Fahrenheit or Celsius... which do you use?

Jotun · 12 Jun 2009 at 19:46

Greenlizard0 said:
Great first post - resurrect a dead thread?

Haha didn't spot that until this post.

I always use celcius never fahrenheit. Although when giving precise values I use metres/kilometers etc, when making an estimate I use feet/miles etc.

Marky · 12 Jun 2009 at 19:52

Celcius all the time.

POB · 12 Jun 2009 at 19:55

Celsius for everything.

The most annoying thing is when it gets hot people start quoting the temperature in Fahrenheit just to make it should hotter.

Yas786 · 12 Jun 2009 at 19:56

Celsius here...i could never get my head around Fahrenheit lol

Feek · 12 Jun 2009 at 21:32

strumpusplunket said:
Ok, I have a bizarre personal system.

For the weather: for low temperatures (say 10c or below) I use Celsius, but for high temperatures (above 70ishF) I use Fahrenheit. If it's hot and someone says it's 26C, I have to convert to Fahrenheit to make it fit my frame of reference. Vice-versa with low temperatures. I guess I ignore temperatures in between - or at least I don't talk or hear about them. I don't know.

Noting too bizarre there, I'm exactly the same.

deuse · 12 Jun 2009 at 21:35

Fahrenheit none of this EU Celsius carp

Mark A · 12 Jun 2009 at 21:38

Celcius.

starfighter · 12 Jun 2009 at 21:43

mm, cm, metres, miles and mph.

Celsius for temp

and I can't understand weight at all.

Thanks education system.

Splewis · 12 Jun 2009 at 21:47

Why on earth do people in Britain still weigh themselves in stones? It sounds so medieval, just as bad as the pre-decimal coin system.

Van Hellseek · 12 Jun 2009 at 21:48

Celcius.

starfighter · 12 Jun 2009 at 21:57

Splewis said:
Why on earth do people in Britain still weigh themselves in stones? It sounds so medieval, just as bad as the pre-decimal coin system.

I like stone. It is better than 4834734 pounds or whatever. We should use KG though really.

vidda · 12 Jun 2009 at 22:08

Celcius... oh and for weight I actually use KG but that's mainly because I do Judo and competitions run on KG weight bands.

Lightnix · 12 Jun 2009 at 22:13

deuse said:
Fahrenheit none of this EU Celsius carp

Apart from Celsius apparently being 'EU carp', what benefits does the imperial system actually have over metric to you?

Firestar_3x · 12 Jun 2009 at 22:16

Celcius / MPH & KPH / Meters / Cm / mm / KG / Grams.

Rather oddly on my satnav i use Kilometers and Meters, prefer it to MPH.

CaseyChaos · 12 Jun 2009 at 22:20

Celsius everytime.

Sankari · 12 Jun 2009 at 22:25

rypt said:
BTW, can someone explain something to me? Why do we buy fuel in Litres but have efficiency in MPG?

Because the UK bungled the switch to metric and didn't complete the changeover. Nobody could be bothered to do it properly, so it was left half-done. Some imperial measurements are still required by law: beer, road speed limits, etc.

The only countries which have not completed the changeover to metric are: USA, UK, Burma and Liberia. How's that for good company?

rypt · 12 Jun 2009 at 22:42

Evangelion, but since we buy fuel in litres should we not have miles per litre rather than miles per gallon?

GeForce · 12 Jun 2009 at 22:44

Celsius

Moredhel · 12 Jun 2009 at 22:48

eXor said:
Aaarrgh! I need an umpedantbrella.

it's actually -273.15 C...

BigglesPiP · 12 Jun 2009 at 22:50

Kelvin