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Old 01-24-21, 09:17 AM
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Snow report from just east of the Sierra Nevadas. Looks like just 3-4 inches
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Originally Posted by LAJ
They're talking real money, not that Celsius crap.
Celsius is the preferred measure of temperature in a majority of the civilized world.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Celsius is the preferred measure of temperature in a majority of the civilized world.
Correction, only a two hands full countries use Fahrenheit as their temperature scale, so most of the world uses Celsius.

at least, US Survey Feet is on its way out (by Sept 2022), so all of construction industry is breathing a collective sigh of relief.
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Old 01-24-21, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Celsius is the preferred measure of temperature in a majority of the civilized world.
Apparently you weren't exactly sure what my statement said.

That's OK.
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Let's have a Metric System Appreciation Week. Everyone use metric units for the next seven days, starting now.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Let's have a Metric System Appreciation Week. Everyone use metric units for the next seven days, starting now.
Not gonna touch that one with a ten foot pole.
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Got my fake group ride in. It was advertised as a “recovery” ride but their definition of recovery is not the same as mine. It would have been a hard ride if I stayed with the main group, but I rode with some stragglers and ended up doing an average of 2 w/kg which is not hard but still harder than recovery by my measure. The Zoom interaction made the 90 minutes fly by and was reasonably entertaining.
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Went out this morning. 24 degrees American when I started. Seems like my heart rate is elevated the colder it is.

Tomorrow is 36, looking forward for the warmer weather.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Let's have a Metric System Appreciation Week. Everyone use metric units for the next seven days, starting now.
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I rode with some stragglers and ended up doing an average of 2 w/kg
That's the spirit!
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Originally Posted by datlas
Not gonna touch that one with a 3.048 metre pole.
Fixed.
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FYI: For football discussion a first down is 9.144 metres.

[No one cares about the NFL playoffs this year, though]
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
FYI: For football discussion a first down is 9.144 metres.

[No one cares about the NFL playoffs this year, though]
I’m going to a friend’s to watch the early game. Want to see Brady lose. She’s making me dinner.
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I'm going to be able to manage an outside ride as soon as my wife gets off our kickr. She makes me shut everything down for her.

She called me about 3 miles in to a hilly ride in England. She said that it was harder than normal. Oops, I had the program set for myself at 200# instead of her 127#. I had to stop it and log myself out and her back in.

She's now listening to Meat Loaf (Bat Out of Hell album) while riding near Lake Garda, Italy.
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Shocking. You must be a cyclist that's new to the internets.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I’m going to a friend’s to watch the early game. Want to see Brady lose. She’s making me dinner.
My rooting interest is for anyone but the Bills. The Bills and Vikings are, currently, the only teams that are 0-4 in the Super Bowl. I'd rather that the Vikings not become the only 0-4 team, unless it means that the Bills become the only 0-5 team. Also: Diva Diggs.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
What outdoor activities did you engage in today?
Good ride this morning. Legs are sore. Woke up late, rushed around like big dumb goof trying to get ready. Only 3 of us completed the ride. 3 others had technical difficulties. One finished on his own 2 others did some other ride. I hit 255 average today. It was a flatter ride than normal, still had some climbing but not like our usual routes. I just learned that the weird little symbols help you do things. Draft etc. I had no idea. Kinda felt like cheating.


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Originally Posted by WhyFi
My rooting interest is for anyone but the Bills. The Bills and Vikings are, currently, the only teams that are 0-4 in the Super Bowl. I'd rather that the Vikings not become the only 0-4 team, unless it means that the Bills become the only 0-5 team. Also: Diva Diggs.
I can still see where I was when I saw and heard “Wide right!”
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
It's about 3 degrees here, too. The sun is not out. #QuasiNorth
Celsius. Not really that cold.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I’m going to a friend’s to watch the early game. Want to see Brady lose. She’s making me dinner.
I hope the snow starts dumping there!

Go Packers!
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Let's have a Metric System Appreciation Week. Everyone use metric units for the next seven days, starting now.
Not divisible by 10.

Also, you missed out. National Metric Week – US Metric Association (usma.org)
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Not divisible by 10.

Also, you missed out. National Metric Week – US Metric Association (usma.org)
Oh good, I still have plenty of time to plan. I'm surprised this doesn't eclipse Halloween every year.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Not divisible by 10.

Also, you missed out. National Metric Week – US Metric Association (usma.org)
Ha! Who woulda thunk it?
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Let's have a Metric System Appreciation Week. Everyone use metric units for the next seven days, starting now.
Are we going whole hog and sticking to SI units, or is any metric unit acceptable?

I mean airing up tyres in Pascal is gonna be a tad unwieldy.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
It got 2020'd so we can do a makeup now.
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