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      02-14-2021, 09:37 AM   #23
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After 10 years of living here I do. For the first while, I had to convert everything back to Celsius to get an idea of what it related to.
That makes sense! Guess it’s 6 in one, half dozen in the other. I was wondering if maybe Fahrenheit was easier to adapt to than Celsius as metric is much easier than standard. Maybe not!
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That makes sense! Guess it’s 6 in one, half dozen in the other. I was wondering if maybe Fahrenheit was easier to adapt to than Celsius as metric is much easier than standard. Maybe not!
I don't think either one is easier or harder to adapt to - just what you're used to. I was already used to miles/kilometers etc. but the one that still to this day I cannot remember is fluid ounces. Every time I order something and they ask if I want the 12 or the 20 I cannot for the life of me remember how big that is, even after 10 years.
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Certainly in context. To further this idea, when someone states temperature in Fahrenheit do you instinctually know to what varying degree the temperature is?
I'm a Celsius person, but a friend of mine has a pretty convincing argument for Fahrenheit, which goes: "Celsius represents how water feels, while Fahrenheit represents how humans feel".
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I'm a Celsius person, but a friend of mine has a pretty convincing argument for Fahrenheit, which goes: "Celsius represents how water feels, while Fahrenheit represents how humans feel".
See I don't really agree with that. I don't feel in numbers, and 0F is *WAYYYY* too cold to be part of the how humans feel scale.

They're probably talking about just the 50 to 100 part of Fahrenheit? Just really doesn't make any sense.

Yes - Celsius is entirely based around water at sea level - 0 is freezing, 100 is boiling, but Fahrenheit seems more arbitrary and random - 0 is really damned cold, 32 is freezing, 100 is hot, and boiling is 212.

Not sure either one is more "how humans feel" personally. Not that I'm against Fahrenheit, I just don't feel that's a convincing argument at all.
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NW Harris Cty (Houston) forecast. Look at the Mon overnight low! This is especially strange as the extreme cold seems to not be moving eastward as usual. I almost don't believe it.
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NW Harris Cty (Houston) forecast. Look at the Mon overnight low! This is especially strange as the extreme cold seems to not be moving eastward as usual. I almost don't believe it.
I'm in Harris County too. Covered a lot of plants and all pipes but I highly doubt it'll help with those temps.
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I'm in Harris County too. Covered a lot of plants and all pipes but I highly doubt it'll help with those temps.
Waiting for a revised upward forecast, but, nope.

I guess, either keep a bit of water running or shut off water to the house. This is scary for around here.
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I almost don't believe it.
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Waiting for a revised upward forecast, but, nope.

I guess, either keep a bit of water running or shut off water to the house. This is scary for around here.
Looks pretty bad right now. I’d keep the faucets dripping even though the city advised against it.
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Pic in my area....
Wow I'm guessing Dallas/Ft. Worth area?
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Wow I'm guessing Dallas/Ft. Worth area?
Frisco. Which is just north of Dallas and a couple of miles from me.
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I was truly trying to understand, as I grew up with Celsius and it's very linear and logical to me, whilst Fahrenheit seems a lot less logical and more arbitrary.

Just what you're used to I guess.
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I have heard some refer to F in this form, 70F is like 70% hot vs say 40F being 40% hot. Celsius is something you have to live with to figure out.
Yeah - I grew up with Celcius but grew used to F. I don't know how objectively cold it is now, but 52F outside now tells me it's time for a vest, maybe a light jacket if it's windy.

Anything under 40 I bring out my winter coat, 55-65ish I can get by with a sweatshirt, 65+ shorts weather
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Anything under 40 I bring out my winter coat, 55-65ish I can get by with a sweatshirt, 65+ shorts weather
The same thing applies to us dumb Americans when learning metric temperatures. I came up with the rule of fives:

15C - 25C = comfortable

5C - 15C = sweater weather

-5C - 5C = coat weather

-15C - -5C = winter/hockey weather

-15C or lower = freaking cold


25C - 35C = warm

35C or greater = freaking hot!

Keep me in 15C weather year-round and I'll be happy....
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After 10 years of living here I do. For the first while, I had to convert everything back to Celsius to get an idea of what it related to.
Same here, used to convert everything: in to cm, acres to ha, lbs to kgs, etc.
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I grew up with F and moved to C in grade school so Im ambidextrous....having said that my daughter was flying vaccines into a northern community yesterday. -46C. That'll turn muffins into raisins.
That's -51F....that's cold.

I'll never forget traveling on business in Jan/Feb 2007 to South Dakota....when I stepped out of my rental car at a small regional airport to walk the 100 ft to the terminal, it was -16F and -32F with the windchill....the cold went right through my jeans and for that nano-second, I thought I forgot to put my pants on....went right through me.
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That's -51F....that's cold.

I'll never forget traveling on business in Jan/Feb 2007 to South Dakota....when I stepped out of my rental car at a small regional airport to walk the 100 ft to the terminal, it was -16F and -32F with the windchill....the cold went right through my jeans and for that nano-second, I thought I forgot to put my pants on....went right through me.
When I was on the Underwater Recovery Team we went to Quebec City for ice dive training with the Canadian Navy, USN, and Royal Navy. It was -40, that was just an unpleasant 10 day course.
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When I was on the Underwater Recovery Team we went to Quebec City for ice dive training with the Canadian Navy, USN, and Royal Navy. It was -40, that was just an unpleasant 10 day course.
Unpleasant? I give you credit. I'm sure there are many adjectives that better describe those 10 days.
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Unpleasant? I give you credit. I'm sure there are many adjectives that better describe those 10 days.
There were some funny moments. The USN guys were from Norfolk so they were a little shocked as were the Royal Navy guys. The folks in the military know how to swear. It was funny, all the military divers were young, in their 20's. I was the youngest guy on our police team at 39.
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