John Kane wrote:
> On Jan 14, 4:17 pm, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
>> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
>> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
>> dinner tonight.
>
> Err what's that in real terms? I've forgotten all those old terms
> and don't have a bilingual outside thermometre to check. Every so
> often I see/hear a US weather report and go, "30 degrees ???? Oh yes
> US".
>
> I think we were about -24 C last night and I was seriously
> considering porridge for breakfast but went with a poached egg.
>
> It's a balmy -1`7C here now . Where did I put that bathing suit?
>
> John Kane Kingston ON Canada

John - 0F is equivalent to -17.7C for those of you that are "Ehh" people
:-)

You people of the upper north just happen to be a little more
international in measurement standards. BTW, I heard or read somewhere
that at least 80% of the Canuks live within 200 miles (321.8Km) of the
US border.

Bob