I think I've posted this before...

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

But for the benefit of all you Yanks who refuse to go metric... ;o)

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html

Bookmark the above.

Me

 

[Mike Hall]

Going metric is something a 'bleeding heart liberal' would suggest.. and
imagine the confusion..

At the store.. "Wut th f#k is a Kilo. I wunt my baccy wayed th ole way"..

At the lumber yard.. "This french stuff is longer than ours.. new barn out
back looks like one of the city highrisers now.. WTF?!!"

At the school.. kids all singing in unison.. 25 millimetre worm, 25
millimetre worm..

On the road.. driver says to his wife "Well Mildred, it looks like they seen
sense and raised the speed limit.. "



Mike

 

[Mike Koewler]

The ghost of David A.

Mike

 

[Mary Sauer]

Maybe it is David A...

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

The ghost of David A.

Don't you *DARE* Michael! I have your email address and I'm not afraid to
use it! I am not 100% metric, only when it comes to stationery. I still
measure distance in miles and weigh in stones, pounds and ounces. I even
have a little book by my desk for looking up conversions from imperial to
metric! And I was born PM (post-metrication!) I know there are 1760yds in a
mile - but I can't convert to km. If someone asks me how much I weigh, I
don't give them the answer in kgs (it's more like tonnes these days) it's
stones, pounds and ounces (if I give them an answer at all!) if someone asks
how tall I am it's 5' 6" - I don't have the foggiest what that is in metres
and centimetres (I believe it's roughly 1m 65, but I could be wrong). When
I'm baking (as I will be shortly - gingerbread, mince pies and cakes don't
make themselves) I always use imperial.

Besides, your weights and measures are less than ours anyway.

So, no I am *NOT* DA, ta very much! ;o)

Love,

Me
xxxxx

 

[Mike Hall]

Yo Miss

You just have to be a Brit.. had you been born AM, you would have learned
about rods, poles and perches, chains and other spurious measurements.. and
yes there are 1760 yards in a mile, but that is a highway mile.. 'country
miles' have many more than that, sometimes double..

The UK and US refuse to make it easy and do a full conversion to the metric
system, but there is help afoot (no reference to 12 inches)..

http://hemsidor.torget.se/users/b/bohjohan/convert/conv_e.htm


Mike (Brit expat - lived in France, Spain (my favorite), the US, and now
Canada)

 

[Jim]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:44:16 -0000, "Miss Perspicacia Tick"

When

I'm baking (as I will be shortly - gingerbread, mince pies and cakes don't
make themselves) I always use imperial.

Ooohhh...as long as you brought up the topic, Sarah, could you send me
your recipe for mince pie? I've been outta luck since my mother-in-law
died, and I DO miss it!
Blessed be, for sure...

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Have you ever had mincemeat cookies? Absolute heaven!

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:44:16 -0000, "Miss Perspicacia Tick"

When
Ooohhh...as long as you brought up the topic, Sarah, could you send me
your recipe for mince pie? I've been outta luck since my mother-in-law
died, and I DO miss it!
Blessed be, for sure...

Sure. I have a recipe for orange and cinnamon pastry that my mother got
from an ex-colleague, I'll dig it out. Just make sure you use *FRESH* juice
(Tropicana is fine), not the evil powdered stuff, or anything labelled 'from
concentrate'. Of course, this does mean you have to make your own pastry,
but it /is/ worth it!

Add some apple to the mincemeat - keeps it nice and moist. I tend to cheat -
I don't make my own, just buy some really expensive decent stuff and add
extra sherry or brandy (whatever it has in). I do add apple, though.

The other thing I learnt from my mother's friend was - cream cheese. I don't
know what brands you have over there, but if I said 'Philadelphia' to you,
would you know what I meant? Just add a blob (a teaspoonful is sufficient)
under the 'lid' of each pie, and then SEAL WELL so it doesn't all ooze out!
It sounds odd, but it's yummy!

 

[Mike Hall]

I remember being given a mincemeat pie as a child.. goody, I thought..
minced meat pie.. OMG.. it has disgusting things in it.. dried black
disgusting things that are found in Spotted Dick pudding.. OMG.. yuk yuk
yuk.. isn't Christmas supposed to be a time of goodwill to all men (and
kids)?..

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

I remember being given a mincemeat pie as a child.. goody, I thought..
minced meat pie.. OMG.. it has disgusting things in it.. dried black
disgusting things that are found in Spotted Dick pudding.. OMG.. yuk
yuk yuk.. isn't Christmas supposed to be a time of goodwill to all
men (and kids)?..

It's called a Raisined Richard these days.... ;o) So I take it you don't
like mincemeat then...?

 

[Mike Hall]

It's called a Raisined Richard these days.... ;o) So I take it you don't
like mincemeat then...?

Raisined Richard?.. politically correct dessert?.. lol.. I can suck fresh
lemons, eat the sourest of grapefruit with out any sugar, and love raw
garlic.. but mincemeat? surely the most disgusting of all foodstuffs.. how
anybody can offer a mince pie and still claim that it is the season of good
will to all men beats the hell out of me..

Mike

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I'm not a fan of mincemeat either but in cookies it's wonderful! They taste
like a mild spice cookie. A couple of those and a cuppa tea and JoAnn's a
very happy camper.

(Which reminds me, time to call Mom and ask her if she's making me a batch
of mincemeat cookies this year.)

 

[Jim]

How can anyone NOT like mince pie? Or do I enjoy being in the
minority, being, as it were, a voice crying in the wilderness? I wish
I had a recipe...
Blessed be, for sure...