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Old 07-01-2006, 08:20 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Rupert
 
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Default USDA zone map for UK - for comparison of climate, where to find?


"slugbug" wrote in message
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The UK uses Celcius not Fahrenheit.


I understand that. Unfortunately, you Britons foisted Miles and
Fahrenheit on us back when we were getting started, and we've been
stuck with them ever since. Now if we ever switched over, it would be
a catastrophe! Just think:

1) We would have to throw out all of our mercury thermometers, creating
an environmental armageddon

2) All of the roads in Ohio and the majority of states are marked off
in 1 mile squares. This means you come to an intersection of another
road each mile down the road, which lets you figure how far you have
driven with no problems. Think of all the math we'd have to use if we
switched to kilometers! (what is that, something like 1.4 km x however
many roads we've passed...)


Don't worry about the math thing . All you need to do is rename a mile as
the American Kilometre.
The UK still uses Miles but that's no excuse for your lot to foist dots per
inch on us:-)