And in France, you measure people in metres, and monitors in inches, if I'm not mistaken.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:31:48 PM UTC+1, Ricky Clarkson wrote: >> >> Dick has possibly not exactly gone native, but recalled his younger >> years. >> > > It was Chet though who said "...down to 30 degrees outside...", nobody > said "30 below". That's a pretty large energy margin right there. > > > >> 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. >> >> > Yeah I realize some countries are slow to adopt the SI units. In Canada > it's a weird mix, you buy gas by the liter but coke by ½ gallon; measure > air temperature in Celsius but water temperature in Fahrenheit etc. > > -- > 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/-/Jz9rJVh4fS4J. > > 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.
