Understanding temperature

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[Fozzer]

I have great difficulty in watching and listening to anything on the TV or Radio, when the subject is described in Metric Measurements!

A couple of my my favourite TV Travel documentaries "Flying in Alaska", and "Worlds greatest motorcycle rides", where the commentary describes everything in Metric, ie: Temperature, Distance, Weight, etc, and I am frantically trying to convert everything back into Imperial Measurement for me to be able to comprehend the scale, as the program progresses!
I actually find it infuriating!

I think I will remain an Imperial Person for as long as I live now...there is no way out for me!

Paul....Its a comfy 70 degrees Fahrenheit in my Living Room at the moment, as I sit on my comfy chair, some 18 Inches from the floor, a few Feet from my kitchen, and watching my 12-hour clock (AM/PM) on my wall....everything makes sense...a perfect World!..... ....!

[G.K.]

Normans. Having lived in Hastings all my life I suppose I should know all about them......but I don't. Nobody talks about them, nobody celebrates the battle. There are no theme parks, exhibitions or museums dedicated to the subject....a bit odd considering it was the most significant battle in western history. I guess it's the perceived shame of being beaten by the French, it still lingers. The funny thing is we weren't actually beaten by the French. Norman=Norse men=Men from the north=more or less Viking. Add the fact that most of us now have Norman blood running through or veins. We are in effect the victors. My wife's maiden name was Lucy, shortened historically from De Lucy.

That aside: I once had to teach a very metric Turkish man with dyscalculia and poor English how to use fractions, how to divide them and all about vulgar fractions.......... I still have nightmares.

[mustangaroo]

At -40 F I start booking flights to somewhere that NEEDS ice machines. As a kid I lived 90 miles wnw of duluth mn and shudder when remember hearing hard wood trees snapping like rifle shots as they froze.

[PhantomTweak]

...and all my Time Pieces indicate the time in a 12-hour arrangement (AM/PM).

I set my clocks to 24 hour time whenever I can, since I woke up one day (I worked nights almost all my life, 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM for you all), and went into a panic since I was supposed to BE at work 10 min before I woke up. I rushed around, showered, shaved (once a week, need it or not! ), and all that good stuff. Rushed outside to head for work, and stopped, blinking in the bright daylight. I had misread my watch by 12 hours. It was only 11:10 AM, not PM.
Henceforth, all watches, clocks etc read in 24 hour (military) time! I put a stop to little mistake!
Of course, all that was when I was living in the Barracks...

And yes, to this day I only shave once a week, if that. I grow whiskers so slow, I get 5 o'clock shadow around Thursday some time
Lotsa Native American blood in me ...

Pat☺

[Steve M]

Mustang, -40F and -40c are the same thing.. Friggen cold, in a sudden freeze up last year I kept hearing these loud gunshot sounds at night. It was the ground under the surface freezing so fast it was cracking like ice on a big lake.

[Fozzer]

Do you know what... ...!

..after suffering 2-years forced conscription into the British Army in 1955, I could/can NEVER get used to the 24 hour time system.
Many years ago the big clock in Paddington Railway station in the City of London used to proudly present its display in twelve glorious Roman Numerals, and everyone, both young and old, was able to tell the time of the trains arriving and departing, with no confusion whatsoever.
Then they replaced the lovely big clock with its big round, decorated case, with a Digital Monstrosity displaying the time in 24 hours, which always resulted me in missing my trains due to the "strange times" between the hours of 13:00 and 23:59 hours.
How an old-age Pensioner is expected to decipher a 24-hour clock into something remotely understandable, beats me!
So...every one of my clocks, including my Computer clock, Forum clocks, and my World Time Zone Clocks, all display the time in AM and PM on 12-hour clocks, the same as all the clocks on all my walls, my cooks clock, and especially my trusty wrist watch!

The relationship between the numbers 1 to 12, and the numbers 13 to 24, sends my brain into apoplectic overdrive...
...something which I feel is totally unnecessary for day-to-day life!
I leave all that daft malarkey to blokes wearing Military Fatigues, who enjoy running around excitedly, looking at their 24-hour digital watches, and shooting and bombing things!..... ...!

Me?...I'm perfectly happy looking at my 12 Roman Numerals, and knowing whether its either AM or PM... ...!

Paul...born in MCMXXXIV, at sometime in the morning of the II of March....so now you know!... ...!

[PhantomTweak]

Each to their own, I always say . I learned the 24 hour system out of self-defense...do you have ANY idea how upsetting it is jumping up in the middle of one's sleep cycle rushing about preparing only to suddenly realize that it's 12 hours EARLY?? The adrenalin let down alone is horrific! /shudder/
I actually AM capable, if I need to convert, of subtracting 12 from everything over 12 though...without taking my shoes off, even!

But...Each to their own! I just got into the habit. Heck, I still make sure I know what Zulu time it is at any moment...kinda beaten in at an early age...
Pat☺

ps: do you have ANY idea how few of today's young-uns can even READ an analog clock, let alone in ROMAN NUMERALS?? It's really pitiful...

[mustangaroo]

Mustang, -40F and -40c are the same thing.. Friggen cold, in a sudden freeze up last year I kept hearing these loud gunshot sounds at night. It was the ground under the surface freezing so fast it was cracking like ice on a big lake.

Yup. I lived on a lake 1 mile across and 7 miles wide. The sound of cracking ice is not something you ignore for long. I have eaten walleye every way it can be cooked.... and fish in general hold no appeal for me.