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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue, do you take your (body) temperature with a Celsius thermometer?
Christopher has been home with a fever, all week. He knows (well says, and sounds like he knows -- I don't know) that normal body temperature in Celsius is 37 degrees. But I was thinking about how each degree Celsius represents a bigger unit of heat than each degree Fahrenheit, and wondered how useful the Celsius scale was for tracking a fever.
Sue, do you take your (body) temperature with a Celsius thermometer?
I rarely have my temperature taken, but I think they use Celcius in hospitals. I have no idea what a normal temperature is in Celcius.
A lot of things have converted to Metric, but some things stick with imperial. Everyone discusses their own height and weight in feet, inches and pounds. I still use cups and teaspoons when I measure, but I also use grams and milliliters and not ounces.
Chris is probably right about it being 37 degrees. He's only six, but he's the kind of child who would just know that.
A lot of things have converted to Metric, but some things stick with imperial. Everyone discusses their own height and weight in feet, inches and pounds. I still use cups and teaspoons when I measure, but I also use grams and milliliters and not ounces.This has been my experience when visiting family in PEI and Nova Scotia. My UK friends still use feet and inches to discuss their height (even the young-ish ones), and frequently use stone for weight.
A lot of things have converted to Metric, but some things stick with imperial. Everyone discusses their own height and weight in feet, inches and pounds. I still use cups and teaspoons when I measure, but I also use grams and milliliters and not ounces.
That's interesting.
Decattifying the big coat was well worth it, as the only thing that was cold when I was outside was my face! Yay big coat!
ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - Mozart, an iguana with an erection that has lasted for over a week, will have his penis amputated in the next couple of days.
Veterinarians at Antwerp's Aquatopia had sought to treat the animal's problem, but decided removal was the only solution because of the risk of infection. The good news for Mozart and his mates is that male iguanas have two penises.
Mozart, sitting on the shoulders of his keeper as camera crews focused on his red, swollen erection, seemed unperturbed by the news.
"It doesn't bother him. He doesn't know what amputation means," said vet Luc Lambrecht, adding that Mozart's sexual activity should be undimmed by the operation.
"I don't think so. That's all in his head."
Good lord, people are dropping like flies around here! First there was fireddecided-to-leave coworker, then there was my staff person, now the other person at her level is out! I guess it was time -- all the positions on my level turned over in the past year, so now it's the more junior people's time.
Popcorn and a tangerine make a good breakfast, right?
One of my classmates was saying yesterday that, when he was home in Poland, it was -20 degrees. I had to go through the whole, "OK, -20 divided by 5 is -4. Times 9 is -36. Plus 32 is -4," before getting to "Yeah, that's pretty cold."
One of my classmates was saying yesterday that, when he was home in Poland, it was -20 degrees. I had to go through the whole, "OK, -20 divided by 5 is -4. Times 9 is -36. Plus 32 is -4," before getting to "Yeah, that's pretty cold."
Instead of dong all that math, I'd think, "OK, zero degrees C is 32F and -40 degrees C = -40 degrees F, so -20 C would be halfway between 32 and -40F, so that's about -4ish F....
Or you can double it, subtract 10%, then add 32.
I just learned this -- after talking with Sue.
My method is to hunt up the nearest thermometer, which cleverly has both scales on it.