Covid-19 Heat Resistance

[achris]

I have a skewed sarcastic sense of humour too Mike. It gets me in trouble often especially when it's written down not spoken like in the old days when people actually talked 1 on 1. That's 1 reason I didn't have long conversations via email. You can't hear a tone of voice or chuckle in an email or text. I guess that's why people use things like those little cartoon things and LOL etc. many times, I refuse to.....

I try to convey when I'm being 'tongue in cheek' with a little or a , or :lol: And when I don't see that, I assume it's a serious post.

Chris......

 

[sphelps]

Jimmy Carter promised we would be on the metric system in 5 years.

I,m just glad we didn't have to use the metric system to catalog the misery index while he was there ..:twitch:

 

[Grub54891]

How did this go from heat to numbers? Just an old school American number lover here....lol

 

[BWR1953]

More than 35 years after we had gone to the metric system in Canada, goods are sold by the kilo but tags are still on stuff in Imperial. Close to standard US. In my corporation 1 plant was operating on metric and the other on the Imperial system. It's not like we were in a different country or another province we were a 45 minute drive away for God sakes. And everyone was surprised we filed for bankruptcy protection, big surprise.

Yup, confusion can abound if folks aren't consistent.

I lived in Australia for a couple years and you'd never know what Units of Measure you'd get. Fill up the ol' gas tank with liters but then people would talk about Miles Per Gallon. Ask them how far from point A to point B and they'd usually say how many miles; very rarely kilometers. And the speed limit signs were in KPH. Ask how much something weighed and it could be kilos, pounds or stones! (One stone = 14 pounds.)

Several decades back, I worked as a Space Systems Engineer for NASA and one project lost a spacecraft because some young graduate sent thruster information (think mouse farts) in metric instead of English units.

Consistent UoM is important, regardless of system.

 

[Old Ironmaker]

Yup, confusion can abound if folks aren't consistent.

I lived in Australia for a couple years and you'd never know what Units of Measure you'd get. Fill up the ol' gas tank with liters but then people would talk about Miles Per Gallon. Ask them how far from point A to point B and they'd usually say how many miles; very rarely kilometers. And the speed limit signs were in KPH. Ask how much something weighed and it could be kilos, pounds or stones! (One stone = 14 pounds.)

Several decades back, I worked as a Space Systems Engineer for NASA and one project lost a spacecraft because some young graduate sent thruster information (think mouse farts) in metric instead of English units.

Consistent UoM is important, regardless of system.

True story. Back in the 80's an Air Canada flight ran out of fuel in mid air and the pilot glided the huge passenger liner into Gimli Manitoba, an interesting story. The reason? Someone was pumping in liters of fuel not the gallons he thought he was just as we went from Imperial to Metric.

After almost 40 years Canadians including my lady still can't figure out metric, it is much easier. Read The Gimli Glider story if you want to read about fantastic airmanship.

 

[nola mike]

And 2 sets of tools are a PITA. I still have no freakin clue what the next size up and down is from like 7/16. 8/16? No, that's 1/2". 6/16? No, of course that's 3/8. So it goes 3/8, 1/2, 7/16? And I've been working on these 4.3's, and I have a sneaking suspicion that some? many? most? all? of the bolts on my 'murican block are metric, even though they were for sure imperial on my 470.

 

[achris]

And 2 sets of tools are a PITA. I still have no freakin clue what the next size up and down is from like 7/16. 8/16? No, that's 1/2". 6/16? No, of course that's 3/8. So it goes 3/8, 1/2, 7/16? And I've been working on these 4.3's, and I have a sneaking suspicion that some? many? most? all? of the bolts on my 'murican block are metric, even though they were for sure imperial on my 470.

Check the engine block casting number. If it ends with an 'M', then you have a metric block.

