(by the way, don't you seriously have a smaller unit than inch? Like, a milli-inch or something?). So, how well are you non-metric people informed about the metric system? If I tell I'm 160 cm tall, do you know whether I'm short or not?
We divide the inch all the way down to 1/32" , or 0.079375 cms but most people strugle with the fractions beyond 1/4"
It's the same with celsius versus Fahrenheit, really. I have absolutely and utterly no idea of how warm is 30 degrees Fahrenheit, for example. Or 90. Do you non-metric people know if it's cold here or not if I say it's 5 degrees outside? (actually, it's about 0 degrees here now...)
Being the weather gooruo of the section, I can half ass the Celsius side, I know that 0
oC is the point at which water freezes, and 100
oC is the temp at which water boils. I know that 30
oC is pretty warm.
Now for the Fahrenheit explanation. I know off the top of my head why the temps where set where they are at; anyway, water freezes at 32
oF, and it boils at 212
oF.
30
oF is really cold, it's about -1, or -2
oC, and 90
oF is hot, (about 32
oC)
But 90
oF is not that hot to some people in the USA, expecialy in the southwest (where I'm from), I can remeber the tempature being 115
oF at times, uh 46.5
o C
An-chan said:
That reminds me. Clothing sizes: why are they different? Why are American versions of T-shirts in sizes S, M, L, XL etc. different from European ones? I can understand it in the case of Japanese and Chinese people, because they are generally smaller than Americans, for example. But Americans and Europeans are about the same size. Why the difference? Why the different shoe sizes? Why can't the world just unite to prevent my head from exploding when I try to buy stuff online? Why?
What is the clothing measurements in Europe?
I can tell you that our shoe size is all ****ed up, I mean come on, it goes 1-12 or 14 I think, and then starts over again, so it starts out in infants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,1,2,3,4... untill you get to adults, and then it just keeps going and going and.... I knew a guy who had 16 1/2 shoe size. I have heard that the tallest guy in the world wore size 26, sorry no conversion there.
EDIT: Ninjia Caterpie, I can tell you that 1 mile is 1.6 KM, what really throws me off is the conversion of KMh to mph, I know it, but when someone says that they are doing 60kmh sounds fast over here, but in realty is just under 35mph, or the average speed though towns.
