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"Half a pound of salami, please."

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  • MikM Mik

    I don’t have any problem with fractions and once I got used to it metric would be just as normal.

    Adaptability is key to the successful primate.

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    George K
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    @Mik said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

    I don’t have any problem with fractions and once I got used to it metric would be just as normal.

    Adaptability is key to the successful primate.

    I mentioned this to Mrs. George today, and I asked her how long, as a nurse, did it take for her to get used to using milliliters, liter, kilograms, etc.

    "About 15 minutes," she said.

    But then, she used to drive an IABP (look it up), so there's that.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Had we settled on base-8 or even base-16 rather than base-10 number system, fractions and metric would both be easy.

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        Renauda
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        Either system works for me. Because I am over 60 and worked with O&G drilling equipment, my default preference is the imperial system.

        Elbows up!

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        • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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          #7

          I find using imperial units rather cumbersome. It's hardly ever necessary now, as we're all using IEC, ISO standards and what have you. I still get reports to review which sometimes reference the old units. I send them back and tell them to replace their colonial imperial gibberish with the correct units.

          I was only joking

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            Interestingly, in medicine, everything is metric - other than weight. Patient weight, that is.

            That may have changed in the last few years, however. I'm out of that loop.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              Weight is also metric. For example calculating body surface area in chemotherapy dosage.

              I’m pretty much “bi” in the sense that I can switch in my head back and forth.
              Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.

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              • bachophileB bachophile

                Weight is also metric. For example calculating body surface area in chemotherapy dosage.

                I’m pretty much “bi” in the sense that I can switch in my head back and forth.
                Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.

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                @bachophile said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.

                Go to England, you get more!

                I was only joking

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                  bachophile
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                  #11

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                  Hey you are right, I didn’t know that.

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                  • CopperC Offline
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                    In New England we used to be able to buy beer in a GIQ, Giant Imperial Quart. It was imported from Canada, I’m not sure if you can still buy a GIQ.

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                      @bachophile said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                      Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.

                      Go to England, you get more!

                      LuFins DadL Offline
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                      LuFins Dad
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                      @Doctor-Phibes said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                      @bachophile said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                      Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.

                      Go to England, you get more!

                      More bad beer…

                      The Brad

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                      • George KG Offline
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                        George K
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                        I remember getting better MPG when I drove in Canada.

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                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • MikM Offline
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                          Mik
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                          #15

                          I can do much of it in my head going back and forth....weight, distance, milliliters. But when it comes to smaller measurements, I don't have that conversion logic upstairs yet because I haven't really had to use it. It's not that hard and it makes more sense to use base 10.

                          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                            Fine, just so long as we base the length of a centimeter as the size of Rudolf VanWerdenstein’s knuckle on his middle finger. And a gram should be the measured weight of a single lock of a Hapsburg princess’s hair.

                            The Brad

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                              #17

                              And a liter should be set at the exact amount of Bohemian Pilsner with an ABV of 5.2% it takes for me to drink in an hour to reach a blood alcohol level of .06.

                              I’m willing to sit through multiple tests…

                              The Brad

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                                As long as we're talking metric...

                                When we say centimeter, we pronounce it CENtimeter.
                                When we say kilogram, we pronounce it KILogram.
                                When we say millimeter, we pronounce it MILlimeter.

                                But when it comes to distance, we most people say kilOmeter.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  Mik
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                                  Ah yes, there is that little discrepancy.

                                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                    @bachophile said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                    Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.

                                    Go to England, you get more!

                                    More bad beer…

                                    Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                                    @LuFins-Dad said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                    @bachophile said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                    Although I still think when I order a pint of beer, I should be ordering half a liter, because you get more beer that way.

                                    Go to England, you get more!

                                    More bad beer…

                                    I shouldn't worry - they'd probably be willing to serve it to you in a lady's glass.

                                    In fact, they might insist.

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • MikM Mik

                                      Ah yes, there is that little discrepancy.

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                                      @Mik said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                      Ah yes, there is that little discrepancy.

                                      I always say KILometer. Just to be obnoxious - and right.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      • George KG George K

                                        @Mik said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                        Ah yes, there is that little discrepancy.

                                        I always say KILometer. Just to be obnoxious - and right.

                                        Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                                        Doctor Phibes
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                                        @George-K said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                        @Mik said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                        Ah yes, there is that little discrepancy.

                                        I always say KILometer. Just to be obnoxious - and right.

                                        Don't most Americans pronounce it kil-ah-meeder?

                                        I was only joking

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                                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                          @George-K said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                          @Mik said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                          Ah yes, there is that little discrepancy.

                                          I always say KILometer. Just to be obnoxious - and right.

                                          Don't most Americans pronounce it kil-ah-meeder?

                                          George KG Offline
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                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in "Half a pound of salami, please.":

                                          Don't most Americans pronounce it kil-ah-meeder?

                                          Yes. How do the Brits pronounce it?

                                          What about other countries?

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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