Thursday, October 16, 2014

Crickets

       
 A new or semi-new phrase "crickets" is used frequently to indicate a silence or non answer when a question is asked.

For example, someone might say to a room full of people: "I need someone to help me with this task…"


And then there is silence. No one replies or volunteers.

C R I C K E T S

But did you know that real crickets do more than just chirp?

What do they do?

Welllllll, did you know that the chirps of a cricket can tell you what the temperature is !

Yes, indeed.

The calculations range from simple to rather complicated.

The simplest is:
"Count the chirps over a 13-second period 
and add 40

That'll give the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, give or take a bit."

For more details about the 'formula' ---



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