[Dixielandjazz] trivia

[dingle at baldwin-net.com]

Jerry Gordon wrote:

>I've got two things to say about this, and then I hope that's the end of
>it:
>
>1. It occurs twice this year, and every year ending in 06: once in the US
>on 04/05 (April 5) and again in the rest of the world on 04/05 (May 4).
>
>2. Here's the ancient wisdom for living to 120: make it to 119, then be
>very, very careful.
>
>Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Web master for
>http://APlaceForJazz.org
>  
>
Well, Jerrt, et al:

Since you like statistical oddities, here's one that I have experienced 
several times here in the North Country.
In the States we use Fahrenheit temperature scales; in Europe they use 
the metric Celsius scales.
So when it turns cold enough to freeze it is 32 F. and 0 C.  From that 
piont one, with one exception, the scales do not seem to agree on just how
cold is if you are not used to the other scale.
That one exeception is this -- the one time the two scales agree is when 
it is really cold enoughto worry Nuns, Wtiches, and Ditch Diggers.
At -40 degees on both F. & C. scales, they agree on just how cold it is. 
Beliieve it, "it ain't a fit time out for man nor beast." (W.C. Fields - 
the Fatal Glass of Beer).
That's my contribution to statistical trivia.
Don Ingle