Re: gas me up, DUC[KT] tape

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject	Re: gas me up, DUC[KT] tape
Date	2026-01-05 19:51 +0000
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 15:53:36 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:

> In the US, gallons what you get when you buy gas.  I set my home
> thermostat in C but we all know why the US isn't metric:

https://www.nist.gov/pml/us-surveyfoot

While I agree the determination of the endpoints was a little bizarre I do 
prefer Fahrenheit. Setting a thermostat to 21.11 doesn't make sense. I 
assume C thermostats don't show fractional degrees.

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