Re: Objectionable material for children

[Ronn Blankenship]

At 23:11 23-01-01 -0600, you wrote:


>On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, John D. Giorgis wrote:
>
> > At 08:26 AM 1/23/01 -0800, Darry; wrote:
> > >Centigrade is best because of one fact.  Zero degrees.  Face facts, you
> > >lose.  No possible argument can be advanced that will make Farhenheit
> > >superior when placed against that simple fact.  And it is a very
> > >important fact (At least in northern North America, perhaps not so much
> > >in .br).  Is it snowing?  Are the puddles frozen?  ZERO.
> >
> > Yeah, but Darryl you completely miss the point - we are talking about
> > useful things here for everyday life, not in science classes.  In this
> > case, Farenheit has the simple superior fact that when it hits zero
> > degrees it is actually *cold* outside!
>
>Well, when it hits 0C, I call it "cold"!
>
>         Julia
>
>p.s. either way, if you want me to get out of bed in the morning, do NOT
>inform me that it is -22 outside, thank you very much!


At least when it's -40°, you don't have to worry about converting . . .


-- Ronn!  :)