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Originally Posted by dbd33
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I guess we probably have two feet in the fields, it'll take serious digging before we can open the gate properly. Pictures on blog but it's hard to convey relative depth of snow, perhaps I'll put the yardstick in and take a picture.
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Re: State of emergency?
Originally Posted by Souvenir
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If you're looking for a yardstick, the trash can might help. The front yards in this street are flush with the road.
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A little more comparison.
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Originally Posted by Souvenir;
A little more comparison.
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
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What did you do with the tree?
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I've just spent 90 minutes doing the dirve and now the plow has come by again :curse:
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Originally Posted by daft batty
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I've just spent 90 minutes doing the dirve and now the plow has come by again :curse:
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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
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Doncha know? He waits around the corner, just out of sight for you to finish!!
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Originally Posted by Zoe Bell
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Nothing to explain , you were right.
Celcius and Centigrade temp scales are effectively the same thing, short story is that Centigrade was renamed in honour of Celcius for the work he did in the field of thermodynamics. Long story is boring and tedios and is no doubt on wikipedia :) My physics teacher may have been winding us up when he explained that Fahrenheit was also originally a centigrade scale - the fixed points were the freezing point of a saturated saline solution (which isn't far off 0 degrees F) and the normal temperature of blood (but unfortunately Mr Fahrenheit was running a fever when he set the fixed point). Of course, the fixed points were subsequently defined as 32F and 212F to coincide with the fixed points on the Celcius scale. I've never heard that about Fahrenheit anywhere before or since, so if anybody could enlighten me I'd be grateful... |
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Glad I'm not a pedestrian today :)
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Originally Posted by Oakvillian;
All centigrade means is that there are 100 degrees between the fixed points (i.e. for the Celcius scale, 0 is the freezing point and 100 is the boiling point of pure water at standard atmospheric pressure).
My physics teacher may have been winding us up when he explained that Fahrenheit was also originally a centigrade scale - the fixed points were the freezing point of a saturated saline solution (which isn't far off 0 degrees F) and the normal temperature of blood (but unfortunately Mr Fahrenheit was running a fever when he set the fixed point). Of course, the fixed points were subsequently defined as 32F and 212F to coincide with the fixed points on the Celcius scale. I've never heard that about Fahrenheit anywhere before or since, so if anybody could enlighten me I'd be grateful... |
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Actually the original Celsius scale (as proposed by Mr Celsius) had water boiling at 0 and freezing at 100
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
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That's right about the origin of the Fahrenheit scale. (Except for the fever embellishment, but I liked that best). ;)
A little help from Google further reveals that he probably fixed the upper point at 96 rather than 100 because 8 divisions of 12 degrees would have made the geometry easier when marking gradations on a thermometer. Still, it's nice to know that what we learnt wasn't complete bo!!ocks - funny how it always seems to be the trivial and imprcactical bits of information that stick in the mind :)
Originally Posted by Zoe Bell
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Actually the original Celsius scale (as proposed by Mr Celsius) had water boiling at 0 and freezing at 100
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Originally Posted by daft batty
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I've just spent 90 minutes doing the dirve and now the plow has come by again :curse:
:rofl::rofl::rofl: Still got no boots :o; and my bright pink coat stand out like a sore thumb :blink: - But did get the keys to the house; and while all those Canadians listen to the TV weather forcaster telling them to stay in - we went out and ordered furniture, stores were empty!! :thumbsup: To be delivered Tuesday and Wednesday, then we can move in! :eek: |
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