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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!wupost!gumby!destroyer!wsu-cs!vela!alrobins
  2. From: alrobins@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Amanda Robinson)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.peeves
  4. Subject: Re: Courier eeeeeeediot Peeve
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov20.030750.9092@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
  6. Date: 20 Nov 92 03:07:50 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov8.174314.8707@ac.dal.ca> <1e19nqINNm2@smaug.West.Sun.COM>
  8. Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
  9. Lines: 12
  10.  
  11. dab@ism.isc.com (Dave Butterfield) writes:
  12. >01sybok@ac.dal.ca writes:
  13. >>It's been known to go to 40 below in Nova Scotia.
  14. >
  15. >Is that Fahrenheit or centigrade?
  16.  
  17. Doesn't matter: -40 degrees Fahrenheit is -40 degrees Celsius.  It is the only
  18. temperature at which they are equal.  Check it with calculator if you don't   
  19. believe me.
  20.  
  21. ObPeeve: people who use technical (aka "real") terms when they know d*mn well
  22. no one else will know the term.
  23.