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Re: [OM] Weather bulletin!

Subject: Re: [OM] Weather bulletin!
From: "GeoW" <gwsears@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 07:39:44 -0400
I been doing the weather for years. Goes this way:

Hot as four yards of you know where

Hot

Warm

Mild

Cool

Chilly

Cold

Colder than a well diggers ass in the Klondike

Works for me and no fractions, formulas, or souped up arithmetic.

GeoW


On 25 Jul 2003 at 7:42, Andrew Dacey wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu" <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Weather bulletin!
> 
> 
> > Sheeesh.  I can convert in my sleep but where's the humor in that?
> >
> > (F*5/9)-32 = C
> 
> 
> You've got your brackets wrong.
> 
> C = 5/9 * (F-32)
> 
> F = (C * 5/9) + 32
> 
> If you're ever stuck trying to remember where the brackets go, you can
> always remember things like -40 C = -40 F and 0 C = 32 F. I find going by
> freezing points is the easiest way. In your equation, 32 F would
> equal -14.2222 C.
> 
> Andrew "frugal" Dacey
> frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.tildefrugal.net/
> 


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