On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:07:46 -0500, James Silverton wrote:

> blake wrote on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:17:21 -0500:
>
>>> On 2010-11-20, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you have a favorite conversion calculator site to share?
>
>>> Google Search:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2dkv57f
>>>
>>> Sometimes you have to spell the unit measurement out instead
>>> of abbreviating it, but I can't recall a single unit
>>> measurement it will NOT convert, no matter how bizarre.
>>>
>>> nb
>
>> yep. very handy.
>
> 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.

yeah, i do that quite a lot, quarter pounds in particular. usually it does
end up to be at least .30 pound, but i'll just make a sandwich a little
thicker.

they will screw around with removing slices if you're particular.

your pal,
blake