[Corkradioclub] From this week's ARRL Contest Update...

[Cormac Gebruers]

Martti OH2BH contributes this handy world-wide temperature conversion table:

+15 °C, Spanish wear caps, gloves and winter coats, Finns are sunbathing
+10 °C, French desperately try to get their central heating on. Finns plant
flowers.
+5 °C, Italian cars won't start. Finns drive with convertibles.
0 °C, Pure water...freezes. Water in river Vantaa thickens a bit.
- 5 °C, First people are found frozen in California. Finnish midsummer
festival ends.
-10 °C, Scottish turn the heat on in their houses. Finns start to use
long-sleeve shirts.
-20 °C, Swedes stay indoors. Finns are having last barbeque before winter.
-30 °C, Half of the Greek people have frozen to death. Finns start to dry
their laundry indoors.
-50 °C, Polar bears evacuate North Pole. Finnish army starts its winter
training.
-70 °C, Siberian people are moving to Moscow. Finns are furious since the
Koskenkorva liquor can't be stored outdoors anymore.
-273 °C, Absolute zero. Finns admit that it is quite cold outside.
-300 °C, Hell freezes over. Finland wins the football World Cup.

Happy New Year to all.

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