Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[prendrelemick]

I suppose Mr Fahrenhiet couldn't envisage ever needing to measure more than 32 degrees of frost. In the same way, Admiral Beaufort thought it was pointless to go beyond hurricane force 12 with his scale, why bother measuring beyond certain death?

[soundofmusic]

some benchmarks 0C=32F, 100C=212F, (freezing/boiling), -39C=-39F
Hence, 32F and 0C is the temp at which Hell (somewhere in Michigan) freezes over and the bats (skyrats?) out of hell are no longer edible without thorough cooking, and retire to Death Valley CA/NV where they're not mistaken for the more edible winged creatures, which shall remain anonymous in this sensitive and politcally correct forum. Elsewhere across the southern states, let's say between Gila Bend AZ and Nacogdoches TX, 100F is when the locals admit that it's warm, and in deference to keeping young'uns with big feet alive, turn on the swamp cooler (not to be confused with true air conditioning mind you). 0F (where I once wore my hat) is when you decide to close the door on your ice-fishing shed since the slight light being allowed in is causing a distracting glare on the TV, which makes it difficult to determine which curling team is winning, and since you do wish to retain enough heat to prevent the supply of barley-pop in the fridge from turning from glorious liquid to inglorious solid. 98.6F=living human body temp? It's not time to introduce Kelvin is it?

-45F with -90F wind chill was actually the coldest that ever touched my face. I don't miss it.

I suppose Mr Fahrenhiet couldn't envisage ever needing to measure more than 32 degrees of frost. In the same way, Admiral Beaufort thought it was pointless to go beyond hurricane force 12 with his scale, why bother measuring beyond certain death?

Well, gentlemen and ladies, I guess I'm in trouble if they ever take away my dual farenheit/celcius themometer...I judge life by movement; My freezer by firm ice cream and my fridge by crisp celery. A cold day is when my car has frost on the windows and my a/c starts crackling; a hot day is when my hibiscuses droop...

[prendrelemick]

Well, gentlemen and ladies, I guess I'm in trouble if they ever take away my dual farenheit/celcius themometer...I judge life by movement; My freezer by firm ice cream and my fridge by crisp celery. A cold day is when my car has frost on the windows and my a/c starts crackling; a hot day is when my hibiscuses droop...

Thats a good basis for a temp scale of your own right there.

Mine would be based on observations of how much the girls about town are
wearing.

[Whifflingpin]

Lurking in the depths of the sludge pool I call memory is the factoid that Herr Fahrenheit based his temperature scale on the freezing and boiling points of deer's blood.

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[LostPrincess13]

HAPPY NEW YEAR Sirs!
It was a pleasure to meet you all here in LitNet! Thank you! Cheers!

Love lots,
Princess

[prendrelemick]

The man was obviously a genius!



And a happy new year to you, Dear Lady.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Happy New Year to all the Blokes and Blokesses.
My family is about to get the prairie schooner headed to east Texas to celebrate Christmas for the Gurgle side of the family, which typically consists of target shooting, feral hog hunting (if one happens to get in the way), and a bonfire with fireworks.
This year's bonfire might just include an inquisition trial of the Mozartgeist followed by a auto de fe.
Oh, and I will check with my sister to get an update on the Magnus Pedi activity in the region.

Happy trails to you until we meet again.
Gilliatt

[soundofmusic]

Thats a good basis for a temp scale of your own right there.

Mine would be based on observations of how much the girls about town are
wearing.

That is a far more attractive themometer; but I find that the young women in this area bare midriffs, wear sandals and sweaters at all times of the year...So I would have to look for prickling skin and perky attitudes

Lurking in the depths of the sludge pool I call memory is the factoid that Herr Fahrenheit based his temperature scale on the freezing and boiling points of deer's blood.

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What an interesting concept...I wonder why deers blood? I guess his mother-in-law wasn't around

HAPPY NEW YEAR Sirs!
It was a pleasure to meet you all here in LitNet! Thank you! Cheers!

Love lots,
Princess

And the same to you, Miss Princess

Happy New Year to all the Blokes and Blokesses.
My family is about to get the prairie schooner headed to east Texas to celebrate Christmas for the Gurgle side of the family, which typically consists of target shooting, feral hog hunting (if one happens to get in the way), and a bonfire with fireworks.
This year's bonfire might just include an inquisition trial of the Mozartgeist followed by a auto de fe.
Oh, and I will check with my sister to get an update on the Magnus Pedi activity in the region.

Happy trails to you until we meet again.
Gilliatt

Sounds like a mans man holiday

[The Atheist]

Garden sheds in Oz? I thought you used gazebos.

Oz?

The only wizard here's in Christchurch, and that doesn't really count as part of New Zealand.

God, I feel dumb...I looked it up. F = (9/5)c +32. I think I need a pair of draw string yellow poka dot shorts to put over my head about now

Nah, just dye your hair blonde.

[Paulclem]

Oz?

The only wizard here's in Christchurch, and that doesn't really count as part of New Zealand.



Nah, just dye your hair blonde.

Sorry - I must have presumed you were in Oz from another post. I get it all the time - people suggesting that I'm from Lancashire instead of Yorkshire. My mistake is a few miles more though.

[jocky]

Sorry - I must have presumed you were in Oz from another post. I get it all the time - people suggesting that I'm from Lancashire instead of Yorkshire. My mistake is a few miles more though.

I was going to warn you but I thought your fellow Yorkie would help you out, but he just let you walk right into it. I am now going back to my dram and bowl of salted legumes. There is no honour amongst Yorkshiremen. On Ilkley Moor Bar tat.

[Taliesin]

Concering the gazebos - aren't you afraid of them attacking you?
(nerdy inside joke, just move along)

[Paulclem]

I was going to warn you but I thought your fellow Yorkie would help you out, but he just let you walk right into it. I am now going back to my dram and bowl of salted legumes. there is no honour amongst Yorkshiremen. On Ilkley Moor Bar tat.

Did you know that there are still laws about Scotsmen entering the City of York that date back to the campaigns of William wallace? Or i wonder if it was from the Wembley pitch invasions...

[jocky]

Did you know that there are still laws about Scotsmen entering the City of York that date back to the campaigns of William wallace?

' for this relief, much thanks '

[soundofmusic]

Nah, just dye your hair blonde.

No, I'd better go with the shorts; the blonde hair would just imply that I was sexy

Concering the gazebos - aren't you afraid of them attacking you?
(nerdy inside joke, just move along)

I like it...I don't entirely get it; but I like it