[W126 Coupe] Converting C to F temperatures

[Ruud Schuijt]

Hi Ronny,
Good to hear from you. I guess it would be better if we all used the same standard. To my understanding, the recent crash of a Mars-lander (or some other spacecraft, I can't exactly remember) was caused by the use of different standards by the technicians building it. At some point they simply forgot to do all the transitions. I bet this happens more than once. 

Have you ever worked at Aruba, at the old Lago refinery? I stayed a couple of weeks at 'The Colony', the community where most of the personnel used to live. There are still some great bungalows over there, if you care to renovate them.

And indeed, can't wait for 'pakjesavond'.
Misschien mag ik vanavond wel mijn schoen zetten!

All the best,
Ruud


Op 2 dec 2011, om 05:41 heeft Ronny 560sec het volgende geschreven:


> Hi Ruud,

> How are you doing.

> You are right about being from the old continent. But beside that I have worked in the petrochemical and refinery fields as a design engineer.

> I  have about 20 years experience with refineries in the middle east like projects for Aramco.

> In the old days these projects were all done according to the American systems, but during the early eightieth the middle east countries also change to the international si system (metric) and all the revamping and the new additions had to be done in metrics. During those transitions we had a lot of extra work changing the calculations to make a match.

> As I understand it today the whole world, except America, is using the SI standard.

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> Tot hoors en een fijne Sinterklaas avond.

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> Ronny

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> From: Ruud Schuijt

> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 1:14 AM

> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Converting C to F temperatures

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> Hi Ronny, that's probably because you're from the old continent ;-)

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> Op 1 dec 2011, om 05:47 heeft Ronny 560sec het volgende geschreven:

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>> I feel fortunate, because me and my body have adapted to both C and F.

>> And that is the same with inches and cm and also with yard and meter or gallon and liter.

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>> Ronny

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>> From: Gerry Van Zandt

>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 10:14 AM

>> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

>> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Converting C to F temperatures

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>> You just have to commit to memory a few data points really.

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>> 15C = ~60F (balmy for most of the US, but arctic by Houston standards)

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>> 20C = 68F (very comfortable temperature for most folks, but chilly here in Houston)

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>> 25C = 77F (about my favorite temperature; not too hot, not too cold, normal Houston fall day)

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>> 30C = 86F (getting a bit too warm for my tastes, but a cold summer day here in Houston)

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>> I took the attached photo in my 560SEC last Friday afternoon while out running errands … 77F / 25C

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>> On Nov 30, 2011, at 11:15 AM, mbcoupes-request at mbcoupes.com wrote:

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>>> Since my outside temperature in in Celsius I went to the internet to get

>>> conversions, typed them out of the computer and then had that laminated and

>>> I keep it in the small "change" tray in front of the shifter.  When I need

>>> to know the temp. in Fahrenheit I just pick up the card.  One of these days

>>> I may memorize them.

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>>> Dick Diefenbach

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>>> Danville, VT 

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