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DaiBach
 29 Jul 2010, 04:13 #95004 Reply To Post
I live deep in Centigrade, or Celsius as it is now known, land.

But I was brought up in Fahrenheit land, and my tired old mind still thinks in Fahrenheit.

So, here is an easy trick to change degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit, in your head.

Take the degrees Centigrade and multiply by two.

Subtract 10%, then add 32,

Easy Peasy.

Testing, testing.

0 Celsius x 2 = 0 =freezing in Centigrade land
-10% =0
+ 32 =32 =freezing in Fahrenheit land

OR

100 Celsius x 2 = 200
-10% = 180
+ 32 = 212

So, tonight the temperature has plummeted to 25 Celsius,
x 2 = 50
- 10 % = 45
+ 32 = 77 Fahreneit.

Which is a bit hot for sleeping, hence the early time of posting.

This is to be known as 'The DaiBach' equation.

And if some of you already knew this, well maybe, but I did make it up myself, honest.

More in this weeks edition of 'The Boy's Own Paper'
perrybond
 29 Jul 2010, 19:57 #95077 Reply To Post
Wow thats good.

I live in kilometer land, can you help?
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Athene
 29 Jul 2010, 20:16 #95081 Reply To Post
Acres and hectares, David - what about them? I know exactly what an acre looks like. A hectare? Haven't got a clue.


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DaiBach
 30 Jul 2010, 19:03 #95176 Reply To Post
Quote: perrybond, Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 19:57
Wow thats good.

I live in kilometer land, can you help?


Easy peasy, divide by 8 multiply by 5

So, 8km / 5 = 1
1 x 5 = 5 miles

OR the othger way around,

Multiply by 8 divide by 5

So 5 x 8 =40
40 / 5 =8

Therefore 5 miles = 8 km.
DaiBach
 31 Jul 2010, 09:18 #95210 Reply To Post
Quote: Athene, Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 20:16
Acres and hectares, David - what about them? I know exactly what an acre looks like. A hectare? Haven't got a clue.


Well, hectares are much bigger than acres, so rule of thumb (very) multiply your hectare figure by 2.5.

So, 50 hectares x 2.5 = 125 acres.

In fact 50 hectares = 123.55 acres, to give you some idea of the margin of error.

To convert the other way, divide your number of acres by 10 and multiply by 4.

So, 125 acres / 10 =12.5
12.5 x 4 = 50 hectares.

But it is an approximation, but if you know what an acre looks like, i.e. slightly smaller than a full size rugby pitch, it does give you some idea.
papa stas
 31 Jul 2010, 11:05 #95220 Reply To Post
Quote: DaiBach, Friday, 30 Jul 2010 19:03
Quote: perrybond, Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 19:57

I live in kilometer land, can you help?


Easy peasy, divide by 8 multiply by 5

So, 8km / 5 = 1
1 x 5 = 5 miles


Easier way (and more accurate) -

multiply kms by .6

So, 8km X .6 = 4.8 miles

papa
stas (who's lived in both lands)


PS 100 kms = 60 miles
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” - Albert Einstein
awrigley
 31 Jul 2010, 18:03 #95252 Reply To Post
Quote: Athene, Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 20:16
Acres and hectares, David - what about them? I know exactly what an acre looks like. A hectare? Haven't got a clue.


Go to Buenos Aires. The average block is 100 metres x 100 metres = 10,000 sq metres = 1 hectare.

I have no idea what an acre looks like, but I have heard it said that an acre is 0.40468 hectares. Ie, 4047 sq metres. It follows that 1 hectare is 2.46 acres, thereby solving the Athene Conundrum.

The ticket to Buenos Aires will cost you approx £1000.

So 10p per sq metre. Alternatively, you could zoom in using Google earth and have a look:
Google Maps - Downtown Buenos Aires
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Turnip
 31 Jul 2010, 19:37 #95257 Reply To Post
Oh, the joys of international weights and measures. Let's not forget the kilo bag of sugar, weighing in at approximately 2.2 pounds. And the stones and pounds of UK and Ireland. I'm 177 lbs, 12st 9lbs, 80 kg today.
Miles, yards and inches. No need for metre standards of wavelengths of light in Radon orange gas or whatever. Just a wooden ruler did the job.
And why, oh why, did we do away with pounds, shillings and pence? Summer days of sunshine, jumpers for goalposts, oh it seemed that it all was so simple then. Or has time rewritten every line?
This post was last edited by Turnip, 31 Jul 2010, 19:42
Back to my roots.
DaiBach
 01 Aug 2010, 08:48 #95268 Reply To Post
Quote: Turnip, Saturday, 31 Jul 2010 19:37
O Summer days of sunshine, jumpers for goalposts, oh it seemed that it all was so simple then. Or has time rewritten every line?


Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end. . .
mkrobinson12
 01 Aug 2010, 17:15 #95290 Reply To Post


Imperial vs. Metric


The Government, wise beyond compare,
has outlawed the inch I fear.
It was a dastardly unit of measure
not much needed from what I gather.


There is no use for much concern
unless you be the lowly inchworm.
Don't worry, from now on you'll be called
a 2.54 Centimetre-worm by all.


The rules are quite clear in this matter
that the yard is as obsolete as the latter.
It was a dastardly unit of measure
not much needed from what I gather.


It didn't really do the job
so please don't cry or sob.
Scotland Yard doesn't have quite the same ring
as Scotland 0.9144 Meters seems to bring.


You would be right to say
that the mile has gone away.
It was a dastardly unit of measure
not much needed from what I gather.


Don't take it too hard
it wasn't nearly as important as the yard.
Maybe America will take pity
and rename Denver, The 1.609 Kilometre High City.


This last is the worst of all
that the pint was destined to fall.
It was a dastardly unit of measure
not much needed from what I gather.


It was due to fade soon I think
banned from bottles and cups and drink.
Now football hooligans can smugly state
"How about approximately 440 millilitres each for me and my mate!?"
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