Re: OT: Rant about degres Celsius (was: introduction)

> > > BTW, an astronomy textbook I'm reading repeatedly uses the expression
> > > "centigrade degrees".
> > >
> >
> >AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!  Tell me you're kidding!! Reading an astronomy
> >textbook *REPEATEDLY*? As a student who's spent the last four
> hours doing 6
> >or so astronomy problems...and not understanding any of it...I'm
> >bewildered.. :)
>
> Note two things: 1) "repeatedly" modifies "uses", not "am reading", and 2)
> I'm not studying astronomy - I found the book at the Uni's library and am
> reading it just for fun.
After five years of doing astronomy problems, I could never again read an
astronomy book "just for fun".... a shame, actually...

Maarten