The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

I expect over the next three or four months of riding across Canada I'll hit all four seasons, prossibly -- even probably -- more than once! But short of a blizzard, I'll have to keep going.

"Good thing we're not made of icing sugar," as my mother used to say when I whined about the rain. But then again, I think she was only on a motorcycle once adn never once when it was running in the rain or any other  weather!

So enjoy!

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart:

50 Fahrenheit (10 Celcius)
Californians shiver uncontrollably.
Canadians plant gardens.

35 F (1.6 C)
Italian cars won't start.
Canadians drive with the windows down and still wear shorts and T-shirts.

32 F (0 C)
American water freezes.
Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

0 F (-17.9 C)
New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
Canadian Girl Guides still sell cookies door-to-door.

-60 F (-51 C)
Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Canadians pull down their earflaps.

-109.9 F (-78.5 C)
Carbon dioxide freezes and makes dry ice.
Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-173 F (-114 C)
Ethyl alcohol freezes.
Canadians get a day off of work to go tobogganing.

-459.67 F (-273.15 C)
Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
Canadians start saying "Cold, eh?"

-500 F (-295 C)
Hell freezes over.
The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup


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