Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 17:02:26 +0000
Reply-To: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Metric this, metric that
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fyi even if you dont care, HP converts to kilowatts so 1HP is 735Watts more
or less or .735kW
any car ad that specifies HP and not kW in Germany is illegal. you can
either just specify kW or both....
florian
On 2/2/06, Robert Rountree <syncro87@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Re: Metric this, metric that
>
> VLVC
>
> >>>Hands up how many carpenters on the list? How many prefer metric?<<
>
> I designed and built my own home & most of the fine furniture in it. I
> like
> building things, it's also a interesting part of the film and animation
> business, backgrounds and sets. I think, I know which end of a tape
> measure
> to pull. What guy would admit different? It's like asking a Canadian if
> they love to canoe (they wouldn't admit if they didn't).... Most of my
> tape
> measures are dual scale, .. I'm a kind of hybrid type guy... ... if ya
> look
> in Lee Valley's catalogue www.leevalley.com or walk into any Canadian
> tire
> or Home Depot, you'll still see lots of inches and feet around..... I've
> gotten real use to kilometres per hour and my other car gets 5.3 litres
> per
> 100km (or 55 mpg) on 130hp (I don't have a clue what that HP would convert
> to, or care.. KiloPonies?).... I just wish I could put that reliable
> drive-train in my Syncro.... temperatures?...Kodak uses 68F for B/W and
> 75F
> for Colour (because F seems better in more critical measurements?)...
> me...well I use C for outside temps and F for inside the house, I heat
> with
> wood and get a lot of solar gain. I don't like swimming if the water is
> less
> than 20c and when the outside temp goes below 0c you're gonna start
> needing
> gloves & below -20c you're gonna need new ears if ya don't wear a toque.
> Plus your nose hairs curl and your foot steps start to squeak.
>
> another measurement I've never figured out... the US is the only country
> in
> the world that uses mg/dl instead of mmol/l for measuring blood
> sugar..what's that about?...... all our Dr.'s and hospitals use C for body
> temps..
>
> I'm going to raise my C, in
> Fla. next week and will have to invert my temp scale.
> I'm sure I won't even notice the difference.
> warm is warm
> hot is hot
> and cold is not.
> ciao
> RR
>
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