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Old Dec 21, 2004, 4:47 pm
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Craigo
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Home of the 2001 & 2004 Rugby Super 12 Champions - the Brumbies (Canberra, ACT) and Australia's best ski resort (Thredbo, NSW)
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Originally Posted by NM
In Brisbane we often refer to a day as 90/90, meaning 90 degrees and 90% humidity.
I know that you Queenslanders are a bit behind the times, but this is ridiculous. We've been using Celsius for temperature since 1972!!! I suppose you also talk about rainfall in points and inches too - that's been obsolete since 1974!

I was in primary school at the time of the metric changeover, so I learned Imperial measurements in 3rd class and metric in 4th class. The only Imperial measurement I can relate to now is my height in feet and inches (6'1") but I prefer the metric 184cm. All the other Imperial measurements are gobbledegook to me. (Oh, I'd better be careful, that American who doesn't know the meaning of words might have a hissy fit and think that I eat Vietnamese ).
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