I had an interesting experience a couple weeks ago at the supermarket. Not
seeing a steak in the 0.6 to 0.7 pound range in the shrink-wrap case, I go
to the butcher where some are visible in the window and ask for a steak in
the "point-six to point-seven pound range". I've done this for 30 years and
never had any problem, except having to remember this is a little over twice
what it would be in kilograms.
The guy picks out a steak and as I'm reading the electronic scale, proceeds
to weigh out about 0.4 pounds. I say no, "point-six to point-seven pounds".
He then cuts it paper-thin, less than 0.1 lbs. Exasperated I point to the
electronic readout and say "can you make this read between "POINT-SIX and
POINT-SEVEN??" Finally he gets close to 0.6 and I finally give up....
Wonder what was with this guy?...
Nat
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Stephen Davis
Sent: Wednesday, 2006 May 03 14:12
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: USMA
Subject: [USMA:36715] Re: at the butcher
Pierre Abbat wrote:
"I looked at the meat
counter for a package of some cut I'm interested in. Finding none, I ask for
400 grams of boneless chicken thighs.
"The butcher pulls out the tray of chicken thighs. "What's that in ounces or
pounds?"
I would say approximately 12.5 ounces. :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 2:43 AM
Subject: [USMA:36714] at the butcher
> Yesterday I went shopping. The buses for the Home Economist and Talley's
came
> at the same time and I had an impulse to go to Talley's. I looked at the
meat
> counter for a package of some cut I'm interested in. Finding none, I ask
for
> 400 grams of boneless chicken thighs.
>
> The butcher pulls out the tray of chicken thighs. "What's that in ounces
or
> pounds?"
>
> "I dunno." I have the conversion factor in a program, but it's not
something I
> keep in my head.
>
> He consults with some other people trying to figure it out. Meanwhile I
> remember seeing a can labeled "15 oz 425 g", but he's too busy talking
with
> them. He weighs some chicken thighs and wraps them up.
>
> I stuff some more food in my bag. A while later, I return to the meat
counter
> and pull out a four-pack of frozen açaí pulp, 100 grams each. "I should
have
> gotten these first. They're 400 grams."
>
> I got home and weighed the package. It was 473 grams, including the paper.
>
> phma
>
