After googling I found that both the American and Imperial pound are 454 grams, makes me wonder if a Quarter Pounder at McD in the Netherlands is 125 grams or 113,5 grams :-)
Greetz Jan
Newbie question :) be kind...
Jan 15, 2008
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Sorry, mate. Habit.
-- Ray
Goodbye, Greg.
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Still made of "animal by-products". :-)
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Roger T. Home of the Great Eastern Railway at:-
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48° 25' North Longitude: 123° 21' West
Just wondering about the weight, you don't think I would actually eat at McD.
Getting to far off topic now though.
Greetz Jan
Wrong doc!
On 1/22/2008 4:39 PM Roger T. spake thus:
We (Americans) understand. Hell, everyone understands. Only Greg Procter doesn't understand it.
NOW!!! This thread hasn't been on topic for dozens of posts!! Why worry about being OT now!???? *8^))
Paul
Liar! It's been HUNDREDS of posts since it was on topic. Neener!
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I'd guess mostly fat.
What is an order of magnitude amongst posters??
Paul
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Evian spelled backwards is . . .
Um, no. *
The US system is never called "Imperial", and differs in some places from Imperial weights and measures. Like our language is defined by what everyone is using, our measurements systems are a standardized version of whatever caught on.
I know a lot of Kiwis and find them very easy to get along with. I don't think Greg is a cranky nitpicking freak because he's from new Zealand. Every place has a few of those. *
Yes, because it is! Go to a grocery store and you can find 16 ounce (pint) bottles of coke right next to half liter ones. Admittedly the 16 ounce bottles mostly exist for nostalgia reasons (they're usually glass instead of plastic for the same reason), but they're not hard to find. Cans of coke are 12 ounces, just to drive home the point. There you have it, one product using both systems at the same time. *
You need to buy yourself an Atlas (book of maps of the World) You may be surprised!
I accept that I made a mistake in refering to US measurements in that way.
What is the standard called? We need a name because the world standard is broadly called "Metrics" and the UK standard is called "Imperial".
Can I buy a litre of petrol?
Ooh, I like it! This may be the first decimal based or fractional order of magnitude multiplier in model railroading history.
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