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What the lol?? XD
Precise enough. You're not going to buy "350 grams" of strawberries, you're going to buy a container of them, as long as it's sufficiently full. The carton is roughly a pint or quart, and that's what you get charged for. Like, there used to be a local strawberry farm where you could go and pay to pick your own. At the end, they counted out the number of cartons, and that's what they used as a base for charging.
What do you mean I'm not going to buy 350 grams of strawberries? Of course I am! That's what we use down here for EVERYTHING. Unless it's liquid, then we use liters... ALWAYS no pints or quarts or gallons or weird arbitrary container "measurements". How you manage to learn them all is beyond me, especially taking into account the really weird ones like a "flat" or a "bushel" or whatever.
There you go. Half of that is plenty precise enough for strawberries. Not like you're going to OD if you get too many
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Wasabi Poptart
Unless you're allergic to them and eat them anyway...like I do.
There you guy. Half of that is plenty precise enough for strawberries. Not like you're going to OD if you get too many
But you could move to Korea and you'd be one of the guys.
I think people use volume measurements for produce for convenience sake. I have no idea how many strawberries makes up a pound, or a kg.
But I can easily visualize a flat of strawberries, a pint of cherry tomatoes, a bushel of corn, or a quart of honey without having to know how much that stuff weighs at all.
But I can easily visualize a flat of strawberries, a pint of cherry tomatoes, a bushel of corn, or a quart of honey without having to know how much that stuff weighs at all.
The exact opposite happens when you've lived with everything around you being weighed in grs. Kgs. and liters.
I have no idea how much is "a bushel of corn" but I have a pretty good idea of how many cherry tomatoes or strawberries make a Kg. and how much honey makes half a liter.
liter is a unit of volume, not weight or mass. If I said "half a liter of cherry tomatoes" or "half a liter of strawberries", you'd have a good idea of how many I was talking about, without knowing the weight. The US only peripherally involves itself with metric measurements, but due to the fact that sodas come in 2 liter bottles, I know about how much a liter is I can easily and quickly visualize a half-liter of strawberries in a way that I can't with a statement like "8 ounces of strawberries". You could show me 8 ounces of strawberries, but that doesn't mean that I could use that knowledge to easily and quickly figure out how many kiwis make up 8 ounces. But I bet I could estimate a half-liter of kiwis pretty easily.
bushels, pints, etc, are simply other units of volume that you might not be familiar with. I can show you a picture of a bushel, and I'd bet that you could instantly mentally apply that picture to estimate how many strawberries, cherries, or squash might fight in it. You can't really do the same for, say, a kilogram or a pound. It's not as convenient as quick estimator.
It's easy to look at things and quickly estimate how much space they take up (volume). It's not as easy to look at things and know how much they weigh.
bushels, pints, etc, are simply other units of volume that you might not be familiar with. I can show you a picture of a bushel, and I'd bet that you could instantly mentally apply that picture to estimate how many strawberries, cherries, or squash might fight in it. You can't really do the same for, say, a kilogram or a pound. It's not as convenient as quick estimator.
It's easy to look at things and quickly estimate how much space they take up (volume). It's not as easy to look at things and know how much they weigh.
Yes, my mistake, liters are a unit of capacity, I know that, I was just referring to the fact that down here everything is weighed and measured only with grs. Kgs. and liters. not "pints" or "bushels" and of course not "ounces" or "pounds" because we don't use that system.
So because we've grown up like this we all know and have a good notion of what someone means when they say "it's about a kilo"
So because we've grown up like this we all know and have a good notion of what someone means when they say "it's about a kilo"
I got paid yesterday. I settled my (admittedly small) debts, and now $300 left over for two weeks. I have a horrible habit of spending money that I don't need to, so I have irreversibly shoved $100 in 20's down the neck of an empty vodka bottle. It will now be my piggy bank, so to speak. When I get paid next week for the extra hours I'm picking up the weekend, I will do something similar.
I will use this money to travel somewhere and teach English eventually. I have been looking at a volunteer program in Nepal ...
I will use this money to travel somewhere and teach English eventually. I have been looking at a volunteer program in Nepal ...
North_Ranger
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Is it just my dirty imagination, or does that phrase conjure up images of Sparhawk's airconditioner paying $100 to a prostitute?
Cajungal
Staff member
Is it just my dirty imagination, or does that phrase conjure up images of Sparhawk's airconditioner paying $100 to a prostitute?[/QUOTE]
AAHAHA I totally thought of that too. Awesome.
Is it just my dirty imagination, or does that phrase conjure up images of Sparhawk's airconditioner paying $100 to a prostitute?[/QUOTE]
AAHAHA I totally thought of that too. Awesome.[/QUOTE]
Crap, now I can't get THAT image out of my head. Didn't even notice how I had typed that, was too busy enjoying the cool air.
Is it just my dirty imagination, or does that phrase conjure up images of Sparhawk's airconditioner paying $100 to a prostitute?[/QUOTE]
AAHAHA I totally thought of that too. Awesome.[/QUOTE]
I must admit I thought the same thing
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Wasabi Poptart
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary![/QUOTE]
Thank you! We just got done having some wine, eating port wine cheese and crackers, and watching Love Actually. It was a splendid anniversary!
Karate teachers daughter " Big news hey, not long, you nervous about it?"
me" WTF?"
Sensei " woops, forgot to tell you, your grading for 2nd dan in 10 months. Pick a new kata"
Time for hardcore srs bsns training mode!
me" WTF?"
Sensei " woops, forgot to tell you, your grading for 2nd dan in 10 months. Pick a new kata"
Time for hardcore srs bsns training mode!
Ross
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After waiting 2 months for the weather conditions to be right, I finally got my deck stained. It was 90% ready back in April, when I spent 4 days taking off 5 years of unprotected weathering and damage, but then we hit a streak where it was either too humid or there was too high of a chance of rain for me to finish it. Now it's done and I can enjoy it
A) I got off early today
B) I am seeing Toy Story 3 tonight with a bunch of friends
C) While my best friend is on his honeymoon, his wife's best friend and I have decided to do one epic thing a day until they come back. We call it "Project: More Awesome Than The Cayman Islands" It could use a better name.
D) I am not wearing pants. Freedom is glorious.
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E) "Don't Stop Believing" just came on in shuffle.
B) I am seeing Toy Story 3 tonight with a bunch of friends
C) While my best friend is on his honeymoon, his wife's best friend and I have decided to do one epic thing a day until they come back. We call it "Project: More Awesome Than The Cayman Islands" It could use a better name.
D) I am not wearing pants. Freedom is glorious.
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E) "Don't Stop Believing" just came on in shuffle.