Re: OT: Merry Christmas!

On 25 Dec 2004, at 7.14 am, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 22:49:05 +1100, Tristan McLeay
> <conlang@...> wrote:
>
>> It's been freezing here today! Low twenties, and the same is predicted
>> for tomorrow. But no snow round here either; I am talking celsius.
>
> How is "low 20s C" freezing?  I mean, 20C is what we set our
> thermostat to in
> the winter.  It's not balmy, but it's certainly not freezing.
Well, considering that it's no longer generally jumper-weather, and
considering that it was high twenties at least and generally over
thirty earlier this week, it's relatively freezing. Freezing can't be
an absolute term when it never actually reaches it... At any rate,
winter weather is no guideline for freezing in summer (I would call 25
warm in winter, but in February I'll be dying for a day that cool).

Carsten:
> 20°-30°C freezing? It's summer in Australia ATM, isn't it?
I didn't mean to imply 30 was ever freezing. And yes, it is summer. (Of
course it's summer! It's christmastime! What kind of a question is
that? j/k ... One of the best descriptions of christmas I've heard is
doing winter things in the middle of summer.)

--
Tristan.

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