I like measuring temperature in Celsius: water freezes and ice melts at 0°C. That number is easy to remember, and when the weather report says “temperature will fall below zero”, everybody knows what that means to the roads and ponds. The other fixed point is: water boils at 100°C. That is also a number easy to remember when cooking or making coffee.
And by the way: snowgirl neither said “Celsius” nor “Fahrenheit”, just “32°”, so you are all just guessing about Mark’s joke … Maybe, she ment 32° Kelvin?
Yes I know about the formulas with 5/9 and 9/5 and 32 degrees.
However to get F out of C double the Celsius temperature and add 30. To get C out of F subtract 30 and divide by two.
It’s not exact, but for temperatures typically found in your backyard, it’s close enough. At any rate, even at the extremes, it’s close enough so a human body can’t tell the difference.
Liverlips McCracken: But based on nothing other than the coldest temperature he could maintain with snow and acetone and equal but arbitrary degree marking up from that.
Barker62 almost 10 years ago
What a chilling comment.
orinoco womble almost 10 years ago
He’s trying to melt her cold, cold heart.
stlmaddog5 almost 10 years ago
Us old folk in the USA.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 10 years ago
IMHO Fahrenheit is more precise than Celsius. The range between freezing and boiling is 180 instead of 100.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Rob is one cool customer; fearless in the face of danger. Icewater in his veins.
Thinking May Help Premium Member almost 10 years ago
I like measuring temperature in Celsius: water freezes and ice melts at 0°C. That number is easy to remember, and when the weather report says “temperature will fall below zero”, everybody knows what that means to the roads and ponds. The other fixed point is: water boils at 100°C. That is also a number easy to remember when cooking or making coffee.
And by the way: snowgirl neither said “Celsius” nor “Fahrenheit”, just “32°”, so you are all just guessing about Mark’s joke … Maybe, she ment 32° Kelvin?
MeGoNow Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Rob’s getting soft.
dflak almost 10 years ago
Yes I know about the formulas with 5/9 and 9/5 and 32 degrees.
However to get F out of C double the Celsius temperature and add 30. To get C out of F subtract 30 and divide by two.
It’s not exact, but for temperatures typically found in your backyard, it’s close enough. At any rate, even at the extremes, it’s close enough so a human body can’t tell the difference.
hippogriff almost 10 years ago
Liverlips McCracken: But based on nothing other than the coldest temperature he could maintain with snow and acetone and equal but arbitrary degree marking up from that.