*** Quoting Sam Alexander from a message to Bj”rn Forsstr”m ***

SA> SO many Americans are closed minded, which is why our government is so
SA> screwed up.  They have a singular way of looking at ways, and any way
SA> outside of their way is 'wrong'.  Unless the manufactorers start putti
SA> metric on the labels, even if in addition to standard, it'd help.  If
SA> TV stations would show weather in fahrenheit and celsius, folks would
SA> that 32'C isn't freezing, but a nice afteroon :)  Heck, knowing the fo
SA> around here most don't even ing 32'F is freezing *grin*.

Uh Sam, they have stuff labeled in metric in the USA.  I havent been home
in 5 ¨years but it was exceptionally common even then.  So common, it was
odd to not ¨see it also in metrics.

Bjorn, I dont know what he is talking about but it's not accurate.  Yes,
there ¨is a commonality of 'metric is wierd' in the USA but it's not that
bad.  The ¨average USA person has a basic grasp of it but falters on
weather temps pretty ¨badly (as he says and is right) and distance markers
on a highway over long ¨(past walking) trips.

The final gap though is in cooking styles.  USA folks cook by 'volume' not
¨'weight' so metrics dont really function to convert a recipe.  Tell a USA
¨person '100g shredded potato' and they will be clueless.  Had a joke
running ¨abit ago in a cooking echo on 100g being 100 gallons and it must
have been a ¨recipe to feed whales ;-)

The average USA person is quite able to by 'petrol' by the liter, soda by
the ¨ML, or a 1/2 caraffe (1/2 litre) of wine with no trouble. The
measuring cup I ¨got from my mom when I moved out from home back in 1977
(and still have) is ¨marked in metrics on one side and USA cup measures on
the other and i havent ¨seen anything that isnt in a very very long time.

I may be a little confused at times, but even I can check my totally normal
TS ¨measure and see it also says 5 ml on it.  Just dont ask me to measure a
liquid ¨item by g's or a solid by ml and I can adapt pretty well as can
most.

                                       xxcarol

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