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1. At 03:07 PM on 13 Apr 2007, Kate O'Mara wrote:

   Hooray! Talking temperatures,

   Bring 'em on, Eddie...bring 'em on

   Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!

2. At 03:13 PM on 13 Apr 2007, Kate O'Mara wrote:

   Hooray! Talking temperatures,

   Bring 'em on, Eddie...bring 'em on

   Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!

3. At 03:25 PM on 13 Apr 2007, LadyPen wrote:

   Now I've been meaning to have a word with someone about these so-called soaring temperatures. Either they're another example of London-centric media coverage or somebody's having a laugh - it's freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing on the west Norfolk coast today even though last night's weather map promised clear skies and sunshine . . .

   AND I've got a flat tyre :-(

   Hmf.
   xx
   LadyP

4. At 03:42 PM on 13 Apr 2007, wrote:

   I'm a Kelvin man myself, so the weekend temperatures are expected to be in the low 290's.
   xx
   ed

5. At 04:04 PM on 13 Apr 2007, Vyle Hernia wrote:

   It's pretty warm in Gloucestershire, which should cut my carbon footprint for the time of year. I've just escaped from September but don't have the reporting address to hand. Ah, there it is!

6. At 04:16 PM on 13 Apr 2007, witchiwoman wrote:

   I don't about all that but did anyone else have a quick burst of September? I did email but am beginning to doubt it happened now...

7. At 04:28 PM on 13 Apr 2007, John H. wrote:

   LadyP (3): "Hmf" - is that you trying to blow your tyre up? You'll make your cheeks sore.

   I'm currently feeling mildly smug in the tyre department - both Mrs H and I have had to have a couple of replacements in the last week. So you could say we're all rubbered up.

8. At 04:35 PM on 13 Apr 2007, Gillian wrote:

   No sun in Staffs :o(
   Very sad news about the tug.....and a bit of a mystery, by all accounts. The sea is like a dog...totally unpredictable, no matter how placid it looks. My thoughts are with the crew and their families.

9. At 05:34 PM on 13 Apr 2007, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

   Definitely F for me thanks. And feet, inches and miles while we're at it.

   As for temperature, I'm no good in hot weather, so please ask your weather-bod to keep things down to at most 55F for the time being, thanks.

10. At 05:37 PM on 13 Apr 2007, Izzy T'Me wrote:

    Rain and bad visibility in Wales - very odd sort of not being able to see weather.

    Other than that C's good for me.

11. At 05:45 PM on 13 Apr 2007, ƒräñ瀧 Ø wrote:

    Gillian (8), mine, too. It's tragic, perhaps especially so for the family which has lost both the father and son.

    As for dogs, House Guest's snarled at me and tried to nip me yesterday as I was picking up a bit of food that had 'escaped' his bowl. And barked as I wriggled past his bottom to get to the office. Was he in a bad mood, or is this the primeval dog raising its fanged head?

    Either way I prefer cats.

12. At 06:05 PM on 13 Apr 2007, ƒräñ瀧 Ø wrote:

    I'm with SSCat, but I am slowly learning to imagine what C and all this metric stuff feels/looks like. Don't worry, though, I'm OK with £ and p.

    I mean as opposed to £sd. Which is illegal. I could be OK-er with £p and have more money, but as it is I'm OK.

    Eddie, what a day you've had. Just as well it's the weekend now.

    And thanks for the giggle - it's a priceless newsletter.

13. At 06:09 PM on 13 Apr 2007, wrote:

    I can't help thinking that, if you're going to try to overthrow a President, it would be smart NOT to shout about it beforehand.

    But maybe it's just me.

    Fifi

14. At 06:34 PM on 13 Apr 2007, Rachel wrote:

    Militantly metricated, me. At least for temperature, weight and capacity. It's harder with length though. Our refusal to convert to kms makes it hard to talk in anything else apart from miles for distance. But I've never used yards, so I end up with a hopeless mixture of miles and metres - it must be even more confusing for my poor children.

15. At 08:36 PM on 13 Apr 2007, lurker wrote:

    Personally, I 'm looking forward to the temperature being in the 530 degrees Rs (that's Rankines) this weekend.

16. At 08:55 PM on 13 Apr 2007, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

    Frances O:

    £sd? Bah! Bring back the Groat I say!

17. At 12:07 AM on 14 Apr 2007, Aperitif wrote:

    JH (7), The naughty corner is pretty full lately but we could always squeeze up, so take care!

18. At 12:20 AM on 14 Apr 2007, ƒräñ瀧 Ø wrote:

    Lurker, what are Rankines? Be gentle with me. Words of few syllables, please.

    Ed I, I thought Kelvin was Centigrade... oh, no, that's Celsius.

    Hopelessy muddled.

    I just cling to the fact that 16C = 61F. Then I sort of estimate from there.

19. At 01:16 AM on 14 Apr 2007, Huge Hugo wrote:

    the hotter the better for me.

