means to live in the United States not only that you have to get used to certain cultural differences and a different language. Much more serious is almost more that has been around here the metric system have hardly spoken. And that means that you have to move in almost all areas of life.
It starts with the fact that the temperature in Fahrenheit is measured. Sure, you can convert the PC at home, sometimes short, but you can also wants a say in normal conversation about the weather, so I've put at least a few guidelines deal. 60 are cool, 70 pleasant, 80 hot, 90 hot (respectively 15, 21, 26 and 32 ° C).
In traffic a similar problem: on the highways in Washington state allowed to drive up to 60 miles per hour on normal roads 30-40 miles / h. The former with 97km / h rather slowly and the latter is almost like in Germany, I noticed after some mental arithmetic.
Shorter distances we measure here in foot. Can I therefore in the swimming pool 4 feet deep are still? - Yes, because those are only 1.2 meters, but in case it was faster to try it just to start as with the mental arithmetic.
The body size also should best foot ready and customs have . Just as I have no idea how long as 6 feet, so the Americans of course have no idea how long is 183cm. We
even the bizarre situation where someone said the car had asked back "is still 100 meters, then on the right side," and the driver: "How long How much is 100m in feet?". The situation was solved only by writing to the right place "Stop!" has created.
at the petrol station to fill up in gallons instead of liters, or nearly four times. And to the folks back home something to drive the tears in his eyes: Here the gallon regular gasoline costs about 2.75 dollars. Compare this with the prices in Germany (little mental arithmetic task, 1 dollar is currently about 0.7 €).
It starts with the fact that the temperature in Fahrenheit is measured. Sure, you can convert the PC at home, sometimes short, but you can also wants a say in normal conversation about the weather, so I've put at least a few guidelines deal. 60 are cool, 70 pleasant, 80 hot, 90 hot (respectively 15, 21, 26 and 32 ° C).
In traffic a similar problem: on the highways in Washington state allowed to drive up to 60 miles per hour on normal roads 30-40 miles / h. The former with 97km / h rather slowly and the latter is almost like in Germany, I noticed after some mental arithmetic.
Shorter distances we measure here in foot. Can I therefore in the swimming pool 4 feet deep are still? - Yes, because those are only 1.2 meters, but in case it was faster to try it just to start as with the mental arithmetic.
The body size also should best foot ready and customs have . Just as I have no idea how long as 6 feet, so the Americans of course have no idea how long is 183cm. We
even the bizarre situation where someone said the car had asked back "is still 100 meters, then on the right side," and the driver: "How long How much is 100m in feet?". The situation was solved only by writing to the right place "Stop!" has created.
at the petrol station to fill up in gallons instead of liters, or nearly four times. And to the folks back home something to drive the tears in his eyes: Here the gallon regular gasoline costs about 2.75 dollars. Compare this with the prices in Germany (little mental arithmetic task, 1 dollar is currently about 0.7 €).
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