Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for September 21, 2008

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    Thomas R. Williams  about 16 years ago

    It’s the number of chirps per minute supposedly but can’t recall having tested that.

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    Jogger2  about 16 years ago

    It depends on the species. Here is a quote from Wikipedia:

    “…it is possible to calculate the temperature in Fahrenheit by adding 40 to the number of chirps produced in 15 seconds by the snowy tree cricket common in the United States.”

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    LudwigVonDrake  about 16 years ago

    Either way, are you going to trust the memory of a guy who’s over 100 years old??

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    Eugeno  about 16 years ago

    and if it’s cool enough … no chirps at all - so then you have to listen for the ice beetle -

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    Durak Premium Member about 16 years ago

    I’d trust Walt Wallet any day, any time. I’d trust him further than our current President or either of his possible replacements. I don’t care if he does use crickets to tell the temperature.

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