The Metric System
Posted by The Lopper
*Ridiculous thread alert*
It finally came in handy.
So I'm there buying mince yesterday. Normally I'll ask for a pound of mince, and that'll do me for one dinner, with a small bit to spare. Since I've been working though, I have a bigger lunch at midday, and I've been throwing more onions, peppers, mushrooms, carrots into my dinners, so a pound of mince is just too much. I hit on an idea there yesterday though, that a pound of mince would almost do me for two dinners these days, but it's a bit skimpy on the meat value. Now a pound, if you check your pound of butter, turns out to be round about 452 grammes...I hit a brainwave, half a kilo of mince would probably just about do me for two dinners worth. So I went into the deli, big smiley head on me, and asked for a half a kilo of mince. Perfect.
I feel so European.
It finally came in handy.
So I'm there buying mince yesterday. Normally I'll ask for a pound of mince, and that'll do me for one dinner, with a small bit to spare. Since I've been working though, I have a bigger lunch at midday, and I've been throwing more onions, peppers, mushrooms, carrots into my dinners, so a pound of mince is just too much. I hit on an idea there yesterday though, that a pound of mince would almost do me for two dinners these days, but it's a bit skimpy on the meat value. Now a pound, if you check your pound of butter, turns out to be round about 452 grammes...I hit a brainwave, half a kilo of mince would probably just about do me for two dinners worth. So I went into the deli, big smiley head on me, and asked for a half a kilo of mince. Perfect.
I feel so European.
Because it's just -better-!
used to be GPGSL's Nick Heidfeld
The Imperial System truely is the most useless and most unneccessarily complicated system ever 
Maybe, but it's the one I'm used to. I know for instance that a foot is, well, a foot and a mile is, as near as makes no difference, the distance from my house to Kirby's, whereas a kilometre is 5/8s of that, which, despite that the fact that I'm doing college level engineering maths, is maths I simply cannot do. A pound is a pound of butter and any person over 16 stone has, does, or will play rugby, whereas I'm consistently amazed at how light a kilogramme actually is.
The only metric ones I'd be properly comfortable with would be liquid measurements (there's always been litres of milk) and celsius temperature measurement, as I cannot remember anyone ever using fahrenheit in my lifetime.
That xkcd guid could come in handy though.
A pound is a pound of butter and any person over 16 stone has, does, or will play rugby, whereas I'm consistently amazed at how light a kilogramme actually is.The only metric ones I'd be properly comfortable with would be liquid measurements (there's always been litres of milk) and celsius temperature measurement, as I cannot remember anyone ever using fahrenheit in my lifetime.
That xkcd guid could come in handy though.
A can of soda is 355mL :P.
I remember when I learned the imperial system, right after I arrived back from vacation here in the US back in 1996! Got a small flyer that had numbers in it and I memorized the ratios and equations, came in handy 4 1/2 years later when I moved here.
Trivia: On a large pizza I make (35cm), I put in 400g of mozzarella! That's almost an entire pound of cheese on a 14" magnificent pizza.
I remember when I learned the imperial system, right after I arrived back from vacation here in the US back in 1996! Got a small flyer that had numbers in it and I memorized the ratios and equations, came in handy 4 1/2 years later when I moved here
.Trivia: On a large pizza I make (35cm), I put in 400g of mozzarella! That's almost an entire pound of cheese on a 14" magnificent pizza
.It's when you start talking in yards that you know you're hardcore. It's gas, cause everyone just assumes lazily that metres are = 3 feet, whereas in reality that's a yard. So if you're incredibly hardcore then a mountain will be "1,000 yards high" or whatever.
It's when you find these kind of individuals that you can guarantee that they don't go by Daylight Savings Time and they will be one hour ahead of you for the summer...
It's when you find these kind of individuals that you can guarantee that they don't go by Daylight Savings Time and they will be one hour ahead of you for the summer...
I've become familiar and freely use both systems, except science where only americans can get away with using ridiculous imperial measurements.
I still struggle to convert cubic feet and inches into CCs though
I still struggle to convert cubic feet and inches into CCs though
The Lopper Wrote:
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> *Ridiculous thread alert*
>
> It finally came in handy.
>
> So I'm there buying mince yesterday. Normally I'll
> ask for a pound of mince, and that'll do me for
> one dinner, with a small bit to spare. Since I've
> been working though, I have a bigger lunch at
> midday, and I've been throwing more onions,
> peppers, mushrooms, carrots into my dinners, so a
> pound of mince is just too much. I hit on an idea
> there yesterday though, that a pound of mince
> would almost do me for two dinners these days, but
> it's a bit skimpy on the meat value. Now a pound,
> if you check your pound of butter, turns out to be
> round about 452 grammes...I hit a brainwave, half
> a kilo of mince would probably just about do me
> for two dinners worth. So I went into the deli,
> big smiley head on me, and asked for a half a kilo
> of mince. Perfect.
>
> I feel so European.
Pics or it never happened
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> *Ridiculous thread alert*
>
> It finally came in handy.
>
> So I'm there buying mince yesterday. Normally I'll
> ask for a pound of mince, and that'll do me for
> one dinner, with a small bit to spare. Since I've
> been working though, I have a bigger lunch at
> midday, and I've been throwing more onions,
> peppers, mushrooms, carrots into my dinners, so a
> pound of mince is just too much. I hit on an idea
> there yesterday though, that a pound of mince
> would almost do me for two dinners these days, but
> it's a bit skimpy on the meat value. Now a pound,
> if you check your pound of butter, turns out to be
> round about 452 grammes...I hit a brainwave, half
> a kilo of mince would probably just about do me
> for two dinners worth. So I went into the deli,
> big smiley head on me, and asked for a half a kilo
> of mince. Perfect.
>
> I feel so European.
Pics or it never happened
SI units ftmfw
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senninho Wrote:
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> Pics or it never happened
"Hey there. Yes lovely weather I know, it looked dodgy this morning didn't it? Aye yeah, can I get 4 x 113.4 g burgers, a half a kilogramme of mince and if you don't mind, a photograph, to show some people on a Formula 1 simulation gaming forum on the internet that I am currently buying my meat by means of the metric system. Cheers. No, not the fancy mince, the cheap stuff, I'm not made of money."
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/30/2009 05:50PM by The Lopper.
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> Pics or it never happened
"Hey there. Yes lovely weather I know, it looked dodgy this morning didn't it? Aye yeah, can I get 4 x 113.4 g burgers, a half a kilogramme of mince and if you don't mind, a photograph, to show some people on a Formula 1 simulation gaming forum on the internet that I am currently buying my meat by means of the metric system. Cheers. No, not the fancy mince, the cheap stuff, I'm not made of money."
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/30/2009 05:50PM by The Lopper.
ROFLMAO, "Pics or it never happened."
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[www.gp4central.com] <----GP4 Centralmortal Wrote:
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> ROFLMAO, "Pics or it never happened."
Well, until you give us the ability to use :bsflag:...
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> ROFLMAO, "Pics or it never happened."
Well, until you give us the ability to use :bsflag:...
MikaHalpinen Wrote:
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FTMFW
LOL!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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FTMFW
LOL!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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