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Moira McKinnon's avatar

I lived in South Africa for a year, and England for a year. Never got kilos to miles. The F to C formula had to suffice, as we had neither calculator nor handy chart!

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Scott H-K's avatar

I can do km to mile reasonably well because I used to run 5k races, which are 3.2 miles. That gives me a decent place to start. About as close to "double it and add 30" I guess. And learning that the 750 meters from our current place to our new one is .48 miles provides another reference point. So I might be getting there. If I want to get fancy, 1 km is .62 miles.

And the handy chart is only handy if we're in striking distance of our refrigerator :-).

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Cie Scattergood's avatar

I can do meters. I can do kilos. I'll try doing Celsius...but, in Copenhagen here, I guess they provide the wind speed in...seconds.

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Amy Redfield's avatar

GASP NO!!!!! Not seconds.

Here we have a ton of Ocean Effect warnings. Which means???? I think that there are waves. We often have high winds, maybe rain with it, so maybe it's storms?

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Scott H-K's avatar

My goodness! That would be hard to understand and manage. At least you've got meters and kilos down, though. Good for you!

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Amy Redfield's avatar

I don't have km to miles AT ALL.

And that handy chart? I use it. All. The. Time. So there, HK.

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