Like so many people, he did the conversion with excessive precision -- forgetting that the original figure is only an approximation.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of Mike Joy >Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 16:19 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:23926] High temps > > >Hi all, > >Re the Washington Post's mention of those strange, foreign units (deg C), >we had the reverse situation here. > >On the 6pm news last night the weatherman said "The maximum was 39 degrees, >and for those of you still using the old numbers, that's 102.2 degrees >Fahrenheit". > >So there's still a few old codgers around, also a few American tourists. > >Mike >Perth WA >
