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On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:08:52 -0400, Wolf K wrote:
On 2016-04-26 12:15, mechanic wrote: On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:50:11 -0400, Wolf K wrote: But that's because it's a _decimal_ system, _not_ because the quantities themselves are useful. In fact, in real life they're damn inconvenient, because they don't relate well to sizes and quantities we humans actually use. Probably that's why the system is based on metres, kg and seconds, which we can all relate to on a human scale. Tsk, tsk, after the trouble I took to allude to all the ways we _actually_ measure things. I guess you need explicit examples. here's one: ... I would have thought that after confusing yourself already with 'ton' you would have given up this debate; however you must realise that the drink/volume examples you gave rely on units traceable back to national standards in the mks system. |
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Am 27.04.2016 um 22:57 schrieb Wolf K:
I stand by my claim. Except for the geeks among us, people just don't measure their drinks in ml. They measure them by the can, the bottle, the glass. Much more convenient. Only if you know for sure which glass you'll get. I'm writing from Germany and here, even if we only talk about beer, you can get 0.3 l, 0.4 l, 0,5 l and in some places even 1.0 l. |
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Am 28.04.2016 um 15:17 schrieb Wolf K:
On 2016-04-28 07:28, Jonas Klein wrote: Am 27.04.2016 um 22:57 schrieb Wolf K: I stand by my claim. Except for the geeks among us, people just don't measure their drinks in ml. They measure them by the can, the bottle, the glass. Much more convenient. Only if you know for sure which glass you'll get. I'm writing from Germany and here, even if we only talk about beer, you can get 0.3 l, 0.4 l, 0,5 l and in some places even 1.0 l. OK, one more OT post. :-) The 0.3l used to be 0.333..., a Seidel, common in Austria and Bavaria. The other sizes also have names. Whatever, listen to what people ask for. They may ask for a Schoppen, the old pint, so I would expect either 0.4l or 0.5l according to local custom. I don't think they ask for "Vierhundert Milliliter" or "Null komma vier Liter". Right and wrong, at least in the city I'm writing from. Right: nobody asks for "Vierhundert Milliliter" or "Null komma vier Liter". Wrong: nobody knows a Seidel here. Austrian and Bavarian tourists will know it, but local waiters won't. Here Schoppen is - rarely - used for wine, never for beer, and means 0.1 l or 0.2 l of wine. And people ask here for a "Grosses (Bier)" (a big beer) (0.4 l or 0.5 l) or a "Kleines (Bier)" (a small beer) (0.2 l, 0.25 l or 0.3 l, maybe even 0.33 l, depending on where you are). Most common here is either 0.2/0.4 l or 0.3/0.5 l. And you'll usually get the big glass if you don't state clearly that you want a small one. But then, each city and region has its own custom. I can only repeat my piece of advice for drinking beer in German beerhouses and restaurants: make sure you know how much beer you'll get _before_ ordering a glass. In Munich (Oktoberfest) it'll be a Mass, i. e. 1.0 l or almost 2 British pints. |
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:59:36 +0200, Jonas Klein
wrote: I can only repeat my piece of advice for drinking beer in German beerhouses and restaurants: make sure you know how much beer you'll get _before_ ordering a glass. In Munich (Oktoberfest) it'll be a Mass, i. e. 1.0 l or almost 2 British pints. During Oktoberfest, it's amazing to watch the women bring beer out to the tables. I use two hands to drink from one glass of that size, while they carry 3-4 glasses in each hand. Much respect. |
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On 4/2/2016 10:05 PM, Blue Citizen wrote:
Hello you, today I was trying unit conversion with Windows Calculator and now it looks different. Can't find Newton unit, plus it shows new units I've never seen before, Tonne for example, do you know this unit? Hope you can help me. Thanks, -- Blue Citizen try a dictionary!! |
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