as one who has spent many, many days as a corner worker/flagger, I've observed that when the weather is better than it is supposed to be, the weather gods almost always demand a pay-back...
To be honest, I did hesitate a bit before posting thinking I might jinx it, but I thought the FACK thread should be reanimated at least once this year. Anyway my wife and did have the hammocks out last weekend.
Hey guys can we change this thread from FACK it is Cold to FACK it Bleedin Hot. Today it hit 39 C (not sure what that is in Faranhite), tomorrow it is supposed to be 37. Needless to say beads of perspiration are running but thankfully there is plenty of cold beer in the fridge !!!
Oh and BTW we call thongs those rubber things you wear on your feet in summer, rather than one of those bum fluff things. I believe in NZ what we call thongs are known as Jandels. Go figure.
39 C is hot here, too, Dave. But, it was just below 0C here in Northern Alabama this morning.
Easy conversion C to F:
Minus 10% of the 39C = 35, then double the result = 70, plus 32 = 102 F
F to C:
F minus 32 = 70, half that is 35, add 10% = 39
Boom, done.
You're always with in a degree =/- with the rounding. Close enough, usually.
Hey Bob, it's 180 degrees between freezing and boiling water, not 212.
I guess that's in honor of a 180 degree phase change between the solid and the gas phases of water.
The 32 degree shift comes from the difference between freezing for salt water (brine) at 0 degrees F and the freezing temperture for pure H2O which is 32 degrees warmer.
Don't blame me, it's Professor Rankine's fault.
It got up to 63 F here today, and the pear trees are in full bloom.
Agreed. I only deal in Celsius when I have to...Which is not today.
So, as long as we can keep the inlet air temperture above about 760 degrees Rankine we can stay in excess of Mach 3.5. And with 22 lbm superheated steam per second through the ejector, we have all we need to simulate ramjet takeover at 50,000 ft. Even in the winter. Pretty cool, huh?
It has been an unusally warm winter here in northern New England. The ski areas at higher elevations have received snow, but those of us near sea level have had bare ground most of the time. Only had my driveway plowed twice.
Can only remember one day since December 1 driving in to work when it was below zero F.
Later this week we are supposed to be in the fifties, which is Spider driving temperature around here! Hopefully can bring the Spider out of winter storage in late March?
Last Sunday morning took another hard run. First over some serious undulations and the Sprint suspension works well.
The other route was up the coast with some windy sections into rain and at the higher levels (700 feet above sea level) some snow mixed with the rain. Unusual for this time of year.
No rain came in and the wipers worked reasonably well. Need a two-speed switch. Vred Classic tires are good in the wet.
The average at my place looks to be about 26", hard to tell because the wind is gusting so hard, over 36" in some spots. Too tall for the snow blower to work effectively so I just spent two hours out there and have only been able to clear a 20' x 20' patch of the driveway (about 1/4 of the driveway), the rest is going to suck!
I'm exactly where you are now, about 20'X20' and 75% to go. I don't even have a snow blower, so it's just aging out-of-shape desk jockey with a beat up shovel. Half hour out, half hour rest, repeat until exhausted.
Wow, I don't feel so bad now! Out for round 2, wouldn't be so bad if the stupid wind wasn't blowing it back in my face sometimes making it feel like it is going to fall off.
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