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Skriven 2014-03-08 07:24:02 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 10648 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Re: dishonesty
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Nancy Backus Said to JIM WELLER about Re: dishonesty

NB>  NB>> Wegmans is pretty good about unit pricing (but) price per oz,
NB>  NB>> and another price per lb or somesuch, and one needs a
NB>  NB>> calculator to truly compare

NB>  JW> That's not very helpful!

NB> Yup, less than, when it does happen...  Fortunately usually it isn't
NB> the case most of the time...  :)

NB>  NB>> Even worse when one is price per (metric units) and the other
NB>  NB>> price per (English units)...

NB>  JW> I didn't think that the USA had adopted metric measures at all
NB>  JW> yet (except for your drug dealers).

NB> Hey, they sell liter and 2-liter soda bottles...  Ok, that's sorta a
NB> drug...  (G)  

It may be the same on "drug dealers" but my prescription drugs are all 
in grams, milligrams, millilitres, etc. And wine/booze/liqueur is, and 
has been for several years, flogged in metric quantities. The only 
exception is domestic beers and ales.

NB> USA has been pussy-footing with metric for most of my lifetime...
NB> One learns metric measurements in science classes, and uses them
NB> there... and nowadays, if you look at just about any USA made or
NB> packaged food product, you'll see the weight or the volume in
NB> English units, with the metric in parentheses behind it...  those
NB> soda bottles have the English in parentheses instead...  It's a sort
NB> of bi-lingualism...  ;)  Doctor offices often get your weight in kg,
NB> and then switch the scales to lb so that the patient will comprehend
NB> the weight better...  :)

My croaker records both the KG and the LB/oz numbers. But, blood 
pressure is always mentioned, recorded, etc. in mm/Hg (millimetres of 
mercury) and has been since I can remember.

Unlike barometric pressure which the NOAA reports in inches.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Apricot Liqueur
 Categories: Five, Booze, Beverages, Fruits
      Yield: 3 Cups
 
      2 c  Smashed apricot pits
    1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
    1/2 ts Ground coriander
      2 c  Vodka 100 proof
      1 c  Sugar (simple) syrup
 
  Partly fill a cloth bag with the apricot pits (available at
  most health food stores). Smash with a hammer, keeping
  shells and meaty centers.
  
  Place smashed pits in a 1-quart container. Add cinnamon,
  coriander, and vodka. Store for 2 months in a cool dark
  place.
  
  Then filter through a cheesecloth lined strainer and discard
  fruit pits. Strain a few times until clear. Add sugar syrup
  and age for an additional 2 weeks.
  
  Recipe may require some fine tuning and apricot extract can
  be added to offer additional flavoring.
  
  Yield: 3 cups
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

ENJOY!!!

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