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Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :

Ok, well not technically. Our school's heating system broke down so we got sent home. (This is Peel Region, Ontario...and without heating its cooooooooooolllllddddd)

But you really gotta hand it to them, we LOVE these impromptu holidays

The last time we had an impromptu holiday was "Bomb threat" day....

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Bomb threat day?

Well, it's absolutely FREEZING down here in Toronto and area. Minus 20C with windchill of Minus 40C. SHIVERING!!!!!!!

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Impromptu holiday for Elim and me. Over 1 metre of snow and windy. Not too cold.

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Posted by Mythril (Member # 286) on :

You guys try living in Arizona where its hot as hell even in the winter some times.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Or try going to a private school that never has snow days.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

I went to Arizona once, a year ago -- in November. It was -40�F (or Celsius -- almost the same down there), snowing, and they said they didn't open the local ski hill until there was at least seven to eight feet of snow. That scared me.

That's Flagstaff. Go an hour and a half south to Sedona and it's like the rest of the state.

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Actually, -40� is the only time the metric and English systems meet :-)

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Well it's more like -44.something�, but yes; that's why I said that.

Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :

Yeah....we once had a bomb threat phoned into the school, and as a result 3/4 of the school skipped.....

Ah.....those were the days......

As was last year when there was that mega-load of snow in the GTA.....lots of snow days then....

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

There has yet to be a bomb threat called into my school. My cousin's school, on the other hand, had two bomb threat calls in one week!

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

By the "English" system, do you mean the system that we don't use in England?

Well, not much. And it's called "imperial", not "English" anyway.

We haven't has a snow day since 91. Well, we might have, but I'm not at school anyway. And people don't need snow as an excuse to miss university. A test match on TV is good enough excuse.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

"English System" is an appropriate synonym for "Imperial System" now.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Actually, -40 is the exact temperature at which the scales converge...

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

English system, Imperial system, no. Not quite the same thing.

The Imperial system uses gallons and feet and inches, like the English system of measurements (which, oddly enough, is only used in the U.S. Independence, indeed!) However, there are differences. The Imperial gallon is larger than the English (American) gallon. The difference in feet and inches is so slight that if you measure North America from Washington to San Francisco, the difference between the two is about 5 inches (~125 cm). That difference seems slight, but it also meant that during World War II, parts manufactured under licence for American-built Merlin Engines were not interchangeable with the same parts manufactured in England.

Thus ends the history lesson.

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