20. At 01:28 AM on 14 Apr 2007, wrote:

    ƒräñ瀧 Ø my dear,

    Kelvin is 'absolute', beginning at Absolute Zero -273.15°C(entigrade/elcius) and thus arriving at 273.15°K = 0°C.

    Rankine, a °F version of the Kelvin scale. Based upon the definitions of the Fahrenheit scale and the experimental evidence that absolute zero is -459.67°F, so 0°F is 459.67°R and 491.67°F=0°C and 529.67°R=70°F.

    But don't let it tax your little brain, dear...;-)

    Thanks, Lurker!

    xx
    ed

21. At 08:56 AM on 14 Apr 2007, LadyPen wrote:

    John H (7) - no, I wasn't blowing, I was flouncing.

    I think a person should just be able to plug a car in and go, and not have to worry about things like tyres and oil and washer bottles and petrol and the like. I expect EdIgle's invented one JUST like that, haven't you Ed? It's probly called a bike :-)

    Or feet.

    So I ended up in F*st F*t (place on naughty step available to anyone who can replace the asterisks with rude vowels) buying TWO new front tyres (not for the same wheel, you understand). Man asked me 'Do you want cheap ones?' - I couldn't decide whether he was being astute or insulting.

    He also told me I've got a spring gone, which sounds expensive. Anybody got a spare one lying about?

    Anyway I bounced home despite my lack of spring, marvelling at this new invention called 'steering' . . .

    Now about this thick fog in which I seem to be enveloped this morning. Soaring temperatures? Pah!

    xx
    LadyP

22. At 09:37 AM on 14 Apr 2007, Humph wrote:

    ƒräñ瀧 Ø (18) if you are going to use 16C = 61F (guess who is still not sure about using the ALT key to get fancy things like the degree symbol) then there are a couple of others that you may be interested in. 28C = 82F well not really, it is more like 80 or 81F but it is close enough if you are only approximating. Also, if you squint so that 2 and 7 look somewhat similar then 21C = 71F.

    When it comes to the debate on whether I prefer decimal to imperial, I was at school when the decimalisation was introduced in this country and was taught the converstion factors. I am quite happy with both systems and find it fairly easy to go from one to the other. What does get my goat is when people use calculators to work out what "about 5 yards" is and quote the value to the nearest nanometer.

    H.

23. At 10:43 AM on 14 Apr 2007, wrote:

    Humph (22),

    I hear you loud and clear! Blame the pocket calculators which take input data of one significant digit and output answers in ten. I grew up in the US (and the Imperial) mensuration systems, but because I took the scientific trail, learned metrics as a parallel second/third language and to this day have a vast store of conversion factors stored in memory. Did you know that eight pecks make a bushel? Square Chains, Roods, Acres, Square Miles, Square Meters, Square Inches, Square Feet, Square Yards, Square Rods, Hectares, Square Kilometers, tons, tonnes, BTUs, Kcals, Joules, Newtons,.....

    xx
    ed

24. At 11:32 AM on 14 Apr 2007, Aperitif wrote:

    Ed (23), now that is just showing off!

25. At 12:04 PM on 14 Apr 2007, wrote:

    Aye, Appy, But a bushel is only four pecks! (blushes) :-(

26. At 12:16 PM on 14 Apr 2007, Izzy T'Me wrote:

    Humph (22), shouldn't that be "what does get my groat..." ;o)

27. At 01:57 PM on 14 Apr 2007, Humph wrote:

    Izzy (26) I know that I am old, but I am not that old! :-)

    H.

28. At 02:14 PM on 14 Apr 2007, Izzy T'Me wrote:

    Sorry Humph, didn't intend any age digs! ♥

29. At 06:57 PM on 14 Apr 2007, Gillian wrote:

    Ed I (23) That stuff used to be on the back of our exercise books at Primary School....and I'm young enough for it to have made no sense then, either! ;o)

30. At 07:37 PM on 14 Apr 2007, Val P wrote:

    Oh lordy, that's another frogger younger than me then.....

    Frances O (I can't do the new letters, I can only do ƒ oh. oh, ooh that was supposed to be a ♥, how lucky was that?), I'm with you on the conversion thing, 16 to 61 is my standby, along with, 28 & 82, but living in Scotland, I have no need of the latter :o(

31. At 08:38 PM on 15 Apr 2007, Aperitif wrote:

    Tee hee Valery (30), have you ever read "Viz"? The expression "Lordy" always brings to mind two female characters with whom you will be familiar if you have ever seen the aforementioned publication. I swear I've ever bought a copy, but there are ways this stuff gets into ones head, y'know?...

32. At 10:30 PM on 15 Apr 2007, Val P wrote:

    Tis a long time since I've seen a copy of Viz, but yes, I do remember it Appy, from days of communal living....

33. At 10:39 PM on 29 Apr 2007, Val P wrote:

    I answered this at the time Appy, but Lordy knows where it went.... I know it wasn't censorious!