Ah but that is only for people in upside down parts of the world. It is 15c outside at the mo, 1300 hrs BST. almost tee shirt weather except it is drizzling on and off.
Ah but that is only for people in upside down parts of the world. It is 15c outside at the mo, 1300 hrs BST. almost tee shirt weather except it is drizzling on and off.
Well, just between you, me and the fencepost, it's 9c outside at 1020pm. We had 15mm of rain the other day, so probably won't get any more for a few weeks.
... If you ask someone in the US what a normal human body temp reading is, I imagine you'd get 98.6F as an answer. ...
I always thought it was 98.4 Are Americans hotter or were we just cool over here in the 60s?
I was taught 98.4 in all my medical classes as being normal with a range of plus or minus 2
For the last couple of decades I've been registering 97.2 on a good day, and feel feverish if it gets over 98. Can't decide if it's because I've become a grinch or if I'm just running in energy conservation mode.
I have a relative in Australia who often posts pictures on Facebook during our winter of the thermometer scratching 48 or 49 degrees over there. A couple of years back during our summer he was complaining because it was only 24 degrees over there and they were just about to put the heating on. He was amazed when I told him that it was the same temperature over here in the UK and the kids had been sent home with a letter saying that school ties didn't have to be worn for the last two weeks of term because of the extreme heat we were experiencing! :)
My normal running temp is right about 98.3, nurses take my temp and it's 98.8.. they're like great, you're fine. No, I feel like crap.
Edit: that being said, I get those slightly higher temps even with viruses so I guess they're technically right for what they can fix, my temp goes noticably higher with bacterial infections. I get sick a lot, if I didn't get flu shots every year I'd be sick 1/2 the winter. My immune system sucks, it's too busy fighting off cat and rabbit dander to bother with cold, flu, bonchitis, etc.
In the old days we used windows to see how the weather was outside.
We still do...
That din't used to always work if you couldn't see through the window
You have to make a few guesses. If there's some light coming through the window it's probably just very foggy. If there's no light at all you're probably burried in snow. And if it's like that picture you're being attacked by Triffids
I'm in the US, but my wife is from India. When she came here, I taught myself Celsius so we could talk the weather without confusing each other. I find it very easy to convert between the two - I know a few direct conversions (32F = 0C, 50F = 10C, 60F = 15C, etc.) and use a rough conversion of 2 degrees F = 1 degree C (I know it's actually 1.9) to be able to tell my US friends since my phone and other thermometers are set in Celcius. i am also teaching my daughters both scales.
My in-laws are in Texas and say its 101F in the shade. I son was just there to visit and said about the same. Said you sweat just sitting in the shade doing nothing. I lived there for 2 yrs and got pretty use to it so it didn't seem to bad for me working outdoors and as a fabrication manager in the factory and also welded to help the guys out so I was kinda use to it. Was 20F hotter in the factory plus the increased temp of the welding.We had to supply liquid and salt tablets for our guys so they didn't pass out with heat stroke
Funny, Windows is an OS by MS; please explain these 'windows' you talk of.
It was sort of like a double-sided monitor with a webcam on each side, built into a hole in the wall, so you could see from inside what was going on outside, and vice versa. The double-sidedness was actually a side-effect of the primitive technology they used back then.
The problem with 'normal' bodytemperatures is that it's based on male bodies. Females usually have a lower body temperature than that. 'Normal' temperature is considered 37C, but by then I am sick. My body have a 'normal' range between 35.5C and 36C. When it gets to 36.5 I am already feverish.
Well, Taoz, in the winter hereabouts, going back to when I was a kid, I always looked out the window at the smoke rising from the chimneys to see how cold it was. If the smoke was rising straight up like a poker, it was going to be a cold walk to school.
I was about twenty when we switched to metric, so the imperial system was what I was used to. I have to admit that temperature was the measurement that I held onto the longest, but even that I eventually abandoned. It really isn't as tough a transition as most people imagine - the real trick is just to switch and forget about all this conversion nonsense. Its the latter that makes it difficult. Perceptually, most people couldn't accurately identify an inch, a foot or a mile without a measuring instrument anyway, and the same is true for a centimetre, metre or kilometre.
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Perhaps for scenes set in a morgue? An X-Files style mystery? One's mother-in-law?
Some of us think "nice day" tops out below 25C
Ah but that is only for people in upside down parts of the world. It is 15c outside at the mo, 1300 hrs BST. almost tee shirt weather except it is drizzling on and off.
Well, just between you, me and the fencepost, it's 9c outside at 1020pm. We had 15mm of rain the other day, so probably won't get any more for a few weeks.
