[VoiceOfReason]

I suspect that depends on what you're used to. I find it logical that the roads most probably are slippery when it's around 0 degrees C. Because that's what I'm used to.

I wouldn't want to use K or Ra for everyday purposes, though.

At 0 in F it's really cold, at 0 in C it's just irritatingly cold, at 100 in F it's pretty hot, at 100 in C you're dead.

[gaweidert]

I will second the observation above VAV the metric system. It's strength is that all the different kinds of measurement in it are interlinked in as logical, simple a manner as possible, and all larger/smaller units are multiples of 10. What is commonly called the English System is rife with illogical, random value measurements. How many yards in a mile? how many feet in a furlong? why is a statute mile different from a nautical mile? how many miles is traveled in 20,000 leagues? how many cubic inches in a peck? how many ounces in a pint? are those Troy, avoirdupois, or liquid ounces, and what is the conversion factor, if any, between these different ounces? how many acres in a square mile? or in a section? or in a township? When you leave linear/area measurements and enter the field of mass (versus weight), energy, force, temperature, etc the English System really starts to fall apart.And BTW, I'll lay no claim to knowing off the top of my head how to define ergs or Newtons or amperes or moles or candelas.

Elevator load capacities in Newtons seems the latest rage. You forgot to add Avogadro's number to the post. The bane of every chemistry student. The the mid 1970's I took a course in radiometry. The measurement of light. It was a really neat course. Especially since there were no universally accepted terminology at the time. Candlepower, lux, lumens, Watts, luminous flux density etc. AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FantasticMrFox]

At 0 in F it's really cold, at 0 in C it's just irritatingly cold, at 100 in F it's pretty hot, at 100 in C you're dead.

At 0° water freezes (at sea level), at 100°C it boils. Most sensible system, end of discussion

[VoiceOfReason]

At 0° water freezes (at sea level), at 100°C it boils. Most sensible system, end of discussion

Nah, sensible for science, nonsense for how it feels outside.

[savoche]

Nah, sensible for science, nonsense for how it feels outside.

Umm...no.

[FantasticMrFox]

Nah, sensible for science, nonsense for how it feels outside.

It's perfect for how it feels outside. Everything below 0°C is freezing cold, 10°C is somewhat moderately cold, 15°C is slightly chilly, 20°C is warm, 25°C is very warm, 30°C is hot, 35°C and upwards is very hot. Everything 20-30°C is a nice summer, everything above a hot summer, below 20°C we're dipping into spring/autumn territory, below 10°C we're dabbling with early/late winter, around and below 0°C is proper winter.

I guess for day-to-day business any unit you're used to because you grew up with it is perfectly adequate. I'm very much in favour of SI and the metric system, but I can still make more sense of HP rather than KW. And in every day English, the old units just sound better. Differences in length aside, would you rather tell a girl you walked a thousand miles for her, or a thousand kilometres? Would you rather go and buy a pound of flour, or a kilogram? I know which units I'd use when writing a poem, or novel

And loads of sciences use Kelvin instead, because 0K is actually the absolutely lowest temperature possible, where all movement of atoms ceases.

Still, Celsius rules :P

[bertwert]

You do have to grant that for temperature (weather wise) F beats the crap out of C.

Is there a dislike button?

[bertwert]

It's perfect for how it feels outside. Everything below 0°C is freezing cold, 10°C is somewhat moderately cold, 15°C is slightly chilly, 20°C is warm, 25°C is very warm, 30°C is hot, 35°C and upwards is very hot. Everything 20-30°C is a nice summer, everything above a hot summer, below 20°C we're dipping into spring/autumn territory, below 10°C we're dabbling with early/late winter, around and below 0°C is proper winter.

Over here it's more like:
-30°C is freezing, time to go skiing.
-20°C is cold, maybe time to put a jacket on.
-10°C is a wee bit chilly, time to put on trousers.
0°C is a warm day, maybe time for shoes instead of flip flops.
10°C is a hot day, ice cream all round.
20°C is burning hot hot day, time to wander round in your birthday suit and sit in the shade,

[bertwert]

[MarkJerling]

I can cope with feet and inches. Even yards. Or miles. But Fahrenheit is just too much. Celcius is so easy. 0 for freezing point of water, 100 for boiling point.
Having said that, 7 inches is equal to 178mm. 7 inches sounds easier. 178mm sounds bigger. Go figure.

[bertwert]

Did you here about the man cooled to absolute zero?
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He's 0K now!

[MarkJerling]

We design in metric.

[FantasticMrFox]

Over here it's more like:
-30°C is freezing, time to go skiing.
-20°C is cold, maybe time to put a jacket on.
-10°C is a wee bit chilly, time to put on trousers.
0°C is a warm day, maybe time for shoes instead of flip flops.
10°C is a hot day, ice cream all round.
20°C is burning hot hot day, time to wander round in your birthday suit and sit in the shade,

I'm sorry, I've been to BC in summer, so I know you get 30°C and swarms of mosquitoes No point trying to convince me you guys don't know heat.

[FantasticMrFox]

Is there a dislike button?

Every time I read stuff like that I feel like this:

[bertwert]

Imperial system is still used periodically here.
Mainly in height and weight of people, lumber, and land and house size.
I'm 5'10", not I'm 178cm tall.
I weigh 160lbs, not I weigh 72kg. (Technically I have a mass of 72kg, and weigh 706N as weight is a measure of the force exerted on an object due to gravity...).
I'll have 10ft of 2'x'4, not I'll have 3.05 metres of 38mm x 89mm.
I have 80 acres, not I have 32.4 hectares.
My house is 1000 square feet, not my house is 93 square metres.