Earlier this year, I was speaking to a technician who was working on the air conditioning system on my company's computer facility in Kingston, Ontario. He phoned me to say that his work was completed and that the room was a stable 70 degrees.
I remarked, that 70 degrees would be too hot. He replied that he it was 70 degrees Fahrenheit. I then asked him if that was hot or cold. Being originally from the US, I am very "bilingual" when it comes to understanding degrees C and F, but since weather reporting is one of the areas in Canada where Metric units have firmly taken hold, I wasn't going to let him get away with using "old fashioned" measurements, when giving temperature. Stephen Gallagher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 2:03 AM Subject: [USMA:16991] Re: addtion to canada > What a presence of spirit, John! You made me crack and laugh hard with that answer! Way to go! I'll use this line from now on with many I encounter. That was excellent! Thanks, man, for such a gorgeous, stupendous and witty reply. > > Happy New Year to you, too, my friend. > > Marcus