For the last couple of decades I've been registering 97.2 on a good day, and feel feverish if it gets over 98. Can't decide if it's because I've become a grinch or if I'm just running in energy conservation mode.
I have a relative in Australia who often posts pictures on Facebook during our winter of the thermometer scratching 48 or 49 degrees over there. A couple of years back during our summer he was complaining because it was only 24 degrees over there and they were just about to put the heating on. He was amazed when I told him that it was the same temperature over here in the UK and the kids had been sent home with a letter saying that school ties didn't have to be worn for the last two weeks of term because of the extreme heat we were experiencing! :)
As often as possible. :)
... But doing so is dangerous.
20-21 is my idea of a nice day, and even 21 is pushing it.
Well.. here in winter we can see -30C.. or colder...
Frost? Heh.. I have seen it snow here in August ( it can snow here in any month...)
yes, I used to josh my friend in Quebec that at least he could save some electricity as he didn't need to run a fridge or a freezer during the winter.
Back home in Alberta we called the garage the "big fridge". I have fond memories of sneaking Christmas leftovers that were kept in the garage. lol
My normal running temp is right about 98.3, nurses take my temp and it's 98.8.. they're like great, you're fine. No, I feel like crap.
Edit: that being said, I get those slightly higher temps even with viruses so I guess they're technically right for what they can fix, my temp goes noticably higher with bacterial infections. I get sick a lot, if I didn't get flu shots every year I'd be sick 1/2 the winter. My immune system sucks, it's too busy fighting off cat and rabbit dander to bother with cold, flu, bonchitis, etc.
never fails...
In the old days we used windows to see how the weather was outside.
We still do...
That din't used to always work if you couldn't see through the window

Well at least you can see that it's cold out there...
You have to make a few guesses. If there's some light coming through the window it's probably just very foggy. If there's no light at all you're probably burried in snow. And if it's like that picture you're being attacked by Triffids
Funny, Windows is an OS by MS; please explain these 'windows' you talk of.
my knee tells me if the air pressure has dropped, achingly
what about baking?
easy bake oven bakes in Fahrenheights or Celciuses or?
measure capacitance in microferrets
centons?
I'm in the US, but my wife is from India. When she came here, I taught myself Celsius so we could talk the weather without confusing each other. I find it very easy to convert between the two - I know a few direct conversions (32F = 0C, 50F = 10C, 60F = 15C, etc.) and use a rough conversion of 2 degrees F = 1 degree C (I know it's actually 1.9) to be able to tell my US friends since my phone and other thermometers are set in Celcius. i am also teaching my daughters both scales.
when we converted to C back in 19.... whenever .. we were told to just double it ( c ) and add 30 to get the old F
like today is 20C
so that must be around 70F
I'm in Texas and it was 108 F or 42.22 C in my backyard today
My in-laws are in Texas and say its 101F in the shade. I son was just there to visit and said about the same. Said you sweat just sitting in the shade doing nothing. I lived there for 2 yrs and got pretty use to it so it didn't seem to bad for me working outdoors and as a fabrication manager in the factory and also welded to help the guys out so I was kinda use to it. Was 20F hotter in the factory plus the increased temp of the welding.We had to supply liquid and salt tablets for our guys so they didn't pass out with heat stroke
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It was sort of like a double-sided monitor with a webcam on each side, built into a hole in the wall, so you could see from inside what was going on outside, and vice versa. The double-sidedness was actually a side-effect of the primitive technology they used back then.
Normal body temperature is considered to be 98.6F here in the states. However, unless you're me, who always comes in 97.something ;)
Laurie
The problem with 'normal' bodytemperatures is that it's based on male bodies. Females usually have a lower body temperature than that. 'Normal' temperature is considered 37C, but by then I am sick. My body have a 'normal' range between 35.5C and 36C. When it gets to 36.5 I am already feverish.
Was your vegemite coated sausage the cause of the lunar eclipse, the other night?
Well, Taoz, in the winter hereabouts, going back to when I was a kid, I always looked out the window at the smoke rising from the chimneys to see how cold it was. If the smoke was rising straight up like a poker, it was going to be a cold walk to school.
I was about twenty when we switched to metric, so the imperial system was what I was used to. I have to admit that temperature was the measurement that I held onto the longest, but even that I eventually abandoned. It really isn't as tough a transition as most people imagine - the real trick is just to switch and forget about all this conversion nonsense. Its the latter that makes it difficult. Perceptually, most people couldn't accurately identify an inch, a foot or a mile without a measuring instrument anyway, and the same is true for a centimetre, metre or kilometre.