2001-12-31 Well, did he answer your question? Were you able to get him to speak metric?
But, what about the thermostat? Is it calibrated in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit, or both? Did he set it to a degree Celsius value and then mentally convert it to Fahrenheit for your "understanding"? And, if he did give you a Fahrenheit thermostat, I'd call him back first chance and tell him to replace it with a thermostat that a person can understand, or you won't authorise payment of the bill. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2001-12-31 08:06 Subject: [USMA:17002] Re: addtion to canada > 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 >
