A peeve but an important one - 20m is NOT 60ft!

[stargost]

Britain is "officially" metric (as of 1995) but they still order beer by the pint, have road signs in miles, and measure road speeds in MPH. I guess it takes a while to be assimilated.

Britain will be metric when France will switch back to 'pied', so then some old chap there can carry on another adventure to measure another meridian lenght and re-invent the meter to claim they did it
At the same time, they will also adopt the Euro, be part of EEC, and maybe drive on the DIR, doesn't it ? side of the road.

Once thing which really surprises me is how come they have the SPG on the left, and primary connected to the right tank. Should really be the other way round.

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

... One thing which really surprises me is how come they have the SPG on the left, and primary connected to the right tank. Should really be the other way round.

... Huh? ...

... and, I crack my eggs from the large side of the egg...

 

[stargost]

... Huh? ...

called 'Humour' ....

 

[Hammerhead]

Here is a helpful guide for learning how to convert between imperial and metric, and fahrenheit and centigrade:

heheh, you posted the word f**k, I like you, potato-person.

 

[Sas]

45c for a Dubai heatwave?

That's quite a cool day in the summer..........try closer to mid 50's

Average temperature in summer is around 40C. Isn't the hottest temperature ever recorded in Dubai 47.5C?

 

[DandyDon]

Average temperature in summer is around 40C. Isn't the hottest temperature ever recorded in Dubai 47.5C?

I don't know. It's on the sea so I wouldn't think it gets as hot as the interior, altho 40-47.5C = 104-117.5F with humidity would be rough. One year long ago I worked hard out of a pickup with no AC on days that got to 46.11C = 115F to save a cotton crop.

60C = 140F for earth's hottest? Maybe so.

 

[Karl_H]

Average temperature in summer is around 40C. Isn't the hottest temperature ever recorded in Dubai 47.5C?

Having lived there for 5 years I can confirm the highest recorded temperature is probably around 48-49C (probably on a weekend), however go outside with a thermometer, especially further inland, and you'll be reading well over 50C.....

Once the temperature gets over 48C anyone classified as an outdoor workers can stop work, oddly enough in the summer this means the official temperature gets to 47C early in the morning, then stays in exactly the same place - occasionally hitting 47.5C - until around 5pm when it starts to drop a little......

Incredible coincidence!

 

[Sas]

Having lived there for 5 years I can confirm the highest recorded temperature is probably around 48-49C (probably on a weekend), however go outside with a thermometer, especially further inland, and you'll be reading well over 50C.....

Ok according to meterological data I looked up it said 47.5C was the hottest recorded for Dubai. Though interested if someone knows this to be wrong. I was surprised that where I live has recorded hotter temperature (48.8C last year) actually!

Once the temperature gets over 48C anyone classified as an outdoor workers can stop work, oddly enough in the summer this means the official temperature gets to 47C early in the morning, then stays in exactly the same place - occasionally hitting 47.5C - until around 5pm when it starts to drop a little......

Incredible coincidence!

Dunno, do you think they are making it up then? Or not recording temperatures in different parts? That would be strange. My brother works in a job where if it goes above 36C he is sent home. A few of them have thermometres to test this I would be surprised if no outdoor worker did the same in Dubai.

And even 48C is a long way off 55C which someone said was the summer temperature in Dubai. That is close to being the hottest temperature recorded ever on Earth (57.8C in Libya)... I know it is hotter in other areas of the UAE though (hottest around 50C).

 

[DandyDon]

60C = 140F for earth's hottest? Maybe so.

....the hottest temperature recorded ever on Earth (57.8C in Libya)...

Neither of those general statements hold up without stipulations, i.e. weather related. Molten lava is much hotter.

 

[Sas]

Neither of those general statements hold up without stipulations, i.e. weather related. Molten lava is much hotter.

sorry I presumed it was implied!