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I must say, having spent another couple weeks in Europe, metric
measurements for food and drink no longer seem awkward to me. :-)
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Darren New wrote:
> I must say, having spent another couple weeks in Europe, metric
> measurements for food and drink no longer seem awkward to me. :-)
1 Kg of meat, please!
:)
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nemesis wrote:
> 1 Kg of meat, please!
Le nom, le nom, le nom!
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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> 1 Kg of meat, please!
http://cgi.ebay.com/WINNIPEG-OLD-COUNTRY-FARMER-SAUSAGE-1-kg_W0QQitemZ300215710871QQcmdZViewItem
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:54:34 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
>> 1 Kg of meat, please!
>
> Le nom, le nom, le nom!
LOL!
Jim
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Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
> I must say, having spent another couple weeks in Europe, metric
> measurements for food and drink no longer seem awkward to me. :-)
I'm sure you also can't deny that when having to perform operations
(eg. additions etc.) with amounts it's much easier with the metric system,
as almost everything can be done in multiples of 10.
I suppose with the imperial system you get used to perform those
calculations on your head too, but it's much harder to learn and requires
a lot more experience.
"410 cm is 4.1 meters, ie. a bit over 4 meters."
"410 inches is... uh, how many feet?"
"7500 meters is 7 and a half kilometers."
"7500 feet is... uh, how many miles?"
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- Warp
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Darren New wrote:
> I must say, having spent another couple weeks in Europe, metric
> measurements for food and drink no longer seem awkward to me. :-)
One week of physics class cured me of all distaste for the metric system.
Regards,
John
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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > I must say, having spent another couple weeks in Europe, metric
> > measurements for food and drink no longer seem awkward to me. :-)
>
> I'm sure you also can't deny that when having to perform operations
> (eg. additions etc.) with amounts it's much easier with the metric system,
> as almost everything can be done in multiples of 10.
>
> I suppose with the imperial system you get used to perform those
> calculations on your head too, but it's much harder to learn and requires
> a lot more experience.
>
What else would you have children do? :p
> "410 cm is 4.1 meters, ie. a bit over 4 meters."
> "410 inches is... uh, how many feet?"
>
Just over half a chain or a twentieth of a furlong
> "7500 meters is 7 and a half kilometers."
> "7500 feet is... uh, how many miles?"
>
Just less than one and a half miles.
Actually when you learn your tables it becomes instinctive. We are also taught
shortcuts.
Twelve into 41 is three, remainder five and twelve into 50 is 4, remainder 2. It
took me longer to write it than work it out
That does not deny that the metric system is easier.
Stephen
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
news:48f3ee66$1@news.povray.org...
>I must say, having spent another couple weeks in Europe, metric
>measurements for food and drink no longer seem awkward to me. :-)
haha .... this was a bit of a learning curve for me when I moved to Canada.
You know what I find odd is that lumber and plumbing pipe is still sold by
inches and feet, (government projects get converted) but
temp/rain/snowfall, highway signs, and liquid measure are metric. Is anyones
system mixed like that?
Jim
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> Is anyones system mixed like that?
Yes.
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