Different date format: day / month / year; as opposed to the US standard: month / day / year.

Kelvin starts at absolute zero and proceeds on the Celsius scale.

Rankine starts at absolute zero and proceeds on the Fahrenheit scale.

And where does poor Rankine sit?

I was going to go with Shit creek.

I’d be inclined to agree… But I’ve had conversations like these, if not publicly.

This one about not being able to find a machine (http://bash.org/?5273) is relatable if you’ve ever had to trace cable in a rat’s nest of a server closet.

These are old IRC chats, a kind of Hall of Shame for public conversations… before social media really perfected the art.