Why is there always Geek Talk at 2am! #0.6x5 (Enter at your own risk!)

FJ LOVE wrote in post #12018111
i'm the exact opposite of that Alex, when i hear 20c i have convert it to 73F to know how warm i'll be

Then you must think you're warmer than you really are . . . 20C is actually only 68F. :{)#

Easy way to compare temps... typical room temperature is 21C or 70F

vipergts831 wrote in post #12018417
Thats funny Martin. Im like you but without the converstion. You tell me 23c and i have no clue what that should feel like Tell me 90 and humid and i know i will be dying in the city of heat

i learned and studied in imperial measure at school and as soon as i got out int the real world they hit up metric

so everything i was taught i now had to convert, wasn't too bad for me but my parents were lost

Jon wrote in post #12018428
Then you must think you're warmer than you really are . . . 20C is actually only 68F. :{)#

see now that's cold, my thermostat in my house says 73F and i know i'm warm, 68F and i'd be cold, never liked metric

FJ LOVE wrote in post #12018449
i learned and studied in imperial measure at school and as soon as i got out int the real world they hit up metric

so everything i was taught i now had to convert, wasn't too bad for me but my parents were lost

Man i could only imagine your parents asking you all the time for the converstions.

For those not good at calculating, to convert from °C to °F quickly; 0°C = 32°F. For every 5°C add/subtract 9°F (to give you a rough idea on temps)

My parents caught on rather well, but we were all learning it in school at the time so they just learned along with us. Having to own two sets of tools is kinda annoying. Even brand new vehicles will have random parts on them that are imperial, especially anything that is made in the US. My truck was built in Texas and it's a 50-50 mix of metric and imperial.

FJ LOVE wrote in post #12018463
see now that's cold, my thermostat in my house says 73F and i know i'm warm, 68F and i'd be cold, never liked metric

We're set at 74 here. Anything else is chilly.

Engineering wise, the world outside of the US is mainly metric. So school, high school, university, work - I did everything with metric units. Move to the US, have to use Imperial methods. But with most of my work, outside of the US, but with US clients, I have to use both at the same time. A total arse when it comes to excel files, as they are bulked up with crap that need not be there, but to save a couple of executives on the client side, who can't live with the rest of the world

vipergts831 wrote in post #12018471
Man i could only imagine your parents asking you all the time for the converstions.

i remember my dad's speedometer having clear plastic stickers indicating the kilometers/hour he was driving, but at 100k he was still going 60mph nothing changed except the signs

Jill-of-all-Trades wrote in post #12018444
Easy way to compare temps... typical room temperature is 21C or 70F

I only get confused at –40°. I can never figure out if it should be Fahrenheit or Celsius.

Let's start a movement to get all weather temperatures in Réaumur! Just for the hell of it!

Or, we can drop the degrees business and insist all temperatures be in Kelvins. This'll avoid the frustration of not having a "°" key on your keyboard.

20droger wrote in post #12018509
I only get confused at –40°. I can never figure out if it should be Fahrenheit or Celsius.

Let's start a movement to get all weather temperatures in Réaumur! Just for the hell of it!

Or, we can drop the degrees business and insist all temperatures be in Kelvins. This'll avoid the frustration of not having a "°" key on your keyboard.

Hehe... How often have you needed to decide what to use to describe the temperature when it's -40?

Kelvins work for me

Jill-of-all-Trades wrote in post #12018486
My parents caught on rather well, but we were all learning it in school at the time so they just learned along with us. Having to own two sets of tools is kinda annoying. Even brand new vehicles will have random parts on them that are imperial, especially anything that is made in the US. My truck was built in Texas and it's a 50-50 mix of metric and imperial.

Even your beloved DSLR has both metric and imperial components. Your tripod mount is ¼-20.

Jill-of-all-Trades wrote in post #12018486
My parents caught on rather well, but we were all learning it in school at the time so they just learned along with us. Having to own two sets of tools is kinda annoying. Even brand new vehicles will have random parts on them that are imperial, especially anything that is made in the US. My truck was built in Texas and it's a 50-50 mix of metric and imperial.

those vehicles that are mixed are a PITA, i worked for a company once that used to package using robertson screws

they used to send free screw drivers to all orders shipped to the states because they used phillips and slot head screws

Jill-of-all-Trades wrote in post #12018529
Hehe... How often have you needed to decide what to use to describe the temperature when it's -40?

Kelvins work for me

During those brisk Greenland winters at Camp Century, 150 miles northeast of Thule Air Force Base, –40 was considered warm(ish).