On Tuesday 22 September 2009 12:44:10 Teran McKinney wrote:
> Actually, today at a bakery I was shocked to hear the cashier (who I
> think was also a baker) tell me that the regular loaves were "a couple
> hundred grams" lighter than the extra-large loaves. This is in North
> Carolina, United States. The bakery is the Flat Rock Village Bakery;
> they make really good sourdough bread (I'm sure the metric system
> helps ;-) ). Maybe he was an immigrant used to the metric system, but
> either way that made me tip them my change :-). Very nice to see a
> little metric used so openly here every once in a while.

Where in North Carolina? I'm in Charlotte.

> PS: I know this is mostly off topic, but it would be really nice to
> see Mm used more. Thousands of kilometers is quite a bit longer to
> say.

I agree. I say the lengths of international trips in megameters.

Pierre

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