To all, I am away with Christmas, staying with my brother. Regrettably we will have the notorious Christmas Thaw once again. Yesterday, in advance of the first encroachment of warm air, we had snow and a cover of about 5 cm. But it has gone and it will be 9 or 10 degrees for a few days, and gray and drizzly as well.
I have a dial type thermostat and I always set it at 20 degrees when at home in this time of the year. I won't need it for the following two days anyway. I wish everybody on the list a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and of course, metric progress in 2004. This will be the year of Irish road metrication anyway. Best wishes and enjoy these days. Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
