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Originally Posted by foghat
I might agree with that on the upper end of the F scale. And if I conceed that point, which I am not sure I would, it is only because I live next door to the US and, as such, have been exposed (bombarded?) to the Fahrenheit scale via US weather feeds.
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Snowed under?
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However, on the lower end of the scale, not a chance. 0F means nothing. Yes that is darn cold, but it gets much colder in many places (especially if you factor in windchill). At that point you are getting into negative F, which adds even more to the confusion.
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For me, zero F works as a reference point. At 10, I start looking for my parka. At 0, I put it on...
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Much easier, imo, to visualize water freezing at 0 (which, practically speaking, means cold enough to snow) and then take it from there.
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(When I visualize water freezing I always think of ice cubes and then, of course, martinis. I never think of snow.)
Zero should mean hockey weather. Zero C is not cold enough for hockey ice. Zero F is. From this, we can conclude that F is tougher than C. At Zero C you can still wear shorts and play that sissy game kicking the round ball. At Zero F your ball is deflated...