chilly Mediterranean

Southern Spain seems to be far too cold a place for my complexion this
morning.

"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message
...
Southern Spain seems to be far too cold a place for my complexion this
morning.



You should have come to Surrey. We hit 82F a couple of days ago!

Surreyman

Martin wrote:
On Sun, 07 May 2006 11:29:41 GMT, "a.spencer3"
wrote:


"Markku Grönroos" wrote in message
...

Southern Spain seems to be far too cold a place for my complexion this
morning.



You should have come to Surrey. We hit 82F a couple of days ago!


What's that in real temperature units? F was dumped more than 40 years
ago by the UK Met Office. Why do they persist in giving the F
equivalent on weather forecasts? If UK ever changes to Euros can we
expect the equivalent in 1945 white 5 pound notes to be given?

Possibly out of courtesy to the Americans, who are the last people on
the planet to use F, AFAIK.

C = 5*(F-32)/9, F = 32+ 9*C/5

T.

On 7/05/06 16:35, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

You should have come to Surrey. We hit 82F a couple of days ago!

What's that in real temperature units? F was dumped more than 40 years
ago by the UK Met Office. Why do they persist in giving the F
equivalent on weather forecasts? If UK ever changes to Euros can we
expect the equivalent in 1945 white 5 pound notes to be given


The most important thing that the Brits could learn is to drive
on the proper side of the road.

Anybody trained in science is used to using several temperature
scales (F, C and K). In addition the logic of the old weight and distance
system is beautiful. I find it amazing that there are exactly 5280 feet
in a mile, I even take a certain comfort in knowing that. God must
have designed it.

Martin wrote:

You should have come to Surrey. We hit 82F a couple of days ago!


What's that in real temperature units? F was dumped more than 40 years
ago by the UK Met Office. Why do they persist in giving the F
equivalent on weather forecasts? If UK ever changes to Euros can we
expect the equivalent in 1945 white 5 pound notes to be given?

Quite normal on continental Europe for dual pricing to be used. In
France, price stickers and till receipts are printed in both Euros and
Francs. Only in Britain is this sensible common-sense approach held to
be somehow dangerous.

Earl Evleth writes:

On 7/05/06 16:35, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

The most important thing that the Brits could learn is to drive
on the proper side of the road.

Not this one again! OK, simple facts. The UK parliament looked at
this, in the 80s as I recall. Its findings were that:
1. It would cost billions. (*)
2. The EU flatly refused to help with even a cent of the cost.
So the UK govt decided it had better things to spend the money on.

(*) Apart from the obvious need to replace or resite every single
signpost in the country (especially all the ones that mention miles or
mph; we've only not gone metric on the roads because we can't afford a
safe conversion process, but if you're changing everything at once you
might as well go for kilometres at the same time), burn off and
repaint all the road markings, and adjust or replace all the traffic
lights, a less obvious and not insubstantial cost would be that many
older motorway junctions would need rebuilding. It's been the law for
some years now that traffic flow should be reversible through newly
built road junctions, but this wasn't always the case.
--
-- Chris.

On Sun, 07 May 2006 17:18:07 +0200, Tom Peel
wrote:

Martin wrote:

What's that in real temperature units? F was dumped more than 40 years
ago by the UK Met Office. Why do they persist in giving the F
equivalent on weather forecasts? If UK ever changes to Euros can we
expect the equivalent in 1945 white 5 pound notes to be given?

Possibly out of courtesy to the Americans, who are the last people on
the planet to use F, AFAIK.

C = 5*(F-32)/9, F = 32+ 9*C/5

If you just want to know whether you need a sweater, double the
Celsius and add 30 to get the Fahrenheit equivalent. In the other
direction, subtract 30 and halve the result. This is rather
inaccurate at high temperatures, but you already know you won't need a
sweater when it's that hot. Just remember that if it's over 30
Celsius, it's pretty damn hot.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

Following up to Earl Evleth

The most important thing that the Brits could learn is to drive
on the proper side of the road.

I can drive on left or right according to the rule in the country
I'm in. People who cant should consider stopping driving.
--
Mike Reid
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Following up to

(*) Apart from the obvious need to replace or resite every single
signpost in the country

not to mention the casualties from cars with wrong side steering
and people looking wrong way.
--
Mike Reid
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Following up to Mike O'Sullivan

Only in Britain is this sensible common-sense approach held to
be somehow dangerous.

you want prices in decimal and LSD?
--
Mike Reid
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap