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For all of us that go to school, this is great news! My last final exam was yesterday, so now my summer has officially begun!!!
I (sort of) celebrated yesterday by going out shopping

I'm still in till Wednesday.....

Yoda - but we are still sweltering today. School finest or not. Hope your keepin cool.

JimmyJackJunior wrote:Yoda - but we are still sweltering today. School finest or not. Hope your keepin cool.

Holy crap is it ever hot here! Wasn't it like 32 yesterday?! Hope it aint this hot all summer! Nice for a change without rain but this heat is really just too much to bare for me. Wish I had A/C....Right back atcha JJJ.

yoda_four wrote:

JimmyJackJunior wrote:Yoda - but we are still sweltering today. School finest or not. Hope your keepin cool.

Holy crap is it ever hot here! Wasn't it like 32 yesterday?! Hope it aint this hot all summer! Nice for a change without rain but this heat is really just too much to bare for me. Wish I had A/C....Right back atcha JJJ.

I fluked out and got a free portable air conditioner from my aunt. It seems they couldn't figure out that the timer was keeping it from turning on right away and they almost threw it out . I never thought I'd need an air conditioner in Nanaimo, but after the past couple years of freakishly hot summers I was planning on buying one anyways.

Oh! and congrats to everyone getting through another year of school:D

Wow, you guys get out of school late! We got out on the 14th. Then again that's not all that earlier. Also there weren't many Snow Days this year and the ones we did have were made up during Spring Break and Presidents Weekend. Anyhow, I'm so glad school's over!!! But I'm not to crazy about the heat either. I'd rather be cold and in the snow.

yoda_four and The Zue: 32º? Isn't that the freezing point of water? That's so cold! Unless it's normally REALLY REALLY cold in Canada and 32º is considered hot?

We are successful (or forced depending how you look at it) converts to the metric system in Canada:) The equivilent is around 88 in fareinheit.

But Zue, Yoda and I all live on the ocean here, so its also very humid which makes it feel much hotter. I lived in the desert in Arizona for a few years and 88 here feels much warmer than 88 there.

Wow My summer began May 12th granted thatI was a senior and got dismissed 2 weeks before school really got out. I have been in summer mode ever since then. Its great the weather here has been in the upper 80s low 90s great for hiting up the beach.

JimmyJackJunior wrote:But Zue, Yoda and I all live on the ocean here, so its also very humid which makes it feel much hotter. I lived in the desert in Arizona for a few years and 88 here feels much warmer than 88 there.

Exactly, we are more accustomed to a milder temperature, with normal winters of about 0-5 and summers 25-30. If you lived in Regina, you'd think 30 is mild, cause they're summers are 40 and winters like -15 to -40 (I think something like that).

TheZue wrote:We are successful (or forced depending how you look at it) converts to the metric system in Canada:) The equivilent is around 88 in fareinheit.

Metric System Rocks! No offense to Americans or Brits, but I find the universal system much more easier to work and figure out stuff with. Over time, more and more generations will come to appreciate it and be simply taught it even more fluently in schools. Face it, SI will take over Imperial eventually, although it will still exist like Kelvin.

N.B.: Do you guys in USA/UK get taught SI, or do you just kinda learn it thru vacationing, etc.?

All UK schools only teach Metric, and have done since the mid or late seventies.

I can't even comprehend what a pound is (the weight that is, not our currency!)

I didn't realize we had such a prominent British Columbian population here!

School here let out last week...

96 degrees out so far.....its only 8 in the morning.
ya gotta love Vegas! Its not even July yet.
Im still getting used to this desert rat lifestyle

I celebrated by going shopping at National Airport. I bought some stuffed animals and children's books. A lot of stuffed animals at the Disney Store are 50 % off. Cool!

I need to go back to school on June 28 though. I can't afford to take summer off because I want to graduate from college in three years. lol

Weather is hot and humid. ick.. The heat index was 37.78 Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) a few days ago.

2099net wrote:All UK schools only teach Metric, and have done since the mid or late seventies.

I can't even comprehend what a pound is (the weight that is, not our currency!)

Hi 2099net, I can help you.

1 Kilogram equals 2.20462 pounds
1 Pound equals 0.453592 Kilograms

1 Great British Pound = 1.83720 USD
1 USD = 0.544307 Great British Pound

I hope this helps.


Later everyone

yoda_four wrote:

TheZue wrote:We are successful (or forced depending how you look at it) converts to the metric system in Canada:) The equivilent is around 88 in fareinheit.

Metric System Rocks! No offense to Americans or Brits, but I find the universal system much more easier to work and figure out stuff with. Over time, more and more generations will come to appreciate it and be simply taught it even more fluently in schools. Face it, SI will take over Imperial eventually, although it will still exist like Kelvin.

N.B.: Do you guys in USA/UK get taught SI, or do you just kinda learn it thru vacationing, etc.?

Kram feels stupid now! I'm so used to hearing temperatures in fareinheit over here. On TV they don't even say fareinheit since everyone is used to that scale. Yes 32º C or 88º F is an exhausting heat.

To answer your question yoda_four: In American schools we are first taught the metrics system in I think middle/junior high school (6th, 7th, 8th, grade or 7th,8th grade or 7th,8th,9th grade, its different everywhere) where we learn that King Henry Drinks Basically Delicious Chocolate Milk and in all the years I've been taught it the teacher alway complains that America should get with the program and convert to the way easier metrics system and celcius and all that. In a lot of my math classes in high school and in physics and chemistry, metrics are more commonly used and especially in chemistry it is always ºC or Kelvin for thermochemistry and thermodynamics problems. So basically we are taught metrics in order to succeed in higher level math and science classes. Since I'm used to feet and miles and fareinheit, I think they should stay or gradually phase out. Usually you see both feet/miles and meter and kilometers in textbooks, roadmaps, highway signs, etc.

Wow, when do you guys go back to school? It seems kinda late. I've been out for 2 months now!

That 32 degrees thing tripped me up for a minute too, lol. Kram's right- we learn both systems in America, and we have to use both of them with some frequency in school (most science and math classes I've been in use both extensively), but in common speech and conversations, the US system is used. It's not that we don't know it- we're just not used to hearing it outside of the academic setting. I agree that the metric system makes more sense. However, it's the system that you grow up around the most that's the easiest for you, so the US system remains easier for most Americans, lol. It's just what we're used to hearing.

-Aaron

Glad you northern lot are having fun, but we have another 2 months of winter left and it is freezing down here...

I'm heading a little further north at the end of the week to defrost, then I'll return to freeze once more.

This has to be one of the colder winters on record here in Australia (which is probably not cold by Northern Hemisphere standards, but we are a fragile lot...).

awallaceunc wrote:Wow, when do you guys go back to school? It seems kinda late. I've been out for 2 months now!

That 32 degrees thing tripped me up for a minute too, lol. Kram's right- we learn both systems in America, and we have to use both of them with some frequency in school (most science and math classes I've been in use both extensively), but in common speech and conversations, the US system is used. It's not that we don't know it- we're just not used to hearing it outside of the academic setting. I agree that the metric system makes more sense. However, it's the system that you grow up around the most that's the easiest for you, so the US system remains easier for most Americans, lol. It's just what we're used to hearing.

-Aaron

We, in BC, get out at the end of June, and go back the day after Labour day, ususally second week of September.

Just like you said Aaron, It really is the system you grow up with. Thru elementary, I always used metric, but now in high school they really make sure you know Imperial, just in case we canadians happen to wander off down south! I only know my height in feet, cause who would want to say "I'm 162 cms tall.". I only really know lengths in either an inch, or cms, and basically know what 1m is, though I dont know what a foot is off hand. Haha, foot....off hand... NYWAYS, w/e works for you guys, but I really think we should just keep one and phase out the other. Make it a lot easier for everyone.

Kram: King Henery Basically Delicious Chocolate Milk? What's this? I know we use Kings Have Diamonds -M- Diamonds Cost Money = Kilo, Hecta, Deca, Metre/Litre/Gram, Deci, Centi, Milli.

Mermaid Kelly: I think you should change the title of this thread to "Summer Is Here In North America! How's Winter in Australia?" to make sure Loomis feels special.

Ah, we go back in late August/early September, so it's all good.

Imperial... is that what you guys call it? I've heard it called a few things before, but never that one. I usually here it as the 'US System,' though. I wonder if it has an official name? lol

-Aaron