Dick has possibly not exactly gone native, but recalled his younger years. While nowadays in the UK the weather forecasts are in Celsius only, in the 1980s and early 1990s they were in Fahrenheit or both, and the older generation continue to think in Fahrenheit.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Rakesh <[email protected]>wrote: > God damn Dick!! You've gone native! > > > On 22 January 2013 14:15, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:33:50 AM UTC+1, rakesh mailgroups wrote: >>> >>> even then he said he spends tens of dollars on heating when its 30 >>> below....how? >>> >> >> In the US they're still stuck with the legacy imperial system, so when >> you hear them say "down to 30" that would be plus degrees Fahrenheit, not >> -30 metric SI unit of Celsius (30F = -1c). >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/0WA74BhbWmQJ. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
