Hi Kelly,
If it helps - a metre is about 39 inches - which is a yard plus 10%.
(the 10% makes it much faster for quick calculations).
An ounce is slightly less than 30g, and I use a multiplier of 30
for quick conversions when using American recipes.
And for liquids, 1 litre is slightly more than 2 pints, or slightly more
than 4 cups?
But I can imagine that ambient temperature would be difficult to convert in
your mind
after more than 50 years of memory of what 50F is.
Susan
On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 11:39, Chilecayenne <chilecayenne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oh, I know it makes more sense....
My degree is in biochemistry, and while in school I did lab work, do I
measured in ml, liters, temperature in C just fine.
That’s fine written in a lab book, but I don’t relate that at all to real
life things. Much has to do with it being like muscle memory over 50 years.
If I hear on the morning news that it is 50 degrees out, I know exactly
how to dress without giving it a thought.
Of course weather here temps given in F.
I would have no idea without stopping whatever I was doing, and grabbing
phone or iPad or computer and googling to see how hot or cold 50 C was.
Lol, it’s hitting me lately photographing with manual lenses, most are
marked both in meters and feet, but I recently got ahold of an old Russian
one that is in meters only, and I have to keep doing wuick maybe in my head
that a meter is roughly neat 3 feet or a yard....
I’m getting better at it, but I have to stop and think about it.
Oh well..,growing up before the internet, I of course had no real contact
with anyone outside of the US...so, it never came up, you never cam across
anything metric really in daily life.
But, now I do, but thanks to the internet, I also generally have the means
to look up the conversions.
😃👍
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I need a shot of salvation baby,
once in awhile...
On Dec 16, 2020, at 9:23 PM, Justin Martin <justin.martin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi Kelly,
Working in metric is so much easier (although I forget when we switched
here). But 0c for freezing makes far more sense than 32F... the UK often
had both measurements, but metric was the main one.
for me, I like a 200g steak. 7 oz for you 🙂
justin
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*Subject:* [oz-food] Re: [oz-food] today's 'linner' — simple pan-fried
steak and salad
Looks good.
Lol, ok, having absolutely no concept how much 150g is, had to do a quick
google to convert that into about 5.2 ounces...so, a bit over a quarter of
a pound of steak.
A little small for me, but then again, I need to and am cutting back
myself.
😃
Lol, I truly have no concept about real world measurements in metric. The
worst is temperature in Celsius.
Ok, enough of my ramblings, that really looks great!!
And, maybe you can convince them to let you continue to work from home, at
least most of the time or part time. Obviously you’re able to get the work
done, do, why not??
I’ve been working from home 100% for close to the past 8 years.
I talked to my new boss about this, before and since accepting, and he
basically said, “as long as the work gets done, I don’t care if I ever see
you”...
Ok....I’m waaay off food topics...lol
K
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I need a shot of salvation baby,
once in awhile...
On Dec 16, 2020, at 8:43 PM, Vicki Taylor <vicki@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:like having my main meal in the middle of the day.
I am going to be really sorry when working from home ends! I really
under 150 g, Kelly!) with cafe de Paris butter (this batch is a bit
It was nevertheless a simple lunch/dinner of eye fillet steak (probably
crumbly, but still tasty), sweet potato and salad with a balsamic dressing
I only remembered at the end so it got sloshed across the top. 🙂
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Vicki. :-)
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