Re: OT: Merry Christmas!

Quoting Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>:

> 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.
20 Celsius is not jumper weather?!? A few degrees more, and it's too _hot_ for a
jumper ...

                                                    Andreas

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