Beautiful January Weather – so far

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   PollyPie January 9, 2026

   Some thing you have to get used to I guess

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   dj January 9, 2026

   Some aspects of the metric system are good. Others less so. I for one would mourn the loss of the good old British Pint measure (568ml in metric ha ha) which in the rest of Europe would only be available as a half litre (liter in the US). However, a Stein of beer in Bavaria is a standard 1 Litre but many places in the UK have two pint Steins – which is considerably bigger! Lovely!

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      TennesseeDude January 9, 2026

      I just learned from ChatGPT that the system we use (instead of the metric system) in the United States is also called the imperial system which originated from the British Imperial system. I didn’t know that. I suppose you folks from the UK did.

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         dj January 10, 2026

         Yep. Well actually I did, but there are some differences apparently. A gallon in the US is different to a gallon in the UK. A UK gallon is 160 fluid ounces whereas a US gallon is 128 so that’s significantly different especially when quoting miles per gallon for vehicles etc. What is also slightly confusing is that in US measuring vehicle engine capacity in cubic inches has been commonplace but in the UK I’ve only ever known it measured in cubic centimetres. But…the world over…TV screen sizes are measured in inches. Let that one sink in. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, a 50 inch screen is a 50 inch screen. Then there’s car tyre sizes (tires in the US obviously) which seems to combine metric and imperial measurements. The diameter of the tyre is almost always in inches but the widths are in millimetres. A 225/45 R17 tyre is 225 millimeters wide, 45 is the ratio of width to sidewall height in percentage, and the R17 is a 17 inch diameter. Ha ha! It’s a fun world we live in!

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            TennesseeDude January 10, 2026

            It’s all clear as mud. lol

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   tjay January 9, 2026

   So frustrating when you lose a message. But just like going metric. We just have to live with it. 😂

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      TennesseeDude January 9, 2026

      @tjay As I tend to say several times a day, “it is what it is.”

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   Andreas January 10, 2026

   I grew up in Canada and started with imperial system. Then the government changed the country to metric when I was about 10 years old, I think, somewhere around then. So I can relate to both but have to say metric is a lot more straightforward. For example: 0c is where water freezes and 100c is when it boils. Simple. Everything is divided by 10. Not 12. Makes for a very easy way of figuring things out. A kilogram is represented by kl. Pounds is lbs. Go figure, don’t know how that works. But some things from the British imperial system are still in 12ves. For example the standard hour on a clock. It takes some time to become used to metric but it’s so much easier. You can still get a pint of Guinness at the pub here in Germany.

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      TennesseeDude January 10, 2026

      I didn’t know that 0c is where water freezes and 100c is when it boils. That helps me understand the whole temperature scale better. Thanks Andreas.

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         Andreas January 10, 2026

         Yes, not that bad to get used to. 10 centigrade is a cool day in March, 20 is a comfortable day in June, 30c is a warm day, 40 is not pleasant, 50c is very rare and too hot to be outside, 60c-100c is not real entertainment.

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            TennesseeDude January 11, 2026

            Well today in my neck of the woods the high was 38F with wind gusts of 20mph so i’m trying to stay indoors today.