Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:46 pm
To add to your quest for knowledge... pleased I can do so.
I use both Imperial measurements and metric, the former because I have recipes from pre-metric days, as well as utensils.
At the level of "cup" = 250 ml, the difference doesn't really matter.
But at the level of gallons and litres, it can have a difference, i.e. filling a pail.
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
If you don't know this by heart, you are younger than I.
1 litre is not the same as 1 quart. Don't remember which way, less or more. I recall, when we switched to metric, and went from gallons to litres at the gas pump, there was a lot of confusion. Students just learned the new measurement system. We older folk kept converting, which, of course, we were told not to do. But a cereal box, weighing 432 gms was hard to deal with.
At the level of millilitres, it's not an issue at all, unless you are adding hot peppers or something of that ilk.
Temperature was easier to deal with.
It's been at least 30-35 years since Canada switched. Measurement objects (i.e. buckets) used to come with both, and I'm not sure if they still do.
Trivia, I got lots of, stored in various parts of the cranium; problem-solving ability - sorry to say, is waning somewhat. Not to mention the - duh!! mistakes which we all make.
There is no way I could have helped in this game. I have enough problems with random elements in games. However, I am very pleased to see that there are all kinds of people in/on this forum who, very nicely, tell you, you are not of the "brilliant" persuasion.
Ciao,
Anything else you want to know, just ask. I am a font of absolutely useless bits of information, which I am more than pleased to share at the drop of a hat.
I use both Imperial measurements and metric, the former because I have recipes from pre-metric days, as well as utensils.
At the level of "cup" = 250 ml, the difference doesn't really matter.
But at the level of gallons and litres, it can have a difference, i.e. filling a pail.
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
If you don't know this by heart, you are younger than I.
1 litre is not the same as 1 quart. Don't remember which way, less or more. I recall, when we switched to metric, and went from gallons to litres at the gas pump, there was a lot of confusion. Students just learned the new measurement system. We older folk kept converting, which, of course, we were told not to do. But a cereal box, weighing 432 gms was hard to deal with.
At the level of millilitres, it's not an issue at all, unless you are adding hot peppers or something of that ilk.
Temperature was easier to deal with.
It's been at least 30-35 years since Canada switched. Measurement objects (i.e. buckets) used to come with both, and I'm not sure if they still do.
Trivia, I got lots of, stored in various parts of the cranium; problem-solving ability - sorry to say, is waning somewhat. Not to mention the - duh!! mistakes which we all make.
There is no way I could have helped in this game. I have enough problems with random elements in games. However, I am very pleased to see that there are all kinds of people in/on this forum who, very nicely, tell you, you are not of the "brilliant" persuasion.
Ciao,
Anything else you want to know, just ask. I am a font of absolutely useless bits of information, which I am more than pleased to share at the drop of a hat.