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Nobody cares. Celcius is too much trouble when you've lived by fahrenheit all your life!Hey! I care! Furthermore, I maintain that it's Fahrenheit that's too much trouble when you've lived your whole life in Celsius! ![](/board/images/icons/wink.gif) FWIW, I've seen more or less the same joke but with, say, Winnipeggers and Torontonians (the latter not being known for their ability to resist inclement weater; the former being able to more or less function normally in cold most people would describe as bone-chilling). And of course, degrees Celsius.
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Hope it didn't seem I was claiming any credit for this. It came to me unsourced in an E-mail from a native upstate New Yorker. I'm sure it's been around the block many times, with many different localities, as Bean pointed out. In any case, as a semi-tropical girl, I am in serious pout mode. ![](/board/images/icons/mad.gif) Jackie, you want to trade houses next year from say, November to March? ![](/board/images/icons/smile.gif)
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You can do it in your head quite easily:
°C x 9/5 + 32 = °F
°F - 32 x 5/9 = °C
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You can do it in your head quite easily:hahahahaha! maybe you can... ![](/board/images/icons/smile.gif)
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Well, I admit I happen to remember the conversion through using it, but that's if you want it exact which normally you don't. Key is simply that 0°C = 32°F. To do it simply, take °C, double it and add 30 and that gives you a good feel for how hot it is if you normally think in °F. Or take °F, subtract 30 and halve the result if you normally think in °C. That's good enough for normal domestic use! So 20°C, double it to 40, add 30 gives 70°F, comfortably warm. Almost exact. Easy peasy ![](/board/images/icons/wink.gif) .
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maybe you can...that's what i wanted to say ![](/board/images/icons/smile.gif)
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...Tongue should be in middle and vibrating with good cheer, Bronx style.
Ah, the old "razzberries".
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