got to be the weather. whats this have to do with the chinese Tu. .......If we in the us redid our systems of measurement we would have to redo our whole society. Everyone that drove at 60 miles per hr would now be driving 96 kph so naturally they would slow down to 36 mph on the freeways. Before you know it we would be driving on the wrong side of the road too. |
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Title: Re: Temperature Rant Post by brain_cramps on Jan 17th, 2003, 9:29am Holy Heat wave!!! :o Woke up this morning and the house was boiling. Temp went up from -26C (-15F) to -7C (20F) overnight. Almost tanning weather up here! 8) Now if we can get it to go up another 15, we might lose some of that white shit :D but should be COLD again by Monday. No mountains around here, so no skiing >:( Still dreaming of Negril... or even Arizona (jonny, are you down there just to find yourself a snowbird?) Off to the beach, Grant |
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