Some hair cut professionals using Celsius - you're right, Britain is extraordinarily metric! :-) Interesting subject though - it's still true to say that the UK is probably the only country in the world where Fahrenheit makes an appearance in the summertime. On weather forecasts you'll usually hear (but not always) '28 Celsius that's a heady 82 Fahrenheit' however in the winter you're much less likely to hear '10 Celsius that's 50 Fahrenheit' - that's not to say it does not happen (local radio tends to quote both). Sian Lloyd - a well known Welsh TV forecaster always uses both scales. Back to the hairdresser/ barber / stylist (whatever you call them!) whenever the young ladies or young gents or young 'something in betweens' talk about how much to cut off they will use inches as a matter of course. Of course - this does not necessarily make the UK an 'imperial country' ;-)
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:48029] Re: Celsius weather app icon? > Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:36:23 +0100 > > > Been back in the UK a couple of days. Been a heatwave here, and today > temperatures are in the upper 20s. Went for a haircut, local barbershop, > old building in centre of Grimsby. Three girls doing hair, all likely on > minimum wage (this is NOT an upmarket establishment!), none of them likely > to be confused with a university professor.... It was VERY hot in the > barbershp, no A/C. > > While I was having my haircut, the three girl hairdressers talked among > themselves about which club they were going to this evening, what they were > going to wear etc. Then the conversation went like this: > > Girl 1: It's way too hot in here - must be over 30 (I estimated it to be > around 32 - 34 deg C). > Girl 2 : We need to get a thermometer - isn't there a maximum temperature > you're allowed to work in? > Girl 1: Yeah - I think it's 45. > Girl 3: No, it's 43. > Girl 1: What's body temperature? [I was about to jump in here, but Girl 3 > beat me to it.] > Girl 3: I think it's 37 [which I confirmed]. > Girl 1: Well, it should be illegal to work in a temperature hotter than you > are. > Young male customer in next chair: And you babe are pretty hot already..... > Girl 1: Cheeky sod! > > Etc etc > > And who said Britan was not metric! > > John F-L > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Armstrong" <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 6:51 PM > Subject: [USMA:48027] Re: Celsius weather app icon? > > > > > > At 2010-06-29T21:02-0500, Paul Trusten wrote: > >> The icon for my iPhone weather app bears a "sample" temperature of 73. > >> You folks outside the U.S---how does your icon read? > > > > If you set International->Region Format to a non-US format (e.g. > > Australia or New Zealand) it displays 23. > > > > It used to be that Google Maps also showed KM for distances but one of > > the updates broke that. > > > > Paul > > > _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now
