Sounds like good weather for doing this:
Turning Boiling or Hot Water into Snow at -13?F (-25?C) - YouTube
Turning Boiling or Hot Water into Snow at -13?F (-25?C) - YouTube
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So cold after sundown.
The reason we didn't go metric ( even when the house passed a bill in 1978) is the cost. The amount of dollars it would take just to change road signs isn't worth it. Then every building code, would have to be rewriten, the list goes on. Its not about being crazy.
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They DID change the road signs in the US. But they stupidly put BOTH MPH and KPH per hour on the signs so the KPH part was just ignored, or someone would say they got *confused* when they saw the 100KPH sign. In Canada, they switched over and never looked back.
And it's true converting to metric would be a huge pain for construction. Even threads on nuts and bolts is different. Reading cm isn't accurate enough and mm is too tiny. An 8ft sheet of plywood or drywall is 96" long and divides nicely into six 16" stud widths. We still use the penny system for nails and that goes back well over 100 years.
I use metric for some things in cooking, but for the most part I like the old 48 teaspoons to a cup system just fine.
And it's true converting to metric would be a huge pain for construction. Even threads on nuts and bolts is different. Reading cm isn't accurate enough and mm is too tiny. An 8ft sheet of plywood or drywall is 96" long and divides nicely into six 16" stud widths. We still use the penny system for nails and that goes back well over 100 years.
I use metric for some things in cooking, but for the most part I like the old 48 teaspoons to a cup system just fine.
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It's 6/43 here in my home city and I am FREEZING!!!! Counting down the hours to my flight back to DR!!!
I don't remember the dual road sign, but that was before my driving time.
Cold working outside today! -1 windchill. I would settle for a d.r. cold day now.
drescape24
whoa!!! and then take the Metro at 6AM...What is wrong with these people!!!??? this was today, Friday, took the Metro to SD and they had the AC on!!! full blast! so cold that the windows were fogged up...I was freeezing! so bad, I could not stop shivering...totally sucks because they do this all of the time...Anyone know why??? Only thing I can think of is, germs..Kids being sick etc, and so in such a cold environment, the bacteria cannot survive airborne without a host and I'm not talking about hostess cup cakes although I want one..
Anyone? very curious..
Ant
Anyone? very curious..
Ant
