F or C?

[Colwyn]

I mean, of course, Fahrenheit or Centigrade? Early on after we were officially encouraged to chose the latter I went over to using C and now find that I have converted completely. If people tell me me what the weather forecast is in F degrees I want to say "And what is that in real money?".  Hilary just told me that the forecast for our short break in Toledo next week is 60 degrees F. I had no idea what that meant. Is that cool or mild or warm? I don't think she knew what it meant either since when I looked it up on conversion charts it said it was 15.5 (in real money) and I am sure it will be higher than that.


What about you? Are you an F person or part of the C folk?

[Scunner]

I guessed you meant Fethiye or Calis

Isn't it celcius these days? Metrication came half way through my education so for me it is centigrade for all temperatures except really hot weather where you must switch to farenheit  

[KKOB]

I'm definitely a Fahrengrade man.

[Colwyn]

Metrication came half way through my education

I'm still only half way through my education and am rapidly running out of time. It doesn't work for me in respect of all metrication. I have got 30cm is a foot and a metre is a yard and a bit, but any other numbers I have to convert into Imperial so they have meaning to me.

Some years ago, when metrication came in, I visited my local timber yard to get some materials for DIY. I asked for some timber - 2 by 2. The chap said, "We don't do that any more. We have gone metric. We call it 50mm by 50mm now". "OK", says I, "How much is it". Without a trace of a smile, he instantly responded, "10p a foot".

[Scunner]

Reminds me of a story a South African customer told me about the same thing. When metrication came in there, a woman apparently went to buy a bra but the whole thing confused her. "Well I was a 36C but I have no idea how many litres that is".

[bewva]

I am a C man but I also convert it or switch the temp thing to F to see how it compares.
With regards to feet/inches or cm/metres I can work in either although I only learnt metric at school from what I can remember.

[stoop]

I don't convert much now. I know 0 is cold, 20 is ok, 25 is warm, 30 is hot and anything above 40 is unbearable  

[Scunner]

I know 0 is cold, 20 is ok, 25 is warm, 30 is hot and anything above 100 is unbearable  

[stoop]

Hah - but can you convert Celsius to old money?

[Lotty]

I do that in a vague way, but it's near enough right, say temp is 20 c = double it and add 30 = approx 70f

I think the correct way is to multiply by 9/5 and add 32.