And they say it's cold in Norway.. HAH.

"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
04/20/2015 at 10:37 • Filed to: MCM, Mad Max, Mighty Car Mods

30c (86ishF). Yes it’s in the sun.. but still :P And YES, I need to clean my window.

DISCUSSION (29)

E. Julius > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 10:39

Kinja'd!!!

How the hell do you read this thing? Edit: I’m an idiot. Figured it out.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > E. Julius
04/20/2015 at 10:41

It’s a bog standard thermometer here in Norway, perhaps they look different elsewhere?

And yes, I did see your edit, I was just curious about what confused you (apart from the fact it’s a low quality picture that is.)

CalzoneGolem > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 10:41

My mom lives in Norway.

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday…

E. Julius > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 10:43

I’m used to seeing American thermometers that have scales on both sides, like this:

Kinja'd!!!

So I was reading one side as a scale from 5 to 5 and the other side as a scale of all zeroes, which (obviously) made no sense to me. Why I was looking at it this way I don’t know.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > E. Julius
04/20/2015 at 10:45

Ahh.. hehe.. I should’ve guessed that. I have a few that looks like that as well. But I’m so used to doing F to C and C to F in my head that I don’t really need one that have both scales.

E. Julius > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 10:48

Ugh that’s my most hated conversion.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > E. Julius
04/20/2015 at 10:51

It’s quite easy..

°C x 9/5 + 32 = °F

(°F - 32) x 5/9 = °C

E. Julius > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 10:53

I know how to do it, I just don’t like it! Fahrenheit is a better scale anyways : P

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > E. Julius
04/20/2015 at 10:58

You could replace 9/5 with 1.8 and 5/9 with 0.5 and get almost the same results, perhaps that’s easier. As for what scale is best.. well.. I don’t care, I like celsius because water freezes at zero.. other then that they’re pretty much equal I’d say.

ly2v8-Brian > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 11:09

Meanwhile here in Minny it is only 3C.....

thebigbossyboss > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 11:13

Cold in Norway? Your winter was a summer compared to ours. The AVERAGE! temperature here in Feb was -16C.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > ly2v8-Brian
04/20/2015 at 11:15

But it’s only ten in the morning there right? It was 5C here then. And the real temperature here is 19C (30 in direct sunlight).

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > thebigbossyboss
04/20/2015 at 11:18

We’ve had a couple of rather warm winters lately, I think the average in Feb was -3c or something. In my town -30 is not really that uncommon, but neither is close to 30C in the summer. But you’re correct Norway is not that cold, it’s just that people think it is because we are so far north.

thebigbossyboss > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 11:21

We had a warm winter in 2012 but then thanks to “global warming” we are told that the winters around here are getting colder each year since. Can’t wait to see what next year brings!!

I just remember filling up with fuel in the dark, in the wind, at 5am in -24C and thinking this is hell on earth hahaha.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > thebigbossyboss
04/20/2015 at 11:25

Hehe, the thing about global warming though, is that it’s the median temp that gets higher, some places will probably be MUCH colder.. but this is not the place for that discussion :)

-24c and wind.. sheesh.. that’s not fun.

ly2v8-Brian > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 11:27

10 at best is what they are calling for. And that's not factoring windchill.

For Sweden > ly2v8-Brian
04/20/2015 at 11:28

Minneapolis, Norway, same thing.

thebigbossyboss > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 11:30

Basically the theory is that the west half of the north american continent gets way warmer and the east way colder due to the movement of the jet stream.

Anything below -20C is not fun it’s just cold in my opinion. lol. I stay indoors as much as possible. I was coming from out of town that morning, and wondered if I should stop at my house to change my clothes from yesterdays clothes but then I thought after fuelling I was not getting out of the car again so I didn’t and went to work wearing yesterdays socks lol.

ly2v8-Brian > For Sweden
04/20/2015 at 11:32

Which is why the state likes to make everything blue and yellow.

For Sweden > ly2v8-Brian
04/20/2015 at 11:33

Except for the Wolves, Wild, Vikings, Twins...

Cé hé sin > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 11:34

Why would you want to convert?

We used to often use °F but since forecasts have been given only in °C for decades we’ve just got used to that.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > thebigbossyboss
04/20/2015 at 11:36

Yup, and Norway will get colder as well once the Gulf Stream no longer works as it does now.

When it comes to cold though I’m somewhat strange. I wear jeans and a t-shirt if it’s warmer than -10C, probably a jacket if it’s below -25C. 5C and up? Shorts and tank top if I’m at home, Shorts and t-shirt if I’m going out for anything.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Cé hé sin
04/20/2015 at 11:37

I convert when talking to Americans, and reading manuals in American English.

ly2v8-Brian > For Sweden
04/20/2015 at 11:38

not that, I'm talking about government. County and State Highway signs for example are blue and yellow.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 12:23

Not QUITE the same Norway though :P

CalzoneGolem > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 12:36

Yeah, Mainers are weird like that.

Kinja'd!!!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 12:41

Hehe, there’s a Mexico and a Denmark within 20 minutes of driving from where I live as well..

CalzoneGolem > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
04/20/2015 at 12:44

Ha, that’s some good stuff.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > CalzoneGolem
04/20/2015 at 12:47

People born in Scandinavia can’t be bothered with creative naming of shit.. we’re far to busy doing cool stuff. (Slightly NSFW).