On 2010-11-21, James Silverton > wrote:

> Have you tried buying, say sliced meats, at a delicatessen counter? You
> can't ask for ounces since the scales read in 1/100ths of a pound; a
> quarter pound *sometimes* works and I've had some amazing variations on
> "point two" and "point three" pounds etc.

Only if you flunked basic math.

..5 lb = 1/2 lb
..25 lb = 1/4 lb
..125 lb = 1/8 lb
..062 lb = 1/16 lb

..1 lb = 1/10 lb
..2 lb = 2/10 lb
..5 lb = 1/2 lb
..75 lb = 3/4 lb
..875 lb = 7/8 lb
etc

If that's too hard for you, yer screwed.

nb