m.f moon wrote: "Stephen: The correct non-vulgar phrase is 'tinker's dam'"
Tinkers cuss is the English version of the phrase! ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "m.f.moon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [USMA:35337] RE: thinking Celsius outdoors Stephen: The correct non-vulgar phrase is 'tinker's dam', a small circle of clay aroud a hole or patch a tinker used in reparing a hole in a cooking pot for example -- or in other words, a trival or worthless item. marion moon ------ Original Message ------ Received: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:32:16 AM PST From: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>Cc: "USMA" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:35337] RE: thinking Celsius outdoors You could get yourself some new anecdotes. Haven't the anti-metric brigade not worn out this old chestnut yet?: Yes, the TV weathermen/women still like to play this game but I believe the majority of folk over here couldn't give a tinkers cuss if temperatures were read in Celsius alone. I know I wouldn't. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:53 AM Subject: [USMA:35334] RE: thinking Celsius outdoors > I get the reverse situation (its a common condition for Brits!) > Lower temperatures I prefer in deg C whereas higher ones "feel more apt" in > deg F. > > When I flew to Barbados in November - the (Virgin Atlantic) tannoy announced > that Barbados was "90 deg F" but when I returned to the UK they announced > that "it's a balmy -5 degrees this morning". Both announcements got the > desired response from the "audience" > > > >From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >Subject: [USMA:35327] thinking Celsius outdoors > >Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 11:06:12 -0600 > > > >For the past two years, I have had my household thermometers set to Celsius > >only. During this time, I have become very comfortable with Celsius, > >rejoicing at outdoor temperatures above 20 or 25. However, my emotional > >reaction to the scale gets vague at the lower readings. It seems it will be > >cool at 15, and really cool at 10, and perhaps I should consider my first > >shiver at 5. Do you folks feel the same way? > > > >Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > >U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > >www.metric.org > >Editor, "Metric Today" > >3609 Caldera Blvd., Apt. 122 > >Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >"There are two cardinal sins, from which all > >the others spring: impatience and laziness." > > ---Franz Kafka >
