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Default An idiot and his table saw... The truth


"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Attila Iskander wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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"J. Clarke" wrote:

Apparently it is because there are four McDonalds mear me and the all
serve decent coffee very hot. If it is being served cold near you
then
something is wrong.


'Very hot' is meaningless without proper measurement.


Darn.
Please identify the scale, you know like Fahrenheit, Celsius or
Kelvin,
that uses "very hot" as a marker on it.



It's called the 'Close Enough' scale.


Dang
I forgot about that scale
That's the one that also has "smidgens" as a unit of measure. Right ?



But to most people, "very hot" means you have to blow on it before
putting
it in your mouth, or you need protection before you pick it up, or you
don't
fiddle around with an open container between your knees while sitting in
a
car