[TML] Antihijack Program in action

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 2/10/08 8:58 AM, "Knapp" <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

>> I've encountered a few folks who would try to 'speak metric' while obviously
>> thinking in feet and inches.
>> 
>> Garry
> 
> As an American living in Germany, I can say that thinking in metric is
> really hard if you grew up with standard. Try making a recipe. You say
> you want 100 grams of butter??? And this car gets how many K per L is
> that good mileage( what is the metric word here?)? Worse yet, how much
> is gas, compared to US? You baby is sick and he is how hot, "What is
> normal again"?

Don't try to compare the price in Europe to the price in USA.  It's
irrelevant.  If that store sells it for 3.25 and that store sells it for
3.50, it doesn't matter whether it is dollars per gallon or euros per liter.
You pay the 3.25 and drive on.  :)

Likewise, the "mileage" on a bunch of cars on a car lot compare to each
other to see which is best.

If you cook much, you'll quickly adjust to the units on your measuring
spoons and cups, even getting an intuitive grasp of roughly how much that
is.

Non-digital thermometers usually have "normal" marked on them in a different
color or such.  For digital, that'd be an issue, but it's just a specific
number to learn, just like you did the 1st time.

Granted, although I think metric is the way to go, I still think in "US
standard".  But that's because the country shows no sign of changing over,
so I have to deal with the units around me.  Though to be honest, I'm not
good at seeing a quantity written and estimating how much that is in
*either* system.  :P