As I'm a child of the 60's, I have no problem with both systems, either or, worries me not. If you talk in inches and need it converted, I don't have a problem with that either. I do get very annoyed with people using imperial spanners on metric bolts (and vise-a-versa). I am however, a conformist. If the official system is metric, I'll use, and refer in metric. I found out only recently, that the USA is officially metric in a video about the standard 1kg unit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo0jm1PPRuo It's a good watch.

Chris.......

 

[nola mike]

Check the engine block casting number. If it ends with an 'M', then you have a metric block.


Chris.......

Ha, well as if things weren't confusing enough. I'll check the casting number, but the '89 that I stripped down was SAE for sure. When I was at the yard pulling the '01, I was confused as to why the SAE wasn't fitting correctly. Today when I was removing some more parts, off the '01, they were definitely metric. Sheesh.

Since I never owned or worked on 'murican cars, I think in metric for nuts and bolts (VW, saab, porsche, bmw, mazda), and have to think hard for imperial. I can look at a nut and tell whether it's 13 mm, 15 mm, etc. No clue when I'm looking at 9/16, and it's trial and error. Even though I have plenty of experience on the boat by now to know better.

 

[achris]

You know what really surprises me? The imperial system is a hangover from the old days of British rule over the USA. I would have thought that as generally the USA despises anything British, the imperial measurement system would have been the first to go. But no, here we are 200 years after the civil war, and they are still hanging onto mummy's coat tails. It's funny really.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Chris........

 

[DeepCMark58A]

No country that uses the metric system has ever set foot on the moon, just saying.:lol::lol::lol:

 

[sphelps]

Yeah , we may have held on to some of the old “ ways “ but we have done more with it and improved upon it in a heck of a lot shorter time ... For instance .. We took tea and added ice to it .. And instead of fish and chips ... At least down in my region , it’s fish and grits ...

 

[redneck joe]

Well this explains why this should be dead thread keeps popping up.

metric by weight for baking. Everything else is imperial. Except for always looking for that dam 10 mm socket.

 

[bassman284]

True story. Back in the 80's an Air Canada flight ran out of fuel in mid air and the pilot glided the huge passenger liner into Gimli Manitoba, an interesting story. The reason? Someone was pumping in liters of fuel not the gallons he thought he was just as we went from Imperial to Metric.

After almost 40 years Canadians including my lady still can't figure out metric, it is much easier. Read The Gimli Glider story if you want to read about fantastic airmanship.

Not to mention a fantastic accumulation of errors.

 

[JimS123]

Well this explains why this should be dead thread keeps popping up.

So, tell us what you would like to talk about. We're waiting with baited breath.

 

[sphelps]

Well idk about heat killing the virus but I do know it’s been killing me . Hot and very humid today .. :sorrow:

 

[DeepCMark58A]

And the US flag is still the only one on the moon, go ahead and try to mock us but still the US has dominated the world, in wars, aid, and everything else.

 

[achris]

And the US flag is still the only one on the moon, go ahead and try to mock us but still the US has dominated the world, in wars, aid, and everything else.

Yep, and now, death by coronavirus. World average for morbidity if a person gets the virus, 21%. US figure, 36%... Well done guys.

 

[JimS123]

Yep, and now, death by coronavirus. World average for morbidity if a person gets the virus, 21%. US figure, 36%... Well done guys.

Wow, good numbers. Is that from CNN? What's morbidity? Do you mean fatalities? Show us the published data.

 

[sphelps]

....:suspicious:.... did you forget a decimal point maybe ?

 

[GA_Boater]

World mortality rate is 6.87%, US per CDC - mortality rate is 5.16%, Johns-Hopkins is 5.3%

CDC numbers;

Cases 720,630


Deaths 37,202

720,630/37,202 = 5.162427320539%


Check the numbers for yourself if you don't believe them - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ses-in-us.html

Disclaimer - CDC can't count crap. They are always behind.

Johns-Hopkins is better at staying on top of this and they track mortality - https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality



None of these numbers for any country is to be proud of.