Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart

[marksbug]

great Ill have to get a CUP-O- SOUP to eat while I watching!!! I heard stanley has a cup to, possibly for measuring oil or saw dust...or water for his steamers.

[IntheGroove]

Largest asteroid of 2021 that's twice the size of the Eiffel Tower will zip past Earth next week...

[mklotz]

Decimal time...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time

[Toolmaker51]

Largest asteroid of 2021 that's twice the size of the Eiffel Tower will zip past Earth next week...

Fortunately, as the asteroid won't pass nearly as closely in 2021; it will remain 44 times more distant than the moon, or 10,471,577 miles. credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech). Just as fortunate, Eiffel Tower [1063'] is not 52013101185.8 X taller or it could be hit!
Without a sample maple syrup jug [post 211], and calculate spacing, cannot predict that measurement, instead; roughly equivalent 165869779680 WD-40 spray tubes laid end to end.

[MeJasonT]

marksbug The celcius thing is easy, minus 32 then half it for fathom height lol and double it and add 32 for celcimus, very crude but works. The difference will never be seen from an Alaskan tramway.

so 10 deg C = 20 + 32 = 52 deg F or 60 deg F = 60-32 = 28/2 =14 deg C

It always been a best gestimate for me.

[NortonDommi]

marksbug The celcius thing is easy, minus 32 then half it for fathom height lol and double it and add 32 for celcimus, very crude but works. The difference will never be seen from an Alaskan tramway.

so 10 deg C = 20 + 32 = 52 deg F or 60 deg F = 60-32 = 28/2 =14 deg C

It always been a best gestimate for me.

Close enough for a barn door I'd say. C=(F-32)*5/9, F=(C*9/5)+32, C=F*1.8+32, F=(C-32)/1.8

This brought back memories of walking home from school in 1969 working out the conversions as we had just changed to metrickery. The Metric system is far easier to use that's for sure. Water boils at 100 degrees and freezes at 0 degrees in most circumstances.

[FEM2008]

If you are not keen on doing division or multiplication in your head, another quick trick for C to F conversion is by adding 18F degrees for every 10C. Zero starts at 32. So for 10 degrees C, its 32+18 = 50F. 30C = 32+18+18+18 = 86F, etc. I always remember that 20C is 68F because that's the temperature in my office most of winter! Its just as essay to remember that for every 5C, you add 9F and for every 3C you add 5F (5.4 actual) and every 1C you add 2F (1.8 actual). You can quickly and easily arrive at an accurate estimate of temperature. Converting back to C is just the opposite.

[MeJasonT]

oh what a shame it took out the Eiffel Tower

[marksbug]

where will it be??

[marksbug]

I better get some hemorrhoid cream just incase it stops hear.