Weight for it
As most will know the weights and measures system here in the US is different to Europe’s, with the only exception being that the UK still does miles, as does the USA while Europe does Kilometers.
As I write this I am taking a sip out of my water bottle which is 1 quart in size. It is also labeled clearly that this is 1.8 fluid ounces. I would have no idea how much this is if it wasn’t for the very small writing that say that the bottle is 1 liter (yes that is how there spell litre here).
There are a lot of things here that I have no concept of because I grew up with the metric system. So in the earlier post I had to convert Fahrenheit into Celsius by a complicated formula (ok I looked up a conversion table but I could have worked it out myself if I had chosen to. So whilst I knew that 115f was hot, because it felt hot, I couldn’t picture that in my mind until I realised that it was in the 40’s Celsius!
It is the same with measurements of all kinds, be they for recipes asking for cups and spoon measurements, personal weight, which is weighed in pounds rather than kilos and also distance, which is measured in inches, feet, yards and miles so I have problems working out how many yards something is away as my mind works in meters.
As always any spelling mistakes are my PC’s as it auto corrects my spelling and uses the US format.
As I write this I am taking a sip out of my water bottle which is 1 quart in size. It is also labeled clearly that this is 1.8 fluid ounces. I would have no idea how much this is if it wasn’t for the very small writing that say that the bottle is 1 liter (yes that is how there spell litre here).
There are a lot of things here that I have no concept of because I grew up with the metric system. So in the earlier post I had to convert Fahrenheit into Celsius by a complicated formula (ok I looked up a conversion table but I could have worked it out myself if I had chosen to. So whilst I knew that 115f was hot, because it felt hot, I couldn’t picture that in my mind until I realised that it was in the 40’s Celsius!
It is the same with measurements of all kinds, be they for recipes asking for cups and spoon measurements, personal weight, which is weighed in pounds rather than kilos and also distance, which is measured in inches, feet, yards and miles so I have problems working out how many yards something is away as my mind works in meters.
As always any spelling mistakes are my PC’s as it auto corrects my spelling and uses the US format.
posted by Nick at 8:44 AM
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